Babar Azam plays a shot during the ICC Champions Trophy match against New Zealand in Karachi. (Reuters/ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has criticised Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam for his lack of intent during the team’s opening game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 against New Zealand in Karachi. Chasing a…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the highly anticipated Champions Trophy clash between India and Pakistan, fast bowler Haris Rauf has adopted a pragmatic approach, stating that his team will treat the match like any other and focus on securing a victory to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.After suffering a defeat against New Zealand in…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan will play bitter rivals India in a Champions Trophy thriller on Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd in Dubai knowing that another loss would all but end their championship defense.Due to political sensitivities, the neighbors only clash in multi-nation events. This match is being played in Dubai after India declined to…
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Nearly three decades after the 1996 ICC World Cup graced Pakistani soil, the nation stands at the precipice of another historic moment. With the hands of the clock glued to the famous tower of Faisalabad ticking fast, the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is all set to…
Wasim Akram. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Pakistan selectors on Friday named the squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy scheduled to start from February 19.Pakistan brought back top-order batter Fakhar Zaman while Saim Ayub missed out due to injury.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!A viral video doing the rounds…
Pakistan cricketers (Agencies Photo) Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has criticised the squad selected for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 by the hosts, calling it “a political selection” and blaming the national selection committee for making controversial decisions. In the squad announced on Friday, all-rounder Faheem Ashraf made a surprise return after almost two years…
Mohammad Amir (Photo by CREIMAS / ILT20) NEW DELHI: Around this time of the year in 2024, Mohammad Amir was sitting on the sidelines, looking quite dispirited under the Ring of Fire at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The perplexed demeanour had its reasons. In an ILT20 game against MI Emirates, despite Amir delivering match-defining figures…
File image of Mohammad Rizwan, left, and Babar Azam (AP Photo) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the white-ball squads for the team’s tour of Australia next month, with Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi making a comeback after being left out of the last two Tests of the home series against England. After losing…
Fakhar Zaman (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s senior batter Fakhar Zaman has been left out of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) central contracts for the first time in eight years, with PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi confirming that the decision was influenced by both fitness issues and Zaman’s controversial social media comments regarding the selection committee.Speaking…
Fakhar Zaman (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has come under fire from fans following the omission of star opener Fakhar Zaman from the 2024-25 list of centrally contracted players. Zaman, a key player in Pakistan’s white-ball setup, was notably left out despite regularly featuring in ODIs and T20Is…
