# Cricket: Gloom and demands for wholesale change engulfed cricket-crazy Pakistan after the hosts crashed out of the Champions Trophy, barely a week into celebrating the return of a major tournament. The title-holders lost their opening game to New Zealand by 60 runs in Karachi last week before Sunday’s six-wicket defeat to arch-rivals India pushed them to the brink of an early exit. Pakistan needed Bangladesh to beat New Zealand yesterday to keep their slim hopes of a place in the semi-finals alive, but the result went the other way.
Cricket: Pakistan’s exit from Champions Trophy receives major local backlash