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  • PSL 9: Islamabad United defeats Karachi Kings by five wickets

    PSL 9: Islamabad United defeats Karachi Kings by five wickets

    In the 24th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Islamabad United defeats Karachi Kings by five wickets in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

    Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and invited Karachi Kings to bat first.

    Karachi Kings inning

    Playing first, Karachi Kings scored 150 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

    On behalf of Karachi Kings, Kieron Pollard scored 39 runs and James Vince scored 29, Tim Seifert scored 26 runs and Shan Masood scored 10 runs. Apart from them, Muhammad Nawaz scored 5 runs and Shoaib Malik scored one run, Irfan Khan was dismissed for 16 runs.

    Tymal Mills took three and Faheem Ashraf took two wickets on behalf of Islamabad United, Hunain Shah and Imad Wasim took one wicket each.

    Islamabad United inning

    Chasing the target of 151,Colin Munro scored 9 runs Alex Hales scored 18, Salman Ali Agha scored 33, Haider Ali scored 26 while Faheem Ashraf scored 12 runs.

    From Karachi Kings Mir Hamza took 3 while Muzarabani and Zahid Mehmood took one wicket each.

  • ‘You will play PSL very soon’; Colin Munro’s special message for ball picker

    ‘You will play PSL very soon’; Colin Munro’s special message for ball picker

    In a special message on Instagram to ball picker boy Subhan, Islamabad United’s opening batsman Colin Munro said, “You will play PSL very soon.”

    Munro went on to write, “You took the best catch on the boundary line, could not meet you after the match, will meet in future matches.”

    During the match between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi on March 4, Subhan Khan first dropped a catch outside the boundary, then Colin Munro told him how to hold on to the catch. Subhan then held on to a great catch in the same match.

    After he took the catch, Colin Munro hugged Subhan.

  • Kangana Ranaut shares Punjabi singer Shubh’s song after their war of words

    Kangana Ranaut shares Punjabi singer Shubh’s song after their war of words

    Indian actress Kangana Ranaut has shocked her fans by sharing Punjabi singer Shubh’s song after getting into a spat with him a few months earlier.

    Ranaut shared a story on Instagram on Wednesday with Shubh’s song ‘Cheques’. The move came as a surprise after she had attacked the singer for showing a controversial hoodie during his live performance in London on October 29, 2023.

    During the live performance, fans were throwing shirts, jewellery and phones on him as gestures of love and support. A fan threw a hoodie which had the picture and date of the late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination on a map of Punjab. Gandhi was shot to death by her Sikh guards in 1984 as retaliation for the massacre of their community under her watch.

    Kangana Ranaut slammed Shubh for showing the hoodie during the concert.

    Taking to X (formerly Twitter) she wrote, “Celebrating the cowardly killing of an old woman by those who she appointed as her saviors. When you are trusted to protect but you take advantage of the trust and faith and use the same weapons to kill the ones were suppose to protect then it’s a shameful act of cowardice not of bravery. One must be ashamed of such a cowardly attack on an elderly lady who was disarmed and unaware, a lady who was the chosen leader of a democracy, nothing to glorify here Shubham ji. Shame !!! (Sic).”

    Shubh’s Still Rollin Tour for India was cancelled after the controversy and BookMyShow refunded all the tickets. The Indian Consumer electronics company Boat also withdrew sponsorship in response to the outcry.

    Shubh then took to Instagram after Kangana attacked him.

    He wrote, “No matter what I do, some people will find something to bring it against me. A lot of clothes, jewelry and phones were thrown at me by the audience at my first show in London. I was there to perform, not to see what got thrown at me and what is on it. The team has worked very hard for the last couple of months to perform for you all. Stop spreading hate and negativity.”

    Shubh (Shubneet Singh) is a Canada based Punjabi singer, who got fame in desi music with songs ‘We Rollin’ and ‘Offshore’.

  • PSL 9: Lahore Qalandars defeats Islamabad United by 17 runs

    PSL 9: Lahore Qalandars defeats Islamabad United by 17 runs

    In the 23rd match of Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars defeats Islamabad United by 17 runs in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

    Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and invited Lahore Qalandars to bat first.

    Lahore Qalandars inning

    From Lahore Qalandars, Van Dar Duson scored 64 runs and Shaheen Afridi scored 30 runs. Apart from this, Sahibzada Farhan scored 2, Fakhr Zaman 10, Shai Hope 6, Sikandar Raza 4 and Ahsan Hafeez scored 13 runs. David Visa remained unbeaten scoring 24 runs. Lahore Qalandars scored 162 runs in allotted 20 overs.

    On behalf of Islamabad United, Roman Raees took 2 wickets, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah, Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan took one wicket each.

    Islamabad United inning

    Chasing the target of 163, Islamabad took very poor start, Islamabad lost their 6 wickets on the total of just 38 runs. Azam Khan and Faheem Ashraf scored small partnership of 36 runs but Azam khan could score only 29 runs and returned to pavilion.

    Faheem Ashraf put a fighting score of 41 but could not lead the whole team returned to the pavilion on 145 runs in 18.5 overs.

    From Lahore Qalandars Zaman Khan took four wickets.

  • No more recommendations; team selection to be on merit, says PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi

    No more recommendations; team selection to be on merit, says PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi

    Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi has made it clear to the national players that from now, the team will be selected only on merit and no more recommendations will be accommodated.

    Naqvi stressed that he is not stopping any player from earning money but Pakistan should be their first priority.

    In a meeting with national players involved in Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Islamabad, Mohsin Naqvi said, “Whenever the team will be selected after today, it will be on merit. I will not tell anyone that you people should not earn money. Give Pakistan first priority, in any case I am not telling anyone to reduce their earnings. “

    Talking about the practice of adjusting players who do not come on merit, the Chairman stated, “If you see something like this, all you have to do is send me a message and I’m telling you, I’m a very friendly guy and I’m also mean. So mean that if a single complaint is heard, the whole team will go.”

  • PSL 9: Islamabad United defeats Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs

    PSL 9: Islamabad United defeats Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs

    In the 20th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Islamabad United defeats Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

    Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the toss and invited Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan to bat first.

    Islamabad United inning

    Islamabad captain Shadab Khan played an aggressive innings of 80 runs off 51 balls, hitting 4 fours and 6 sixes. Agha Salman played an innings of 37 runs while Jordan Cox and Azam Khan remained not out scoring 26 and 29 runs respectively.

    For Peshawar Zalmi, Saim Ayub took 2 wickets while Salman Irshad and Luke Wood took one wicket each.

    Peshawar Zalmi inning

    Chasing the target of 197, Peshawar Zalmi lost their both openers in first over. On the total of 18 runs Peshawar half team returned to the pavilion, but Aamir Jamal and Paul Walter make a partnership of 107 runs but could not led their team to victory. Walter scored 33 runs on 29 balls while Aamir Jamal scored brilliant 87 of 49 balls.

    From Islamabad United Captain Shadab Khan took 3 while Hunain Shah and Ruman Raees took 2 wickets each.

  • Pre-wedding ceremony worth $152 million: all you need to know about the Ambani events

    Pre-wedding ceremony worth $152 million: all you need to know about the Ambani events

    Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani arranged a three-day pre-wedding ceremony for his son Anant and fiance Radhika Merchant, which came to a total expenditure of $152 million (1,260 crores INR).

    Ambani held the most expensive in India in 2018 of his daughter, which reportedly cost $100 million (828 crores INR). In this wedding US pop megastar Beyonce performed.

    This time Rihanna, the multi-award-winning popstar performed in the ceremony. According VN Express reports, she was paid £5 million (52 crore INR). Rihanna came out of an eight year retirement for the event and took social media by storm when she posed with Indian paparazzi and airport staff.

    A large number of employees as well as a group of more than 100 chefs from the Indian city of Indore, who produced 2,500 dishes that included Mexican, Chinese, Indian, and European cuisines. Another expense was securing 1000 guests including some of the world’s wealthiest individuals.

    Ambani and wife Nita, along with their son Anant and his fiancee Radhika, launched a three-day feast for more than 51,000 villagers at the Reliance Township in his hometown of Jamnagar.

    Ambani sent private planes for all foreign guests.

    Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, cricket super stars Sachin Tendulkar and M.S. Dhoni, and industry titan Gautam Adani were invited in the grand ceremony.

    According to Indian media, superstars Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor were picked up in a Rolls Royce, while the Ambanis arranged a bus for all the others. Actors like Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Ananya Panday were seen boarding a bus at the airport.

    Watch: Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor in a Rolls Royce

  • Why was Mukesh Ambani crying during Anant’s pre-wedding ceremony?

    Why was Mukesh Ambani crying during Anant’s pre-wedding ceremony?

    Billionaire Mukesh Ambani teared up at the pre-wedding celebration of scion Anant Ambani in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

    Anant talked about his health concerns on a mic, addressing his guests, upon which his father, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani, broke down in tears.

    The three-day long lavish pre-wedding celebration got underway on Friday. During the ceremony, Anant Ambani expressed gratitude to his parents and talked about his childhood health problems.

    “My family did everything they could to make me feel unique. My life hasn’t always been roses. I’ve experienced pain. I’ve struggled with my health ever since I was a young child. However, I have never felt as though I was in pain, my parents have consistently supported me,” he said.

    “I had many health problems since I was a child, but my parents never let me know it. My father and mother always stood by my side and made me believe that I could do anything if I just thought about it. I am forever grateful to my parents and father for what they mean to me,” he said, as Mukesh fought back tears.

    A video of the interaction has sparked multiple reactions on social media.

    Over a 1000 people, including some of the world’s wealthiest individuals, were invited in the main event over the course of three days. Among the famous invitees are Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Bill Gates, head of Microsoft, along with Rihanna and a plethora of Bollywood celebrities and Indian cricket stars.

  • PSL 9: Multan Sultans defeats Karachi Kings by 20 runs

    PSL 9: Multan Sultans defeats Karachi Kings by 20 runs

    In the 19th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Multan Sultan defeats Karachi Kings by 20 runs and qualify for playoffs stage of the event.

    Multan Sultans captain Muhammad Rizwan won the toss and elected to bat first.

    Multan Sultans inning

    Usman Khan played an unbeaten innings of 106 runs off 59 balls while scoring a brilliant century. This is his second century in PSL. Apart from this, captain Muhammad Rizwan scored 58 runs and Reese Hendricks scored 13 runs, Iftikhar Ahmed scored 4 runs and got out.

    Mazrabani took 2 wickets and Hasan Ali took 1 wicket for Karachi Kings.

    Karachi Kings inning

    Chasing the target of Multan Sultan, Kings captain Shan Masood scored 36 runs, Shoaib Malik 38, Irfanullah Niazi 23, Muhammad Nawaz 27 and Hassan Ali 17 runs.

    From Multan Sultans, Usama Mir took 2 while David Willy, Muhammad Ali, Khushdil Shah and Chris Jordan took one wicket each.

    Multan Sultans becomes first team of the ongoing season to qualify for playoff stage of the tournament.

  • BCCI dropped Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from central contract

    BCCI dropped Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from central contract

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has dropped wicketkeepers Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from its central contract for year 2023-24, while Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have also been left out of the contract.

    Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer both have recently distanced themselves from playing domestic cricket.

    Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are in the Grade A Plus category while Ravi Chandran Ashwin, Muhammad Shami, Muhammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya are in the Grade A category. Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel and Yashwi Jaiswal are in the Grade B.

    15 players have been included in Grade C including Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shardal Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshad Singh, KS Bharat, Prasad. Krishna, Aveesh Khan and Rajat Patidar are included.

    Ishan Kishan left the South Africa tour last year and returned home. Since then he has been absent from competitive cricket. He was not selected in the squad for the home T20 series against Afghanistan and the Test series against England. Team India head coach Rahul Dravid said that Ishan will have to play domestic cricket to return to Team India, but he stayed away from the Ranji Trophy.