NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali recently took a swipe at the International Cricket Council (ICC) after Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam retained his top spot in the ODI rankings. India’s rising star Shubman Gill, who has recently struggled for runs but still occupies the third spot in the rankings, also came under fire…
NEW DELHI: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Joe Root could surpass Sachin Tendulkar‘s record of Test runs, provided the Englishman maintains his current form and hunger for the next four years. Root recently crossed the 12,000-run mark during the Edgbaston Test against the West Indies, becoming the seventh batter to achieve this milestone in…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh slammed a Pakistani fan for trolling Irfan Pathan on social media. The fan shared a video claiming that Babar Azam refused to give an interview to Irfan during the ODI World Cup 2023 match in India.Harbhajan quickly responded, rebuking the Pakistani fan for his comment.Harbhajan, one of India’s…
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has left it up to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to convince the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to send its team to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, scheduled for the first quarter of next year. The event’s budget was recently approved during recent ICC…
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Khalid Mahmood has expressed doubts that India will participate in the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan early next year, highlighting the potential financial and operational repercussions for both the PCB and ICC if India doesn’t attend.“They are very very slim chances they will agree to play in Pakistan,”…
NEW DELHI: Former cricketer Aakash Chopra has shared his views on Virat Kohli’s recent performance, ahead of India’s T20 World Cup Super 8 match against Afghanistan on Thursday. He believes that if Kohli spends more time on the field, his form will improve.Kohli has struggled in the group stage, scoring merely 1, 4, and 0…
NEW DELHI: It won’t be an understatement to say that Pakistan‘s group stage exit from this edition of the T20 World Cup has neither gone down well with former players or critics, nor with the die-hard fans of the country.With defeats against the United States and archrivals India, Pakistan’s fate was sealed with a washed-out…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 campaign ended in disaster as the team bowed out in the group stage, losing to both the USA and India. The aftermath has been turbulent, with Pakistani cricketer Ahmad Shahzad supporting head coach Gary Kirsten‘s severe criticisms.According to earlier reports from Pakistan, Kirsten expressed his frustration…
NEW DELHI: Amid bashing from all quarters following their early T20 World Cup exit, Pakistan captain Babar Azam and star players Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi found some solace as former skipper Younis Khan called them Pakistan’s pride.Younis’ words of encouragement came at a time when the team was grappling with the fallout of…
NEW DELHI: After their terrible T20 World Cup campaign, Pakistan‘s skipper Babar Azam and five other players – Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan, and Azam Khan – have chosen to spend their holidays in London before going back home.T20 WORLD CUP: SCHEDULE | POINTS TABLEAccording to a report in The Express Tribune,…
