A few days before the start of World Cup 2023, vice-captain Shadab Khan’s phupho (paternal aunt) passed away.
The Pakistani team is now in India to play the World Cup with the first warm-up match against New Zealand played on Friday, in which New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets.
Pakistan will play their first World Cup match against the Netherlands on October 6, but before the start of the mega event, Shadab Khan’s phupo passed away.
In a message on social media, Shadab Khan said “Just heard that Phuphu has passed away, and everyone is requested to pray for her forgiveness”.
Heard the news of my phupo passing away. Please remember her in your prayers.
Pakistan’s middle order batsman Saud Shakeel scored 75 runs on 53 balls with a strike rate of 141 in the warm-up match against New Zealand. Saud hit 4 sixes and five boundaries in his inning.
The menu being served to the e Pakistani cricket squad in Hyderabad during ICC World Cup 2023 has been revealed.
According to Indian media, beef is unavailable for all teams, including the Pakistani squad. The Pakistani team’s menu includes chaanpe, mutton karahi, butter chicken, and grilled fish.
According to Indian media, the menu will include Hyderabad’s famous Biryani, while daily protein meals will consist of mutton, chicken, and fish.
Pakistan’s men’s squash team has defeated India by 2-1 to qualify for the semi-final in the Asian Games. Nasir Iqbal and Noor Zaman won their matches for Pakistan in the match against India.
The competition between Pakistan and India was sensational, especially during the first battle in which Pakistan’s Noor Zaman and India’s Abhay Singh came face to face. The duration of the contest was 51 minutes, with Noor Zaman winning. The winning scores were 8-11, 12-10, 8-11 and 8-11.
In the second match, Asim Khan and Saruv Ghoshal faced each other, with the latter scoring three against the former.
There was a tie with the score at 1-1, after which Nasir Iqbal defeated Mahesh Mangunkar in the decider. The match between Nasir and Mahesh continued for 58 minutes in which the Pakistani player scored thrice. Nasir’s score in the decisive match was 6-11, 11-13, 11-9 and 8-11.
Earlier today, Pakistan also beat Singapore thrice. In the final group match, Pakistan will face Kuwait today.
PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) announces central contract for players. Babar Azam, Rizwan, and Shaheen in A category while Imad Wasim gets the contract as well. Zaman Khan, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani included in list of contracted players.
PCB announces central contract for players. Babar Azam, Rizwan, and Shaheen in A category. Imad Wasim gets the contract as well. Zaman Khan, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani included in list of contracted players. pic.twitter.com/VR9DRSe5D3
The issue of the central contract of Pakistani men cricket team was settled by mutual agreement between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the national cricket team.
The issue of the central contract of national cricketers was pending for a few months as cricketers had objections to many clauses of their contracts. However, all reservations of cricketers have now been addressed.
National team chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq also played an important role in settling the matter.
The cricketers’ central contracts expired on June 30, after which the contracts were extended by one month.
Shaheen Afridi will remain the internet’s golden boy because of how precious he is. The fast bowler recently shared a picture announcing that he was the brand ambassador of the real estate organisation AH Group, and in the picture, he can be seen wearing a bright pink suit.
I am delighted to share that I have joined @AHGroup_Pk as a brand ambassador.
Looks like Barbie fever is still not over for Pakistani fans as they soon began launching hilarious memes in the quote tweets and we’re sharing all of our favorite ones here.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released players’ ranking, with Pakistan captain Babar Azam retaining the first position in the ODI batsmen’s ranking.
According to the rankings, Babar Azam will enter the World Cup as the number one batsman, but the gap between India’s Shubman Gill and Babar Azam has narrowed further.
According to the ranking, Babar Azam’s rating points remain at 857, while Shubman Gill’s rating points have increased from 814 to 847. In this ranking, Pakistan’s Imam ul Haq has moved from fourth to fifth place, while Fakhar Zaman is at the 10th spot.
On the other hand, in the ICC ODI bowlers ranking, India’s Mohammad Siraj remains the first, Australia’s Josh Hazlewood is second in the ranking and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has moved from fifth to fourth.
In the Asian Games, Nepal created a new history in the T20 Cricket format and broke several records in a single match.
Nepal set the world record for the highest total runs in T20 cricket and scored 314 runs by losing 3 wickets while batting first against Mongolia.
Nepal Cricket team creates history: Nepal scored a massive 314/3 in T20I against Mongolia in 19th Asian Games. Kushal Malla smashed a Century in 34 balls and Dipendra Singh Airee smashed 50 in 9 balls! T20I WORLD RECORD.#AsianGamespic.twitter.com/5MXMNP2YdS
Apart from this, Kushal Malla of the Nepali team scored an unbeaten 137 runs off 34 balls, while Deepandra Singh scored an unbeaten 50 runs off 9 balls, Captain Rohit Paudal scored 61 runs off 27 balls.
Earlier, Afghanistan was the highest run-scorer. Afghanistan scored 278 in a match against Ireland in February 2019.
Fastest Fifty Record:
Deependra Singh broke the record of fastest fifty of India’s Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj Singh scored 50 runs in 12 balls against England in the 2007 World Cup, but Deependra Singh scored 50 runs in just 9 balls.
Fastest Century:
Kaushal Malla scored the fastest century, surpassing India’s Rohit Sharma and South Africa’s David Miller. Kaushal Malla scored a 34-ball century while Rohit Sharma and David Miller scored 35-ball centuries.
In the Asian Games being held in China, Pakistan won by 3-0 against traditional rivals India to secure the fifth position in the volleyball competition.
Pakistan scored 21-25, 20-25 and 23-25, with Murad Jahan and Murad Khan performing brilliantly.
It should be noted that Pakistan has made it to the top 5 in the Asian Games for the first time since 1990.
Before departing for India to play in World Cup 2023, Babar Azam said in a press conference today that his squad has made the Pakistan number one team. “I know who fights for me and for the team,” Azam said.
Babar stressed that there is no pressure to play in India for the first time. “We know about the conditions, we have tried to get information from former cricketers, we are fully prepared for the World Cup, we will try to play well as a team”.
Calling it an honor to play as captain, Babar said that his team is trying to win. “Because of these guys we have become number one, I am not convinced of many changes in the team. We didn’t play well in the two cup matches, the fielding was lacking, and we need to improve. Every match doesn’t have the same mistake, if you cover one mistake, another one happens.”
Discussing strike bowler Naseem Shah’s injury, Azam said, “He will be missed in the World Cup, we will miss him a lot, he used to bowl with Shaheen, and he gave us a different vibe.”
The captain said that ‘Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, in consultation with coach Mickey Arthur, has selected Hasan Ali because he has experience.”I can’t say yet who will bowl with Shaheen. He has given the same message to the national team. We have done it before and still have to do it, our focus is not on one match but on all, from 2019 we are playing eight to nine players together.”
The captain added that spinners are very good. “I agree they have not performed but it is not that they are not good, it is not easy to play in the Pakistan team, they are good then they are in the team.”
Regarding the central contract, Babar Azam said that it is being discussed and will be done soon, PCB has always thought well of the players, this time it will be good too.
Moreover Babar Azam denied rumors of a fight with Shaheen Afridi.
“There is nothing like that, we love each other like family,” said the national team captain.
It should be noted that after the defeat by India and then Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup, there were rumors about captain Babar Azam and fast bowler Shaheen Afridi having a verbal altercation in the dressing room.
Later, before his wedding, Shaheen posted a picture with Babar captioned “family”.
