The South Africans are the top-ranked ODI team, with the top-ranked batsman (AB de Villiers) and the top two bowlers ( Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir). They will have to cope with the favorites' tag at the eight-team Champions Trophy starting on Thursday. South Africa and England are the perennial underachievers in one-day international cricket, mixing high hopes with high-profile failures in the big tournaments. Pakistan will play India on Sunday.Follow us on Image Source : ICC IMAGE The Indian team in action in one of the two warm-up games of ICC CT 2017.

Here are a few selected ones:Įngland take on Bangladesh in the first ICC game, with Australia and New Zealand also in their group. The tech giant also released some animations created during the development of the game. The game can be played on slower networks as well with Google announcing:'We know that cricket is loved worldwide, so we wanted to make sure our Doodle works for everyone, including those on slower mobile networks.' Pakistan to prepare for Champions Trophy with training camp in Birmingham 'To celebrate the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, we’re inviting everyone to tap/click and take a swing at our pocket-size game,' Google said in a blog post. Google has taken this opportunity to market its own version of the famous sport, launching an interactive cricket version through Google Doodle.

With the ICC Champions Trophy starting on Thursday, the cricketing world is 'glued' to their TVs and laptops to follow the tournament.

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