Study by Mastercard Economics Institute said business boomed most on 3 match days: India vs Pakistan, India vs England and final match between India and Australia.
Total of 1,250,307 fans watched the 5 Oct-19 Nov showpiece event from stands, surpassing previous mark of 1.016 million set at the 2015 edition in Australia and New Zealand.
Under Cummins, Australia retained the Ashes against arch-rivals England, won the World Test Championship Final against India, and lifted the ODI World Cup in 2023.
Put into bat, India rode battling half-centuries by KL Rahul and Virat Kohli to post a below-par 240 all out in exactly 50 overs at a packed Narendra Modi Stadium.
Pat Cummins’s decision to field, primarily to avoid operating with a dewy ball in the night, bemused many but Australian bowlers, aided by some superb fielding, stifled their opposition.
India play Australia in finals Sunday. Team jerseys, originals or duplicates, fly off shelves as fans wear them everywhere to show support for team that hasn't lost in this World Cup.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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