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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

<p>Defending champions England have been horrendous in the ODI World Cup 2023, struggling with just one win in six matches, raising questions about the team's performance and coach Matthew Mott's role.</p>

England coach Matthew Mott & batsman Dawid Malan. (PC: Getty)

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World Cup 2023: Dawid Malan defends England coach Matthew Mott for World Cup woes

<p>With Shubman Gill out with a fever and scheduled to miss India's upcoming couple of matches, Dawid Malan stands a chance to match the Indian batter's tally of centuries.&nbsp;</p>

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ODI World Cup 2023: With India's Shubman Gill out with fever, England's Dawid Malan closes in on Indian batter's colossal mark

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Virat Kohli walked into the RCB dressing room with his former teammate AB de Villiers and praised IPL 2025-winning captain Rajat Patidar who was roped back in as injury replacement in 2022.

Virat Kohli gifted Rajat Patidar his bat.

Kohli hailed Patidar for winning IPL trophy on his captaincy debut season.

Kohli praised injury replacement Mayank Agarwal as well. 

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru finally ended the 18-year wait and lifted their first-ever IPL title by defeating Punjab Kings in the final

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England's premier pacer Gus Atkinson may not feature in the first Test of the series against India in Birmingham due to hamstring injury.

Gus Atkinson sustained a hamstring injury during one-off Test against Zimbabwe.

Atkinson is not expected to regain fitness ahead of Test series opener.

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Young destructive opener Mitchell Owen is in line to make his T20I debut.

Glenn Maxwell will play his first game since ODI retirement.

The five-T20I series will begin on July 19. 

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World Cup 2023: Dawid Malan defends England coach Matthew Mott for World Cup woes

ODI World Cup 2023: With India's Shubman Gill out with fever, England's Dawid Malan closes in on Indian batter's colossal mark

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World Cup 2023: Dawid Malan defends England coach Matthew Mott for World Cup woes

ODI World Cup 2023: With India's Shubman Gill out with fever, England's Dawid Malan closes in on Indian batter's colossal mark

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