When it comes to ICC events, more so in the Champions Trophy, India’s openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma form a formidable pair. During India’s game against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Thursday, Dhawan and Rohit maintained their marvellous form as they stitched together a 100-plus opening stand for the fourth time in the tournament after giving India a fantastic start. (IND vs SL?updates) In seven matches in this tournament, the duo has stitched over 600 runs at an average of 100 plus. With four century opening partnerships, Rohit and Dhawan sit on top of the pile when it comes to opening partnerships. The century opening stands have come against South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan and now Sri Lanka. (IND vs SL scorecard) The remarkable http://www.authenticmilwaukeebrewers.com/Neftali-Feliz-Jersey thing about the Dhawan-Rohit opening combination is that they have registered this figure in just seven ICC Champions Trophy games. In the 2013 Champions Trophy, which India won, the duo had notched up partnerships of 127, 101, 58, 77 and 19. In the 2017 edition, they started off with a 136-run stand against Pakistan in Edgbaston on Sunday, following it up with another century partnership against Sri Lanka. The efforts of Rohit and Dhawan have put India in the driver’s seat in this tournament. India will be banking on them as they look to win the Champions Trophy for the third timeAustralia vice-captain David Warner has continued his verbal volley against Cricket Australia (CA) by asking them whether they want the national side to win the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. The 30-year-old’s comments came after the country’s cricket board released a video aimed at persuading the players to agree to give up the proposed revenue sharing model. In a video released by the CA, chief negotiator Kevin Roberts infuriated the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) by contradicting their claims about what it costs to run the game. He also accused the players of wanting to take money out of junior cricket by demanding the revenue-sharing scheme to continue to remain part of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Two-time winners Australia will now face England on Saturday at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground knowing that a defeat or abandonment could end their campaign at the eight-team marquee event. READ | Adam Gilchrist expects Cricket Australia, players pay row to end Authentic Orlando Arcia Womens Jersey soon Hitting back at Roberts, Warner claimed if CA would have wanted them to clinch victory, they would not have released such a video. “If CA want to try and help us win I think they wouldn’t be releasing videos like that. We have an important game coming up this week and that is our focus. The MoU can wait until after the game and the tournament,” ESPN Cricinfo quoted Warner as saying. The video, which features Roberts contradicting the players’ union’s claims about the costs of running the game, was posted online and e-mailed to professional players in Australia. While it may have been intended as clarification from CA’s part, Warner believes the timing of releasing the video was something that irritated the players. “It [the timing] is disappointing. But I am not going to comment on what CA are trying to do. They obviously haven’t thought about the process. We’ve given back almost 30 million to grassroots cricket,” he added. READ | David Warner says ‘no contracts, can’t play’, hints at possible Ashes boycott The opener further reiterated http://www.authenticsandiegopadres.com/Ozzie-Smith-Jersey that the players are completely focusing on their game at the moment and that they are united in their stand against the CA’s proposal. “As we’ve said, we just want a fair share, but leave it [the negotiations] until after the games. We have 100% support with the ACA to get to the table with CA. All the players are sticking together as one,” Warner said. The pay dispute between CA and the ACA is currently on track for a resolution by June 30, the date of expiry of the MoU between the two governing bodies. ACA had earlier rejected the new pay offer from the game’s governing body, saying the proposal will be a win for cricket administrators but a loss for the game. READ | ICC Champions Trophy: Steve Smith criticises Cricket Australia over pay dispute The ACA had also insisted that the CA’s proposal disrespects the value of domestic cricketers and the role they play in Australian cricket. CA, on the other hand, has maintained that their new pay offer has to be implemented for the long-term good of the game. In March, CA made an offer, proposing that the average pay of Australia’s international women’s players would rise from $A79,000 to $A179,000, while the average remuneration of state cricketers would more than double to $A52,000. Under CA’s proposal, only male international players would have the chance to share in any surplus revenue, while other domestic male players and Randy Jones Womens Jersey women at both domestic and international level would have to settle for fixed amounts which would not fluctuate according to the game’s income