Cricketer Imam-ul-Haq is set to tie the knot soon.
The Pakistani batsman is going to marry a Norwegian girl on November 25, according to Geo Super. The wedding festivities will begin in Lahore on November 23 and will include a Qawwali night. The Nikkah will take place on November 25, while the Valima will be held on the next day.
Prominent members of the cricket team including Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Rizwan and Shadab Khan will attend the wedding.
Pakistan currently is facing a series of defeats in the World Cup after losing to Afghanistan in Chennai, and previously to India and Australia.
After Monday’s humiliating defeat at the hands on Afghanistan, Pakistan team’s journey to reach the semi-finals once again depends on the loss or wins of other teams.
After Pakistan’s defeat, if we look at the World Cup group stage points table, India is first, New Zealand is second, South Africa is third and Australia is fourth, while despite the defeat, Pakistan is still in the fifth spot.
It should be noted that the top 4 teams at the end of the group stage will qualify for the semi-finals, but now the question is whether there is any way for the Pakistan team to reach the semi-finals or not.
Pakistan can still reach the semi-finals, but for that, Pakistan cannot lose any more matches.
In the remaining four matches, the first will be against South Africa on October 27, Bangladesh on October 31, New Zealand on November 4, and England on November 11. Pakistan will have 12 points in the group stage.
Even if Pakistan wins all their remaining matches, for Pakistan to reach the semi-finals, Bangladesh will have to defeat South Africa in today’s match, while South Africa should be defeated by India in their match on November 5.
New Zealand will have to at least lose to South Africa and Australia, as this will give them 10 points and Pakistan will have 12 points after six wins. Pakistan will also benefit from the defeat of South Africa by New Zealand in their next matches. Similarly, South Africa will have 10 points after winning five matches, and Pakistan will have 12 points after winning six matches.
There are other chances of Pakistan reaching the semi-finals in this tournament, but none of them are without risk.
After an eight wicket defeat by Afghanistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup, Wasim Akram expressed reservations over the fitness of the Pakistan team, slamming the squad’s management.
Talking on a private TV show, Wasim Akram said that it is a shame that Afghanistan made a big score of 280 while losing just two wickets. For several weeks they have been shouting on the TV screen that the players have not had a fitness test for two years, he said.
“Now, let’s take the names of the players individually, who have become so big, looking at them, it seems as if they eat eight kilos of nihari daily, at least they should be tested”.
The former captain said, “Professionally these boys are paid, they play for the country, and there should be some standard rules for them”.
After the defeat against Australia, Wasim Akram criticized Haris Rauf’s bowling and said, “This is what I had to say about Haris Rauf before the start of the World Cup. Until Haris Rauf plays first-class cricket, he will have a problem in ODIs”.
He further said “Why do we call our bowling the best attack in the world? Our bowlers are talented, Shaheen Shah Afridi is one of the best bowlers among them, unfortunately, Naseem Shah is suffering from an injury.”
After the stunning defeat by Afghanistan in the ICC World Cup, Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam said that the defeat has hurt the team, pointing out that bowling and fielding were not up to par.
While addressing a press conference after the match, Azam said, “I congratulate Afghanistan, anything can happen in cricket, this defeat has hurt the team. The bowling, and fielding were not good while the spinners did not bowl well in the middle overs.”
Addressing criticism of his own performance, Azam said that he does not have the burden of captaincy. “When I bat, I only do my batting, when it is my turn to captain, I do full captaincy.”
He said, “The Pakistan team is not able to click, the focus on fielding is not being fulfilled. After the defeat against India, our plans are not succeeding.”
He again talked about his own performance, stating, “I do not know what campaign is going on against me on social media.”
In the ICC ODI World Cup, Afghanistan defeated Pakistan for the first time in a major upset and won at the event for the second time. Afghanistan easily chased down Pakistan’s target of 283 runs in 49 overs for the loss of 2 wickets, with Ibrahim Zadran scoring 87 runs.
The Green Shirts had a good start against Afghanistan, with openers Abdullah Shafiq and Imam-ul-Haq forming a partnership of more than 50 runs, but then Pakistan suffered their first loss at 56, as Imam ul Haq got caught on the score of 17 by Azmatullah. After the fall of one wicket, a partnership of 54 runs was established between Babar and Abdullah Shafiq, but then Abdullah returned to the pavilion after scoring 58 runs.
Muhammad Rizwan also fell to Noor Ahmed after putting up eight runs, while Saud Shakeel was dismissed after scoring 25. Captain Babar Azam completed a half-century but he too returned to the pavilion after scoring 74 runs off 92 balls. In the final overs, Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan batted responsibly, with the former scoring 40 runs off 27 balls and the latter putting up 40 runs off 38 balls. Shaheen Afridi remained unbeaten on three runs.
Thus, Pakistan scored 282 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 50 overs.
Chasing Pakistan’s target of 283 runs, Afghan batsmen attacked Pakistan bowlers from the start, with both openers Rahmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran batting brilliantly to give the Afghan team 130 runs. The green shirts showed poor fielding due to which the bowlers could not put pressure on the opposition team.
However, opener Garbaz scored 65 and Ibrahim got out after 87 runs. However, even after the loss of two wickets, the Afghan team did not come under any pressure, and captain Hashmatullah and Rahmat Shah batted responsibly and gave Afghanistan a win.
Hashmatullah put up 48 and Rahmat Shah remained unbeaten while scoring 77 runs. Afghanistan achieved Pakistan’s target in 49 overs with the loss of two wickets.
Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi took one wicket each for Pakistan.
Pakistani Tekken 7 superstar Arslan Ash continued his winning spree by emerging victorious at the “Uprising Korea 2023” tournament on Sunday. In the final game, Arslan Ash defeated his South Korean opponent Galgonge by 3-0.
Earlier Arslan was defeated by Galgonge in a close match by 3-2, after which he played a losers final in which he defeated Varrel Pinya by 3-1 and qualified for the grand finals.
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In the finals, he once again faced Galgonge and defeated him in a one-sided match by 3-1, but as Arslan lost his previous game against Galgonge in winners finals, Arslan had to play another game against Galgonge to emerged as champion.
In the final round, Arslan once again defeated Ganglone in a one-sided match by 3-0.
Arslan ash is the only player in the world to win the “EVO championship” four times. He was named as the best “E-sports player of the year” in 2019 by ESPN.
In the 21st match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, India defeated New Zealand by four wickets to mark its fifth victory of the tournament.
New Zealand’s innings did not start well, with Devon Conway getting dismissed for 9 runs by Mohammad Siraj. At 19 runs, Mohammad Shami sent Will Young to the pavilion for 17 runs.
Daryl Mitchell and young batsman Richan Ravindra put on a brilliant partnership of 159 runs which took the team score to 178 runs. But then Richan was dismissed for 75 off 87 balls, followed by Tom Latham at five, Glenn Phillips 23, Mark Chapman six, and Santner returning to the pavilion with a single run. Daryl Mitchell scored a century while batting brilliantly. He was dismissed for 130 runs off 127 balls, his innings included nine fours and five sixes. The entire Kiwi team was bowled out for 273 runs in 50 overs.
On behalf of India, Mohammad Shami took five wickets while bowling brilliantly
Chasing New Zealand’s target of 274 runs, India got off to a good start with a 71-run partnership between the openers but then captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 46 runs while Shubman Gill also returned to the pavilion for 26 runs.
After that, Shreyas Iyer 33, KL Rahul 27, and Surya Kumar Yadav scored 2 runs and left the team. Virat Kohli once again batted brilliantly but could not complete a century, getting out after scoring 95 runs off 104 balls. Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten by scoring 39 runs, and India completed New Zealand’s target of 274 runs in 48 overs.
Mohammad Shami was awarded Player of the Match for his outstanding bowling performance.
In the 19th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, Sri Lanka defeated Netherlands by five wickets to mark its first victory of the tournament.
The match was played at Akana Sports City in Lucknow where Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat first.
The Netherlands were all out for 262 with two balls left in the innings. Sybrand Angel Brackett was the top scorer for the Netherlands with 70 runs, besides Logan van Beek who scored 59 runs.
Dilshan Madhushanka and Kasun Rajitha took four wickets each for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka achieved the target of 263 runs in 48.2 overs, and Samarawakarma played an unbeaten innings of 91 runs.
In the match between Pakistan and Australia in the ICC World Cup, Indian police stopped fans from chanting Pakistan Zindabad.
Apparently, during the match between Australia and Pakistan at the Channaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, an Indian police official in the stadium stopped a fan wearing a Pakistan shirt from chanting Pakistan Zindabad.
The video of the incident was shared on social media by Pakistani actor and YouTuber Arslan Naseer, in which an Indian police officer can be seen arguing with a Pakistani fan and stopping him from chanting Pakistan Zindabad.
The Pakistani fan said to the policeman that the match was going on, we had come from Pakistan and if we didn’t shout Pakistan Zindabad then what would we say.
Arsalan Naseer wrote in the caption of the video, “Well, how does the world’s biggest democracy work? ‘Great show India!”
In the 18th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia easily defeated Pakistan by 62 runs and achieved their second victory in the event.
The Australian team scored 367 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 50 overs, David Warner scored 163 runs and Mitchell Marsh scored 121 runs for the Kangaroos.
Shaheen Afridi took five wickets and Haris Rauf took three wickets for Pakistan.
Chasing Australia’s target of 368 runs, Pakistan got off to a good start, with Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafiq putting on a 134-run opening partnership and both scoring half-centuries.
But then Abdullah got out after scoring 64 runs and Imamul Haq after putting up 70 runs. After that, captain Babar Azam once again failed to play a big innings in the World Cup and returned to the pavilion for just 18 runs. Rizwan also departed after scoring 46 runs, while Muhammad Nawaz scored 14 runs, Hasan Ali scored eight runs, and Shaheen Afridi scored 10 runs, thus the entire Pakistan team was bowled out for 305 runs in 45.3 overs.
Adam Zampa of Australia dismissed four players by giving 53 runs while Cummins and Stoins took two wickets.
