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India face Pak in Oct as ICC announces Women's WC 2025 itinerary

Dubai, June 16 (UNI) Cricket fans across the subcontinent are set for a blockbuster showdown as India and Pakistan are slated to meet in a high-voltage league-stage clash at the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, with the full schedule officially announced on Monday by the International Cricket Council.
In a much-anticipated fixture likely to draw massive viewership, India will face arch-rivals Pakistan in Colombo on 11 October, setting the stage for one of the most emotionally charged encounters of the tournament.
The 2025 edition of the Women's World Cup will be held jointly in India and Sri Lanka from 30 September to 2 November, returning to Indian soil after over a decade. Hosts India will launch their campaign against Sri Lanka in the tournament opener at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, while defending champions Australia will begin their title defence against New Zealand on 1 October in Indore.
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Durgapur, Dec 6 (UNI) The 4th round of the 51st National Women’s Chess Championship here on Saturday witnessed a tightly contested race in which 4 players jointly led with perfect 4 points at the Sidhu Kanhu Stadium, where the country’s top women chess players are battling it out for national glory.
Local challenge Bristy Mukherjee gained 3.5 points after beating Velpula Sarayu of Telangana. After the completion of four rounds WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB) of West Bengal, beat S Jeevika (Puduchery), WFM Shubhi Gupta of UP beat WFM Nivedita V C of Tamilnadu in the top board.

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De Kock ton, Kuldeep-Prasidh burst restrict SA to 270

06 Dec 2025 | 6:02 PM

Visakhapatnam, Dec 6 (UNI) A commanding century from Quinton de Kock and a stunning four-wicket burst from Kuldeep Yadav headlined South Africa’s innings before India bowled them out for 270 in 47.5 overs in the ODI decider at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium here on Saturday.

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Local boy Faizal battles hard to win his opening round at National TT championship

06 Dec 2025 | 5:52 PM

Ranchi, Dec 6 (UNI) Despite the anticipated hiccups caused by widespread flight cancellations and late arrivals, the fifth UTT National Ranking Championships got underway right on schedule this afternoon at the Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium here.

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Aus take control as Eng stagger at 134/6 by stumps

06 Dec 2025 | 5:41 PM

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