The Pakistan cricket board (PCB) will not stage matches of the 2025 Champions Trophy outside the country if India do not travel for the tournament, chairman Mohsin Naqvi said. Pakistan, winners of the last Champions Trophy in 2017, will host the Feb. 19-March 9 tournament. It will be the first ICC
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Dutch-Bangla Bank announced as title sponsor of BPL
This season, alongside Bangladesh's home cricket series, Dutch-Bangla Bank has been announced as the main sponsor of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Dutch-Bangla Bank's two popular services, the Rocket mobile financial service and NexusPay e-wallet app, will also be featured as powered-by and co-sponsors, respectively. The news was unveiled at a
