Pakistan would be forgiven for feeling like gladiators thrown into the Colosseum when they face an India team egged on by 100,000-plus fans in Saturday's World Cup blockbuster, but skipper Babar Azam sees the match as a chance to end a jinx against their arch-rivals.

But all the new sports will still need to be voted in by the IOC membership in a ballot due to be held on Monday before they are assured of a place at the 2028 Games.

Quinton de Kock top-scored for the Proteas with 109 in his team's total of 311-7 in 50 overs.

The Pakistan team will arrive on the 20th and travel to Chattogram on the same day. The visitors would then hold their first practice session on October 23.

Rony nearly carried his bat through the innings before departing as the final batter, as Rangpur bundled out Dhaka for just 166.

Rajnikanth's residence in Chennai is like a tourist attraction as his fans from across the globe come to this part of the world to go to his home, hoping to catch a glimpse of the iconic actor.

Williamson had ruptured his ACL in March this year during the opening match of the 15th Indian Premier League (IPL) and had to undergo a knee surgery.

Like the familiar waves of the Bay of Bengal at the edge of the city of Chennai, the 22 yards inside the Chidambaram Stadium could give the Bangladesh team a sense of familiarity. The pitches here assist the spinners

Australia made two changes to the team which lost by six wickets to India in their first match with Marcus Stoinis and wicketkeeper Josh Inglis replacing Cameron Green and Alex Carey respectively.

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Rizwan remained unbeaten on 131 off 121 balls as Pakistan chased down a 345-run target with six wickets in hand and 10 balls to spare at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium

Australia lost against India by six wickets in Chennai on Sunday in their opening game of the 10-team tournament, where the Indian spinners proved too much to handle for the Aussies.

“The footwork is palpably slow to start with, and that makes him vulnerable to the incoming delivery. If he can rediscover the 2019 form, then India will be assured of a very good start to their campaign,” Gavaskar said.

Zainab Abbas was due to present for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) own digital coverage of the tournament, which began last week.

Twenty-eight sports are already confirmed on the schedule but cricket was one of five new sports formally proposed for inclusion by organisers for the Games on Monday.

Bangladesh has started their World Cup 2023 journey with a convincing win.

"It's poor in my own opinion," Buttler told reporters on Monday ahead of the match against Bangladesh.

The Dutch brought in Sybrand Engelbrecht for Saqib Zulfiqar and Ryan Klein replaces Logan van Beek who suffered a hamstring injury in their opening 81-run defeat against Pakistan, also in Hyderabad on Friday.

Seeing people going about their lives in a nonchalant manner right beside the gorgeous Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, makes it hard to believe that a global tournament like the World Cup is taking place inside the venue.

England's defence of their title started without talismanic batsman Ben Stokes who has been hit by a hip injury to add to the long-standing knee issue which prevents him from bowling.