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  • Twitter reacts to PM asking athletes to aim for ‘platinum medals’

    Twitter reacts to PM asking athletes to aim for ‘platinum medals’

    Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met with athletes who won medals for the country in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 and the Islamic Solidarity Games.

    The ceremony took place at the PM House in Islamabad, where athletes were awarded cash prizes.

    Medalist athletes including Altaf-ur-Rehman, Nooh But, and Arshad Nadeem also attended the ceremony.

    “I hope the athletes who won bronze [medal] will receive silver or gold medals in the future, and the athletes who won gold medals will receive platinum medals,” PM stated at the occasion.

    Since no platinum medals are awarded at the Commonwealth and Islamic Solidarity Games, the PM’s remarks have sparked a meme frenzy on Twitter.

    Here are some of the tweets:

    https://twitter.com/rizviregee/status/1562823249196527616?s=21&t=Wq7tQQKG4TBOOjU4zidelw

    PM’s tweet:

    “Honoured to host our players & athletes who made the country proud by winning various medals in the Commonwealth Games.  Their hard work and devotion were exemplary. Today I also announced the revival of departmental sports, which was a long-standing demand,” the PM wrote in a tweet.

    Ban on departmental sports lifted

    The PM has also lifted the ban on departmental sports. “The ban was imposed by the previous government, asking all public departments, corporations, and autonomous bodies to stop their funding of sports teams in 30 different disciplines,” the tweet from the Prime Minister’s office read.

    “The decision has led thousands to be jobless from the positions of departmental sports. “After taking office, PM pledged to restore departmental sports with the goal of promoting healthy games among the youth,” it added.

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  • Pakistan or India: Shane Watson predicts who will win Asia Cup 2022

    Pakistan or India: Shane Watson predicts who will win Asia Cup 2022

    Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson predicted the winner of the upcoming Asia Cup 2022, which starts on August 27 (Saturday).

    There will be eight teams in two groups competing against one another in the upcoming Asia Cup 2022. The most awaited-match between Pakistan and India will take place on August 28 (Sunday).

    There are many strong contenders – India and Pakistan favoured most among them – but Watson picked India to win the tournament. 

    “My predicted winner is India,” said Watson in the latest episode of The ICC Review. “They’re so strong and depending on what the conditions are, they adapt easily to conditions.”

    “Pakistan,” said Watson when asked about the biggest threat to India’s success. He said the winner of the India-Pakistan clash on Sunday (August 28) would go on to win the Asia Cup.

    “That first game is going to be very special to watch because Pakistan have full belief now that they can beat this Indian team,” said Watson. “I think, really, whoever wins that game is going to go on and win the Asia Cup.”

    Pak-India clash

    “I’m sitting on the fence a little bit!” Watson laughed. “But I think Pakistan have a chance to win that game because of the confidence they’d have got out of winning for the first time in a long time against India.”

    Watson added that Pakistan’s “confidence is going to be flying high”.

    “India is hard to contain, especially their batting. But Pakistan, and as I’ve always known playing against them, when their confidence is high, they’re nearly unstoppable. And their confidence is high now that they know they can beat India in a big tournament.”

  • VIDEO: Babar Azam meets Virat Kohli in Dubai ahead of Pak Vs India clash

    Team India landed in Dubai on August 23 and went straight to the nets to prepare for India’s match against Pakistan on August 28 (Sunday). Ahead of the much-anticipated match, players from both the teams met each other in Dubai.  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video in which Virat Kohli could be seen meeting Pakistan skipper Babar Azam.

    In the video, Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal were also chatting with Muhammad Nabi.

    Babar Azam retained his top spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20I rankings. He is at the top of the rankings with 818 points, whereas Kohli has been struggling of late.

    Comparisons between the two had started long back and gathers steam ahead of a match between the two rival sides.

    Read more: ‘This too shall pass’, Pakistani captain Babar Azam backs Virat Kohli to regain form

    Asia Cup is all set to start from August 27 and Pakistan will be playing its first match against India on August 28 in Dubai.

    Babar and Kohli’s video has drawn massive reaction of fans from both countries. Here are some tweets.

  • Asia Cup 2022: Where to watch it live

    Asia Cup 2022: Where to watch it live

    Asia Cup 2022 is anticipated to be one of the most-watched cricket tournaments across the world after the ICC Cricket World Cups.

    The tournament is all set to start from August 27.

    Pakistan will play against India on August 28.

    Here is the list of broadcasters for Asia Cup 2022 around the world.

    Pakistan: Ten Sports/PTV

    India: Star Sports/ Hotstar/ DD sports

    USA: Hotstar

    UK: Hotstar

    Sri Lanka: SLRC

    Bangladesh: Gazi TV/Channel 9/BTV National

    Afghanistan: Ariana TV

    North America and Middle East: OSN Sports Cricket HD

    Australia/ New Zealand/ Canada: Yupp TV

    South Africa: Supersport

    Daraz and Tapmad will be streaming Asia Cup live on their apps all around the globe.

  • Mohammad Hasnain to replace Shaheen Shah Afridi in Asia Cup 2022

    Mohammad Hasnain to replace Shaheen Shah Afridi in Asia Cup 2022

    Mohammad Hasnain will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi in the Pakistan squad of the Asia Cup 2022. Shaheen, Pakistan’s left arm pacer, was ruled out of the Asia Cup because of a knee injury. He has been advised to rest for 4-6 weeks.

    Hasnain has represented Pakistan in 18 T20Is in which he has taken 17 wickets. He is among those few bowlers who hit 145kph mark consistently.

    Hasnain was banned from bowling after biomechanical testing at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on January 21 from all format of cricket.

    After working on his action for almost four months, his bowling action was declared legal on June 9 by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

    Asia Cup is all set to begin on August 27. Pakistan will play the opening match against India on August 28 in Dubai.

    Pakistan squad for Asia Cup 2022 – Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir

  • List of players who scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket

    List of players who scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket

    Test cricket is a format of the game with the longest match duration and is considered the game’s highest standard. Some players with outstanding performances during their career managed to cross the benchmark of 10,000 runs in Test cricket.

    Here is a list of all cricketers who managed to cross the 10,000 mark. It includes three players from India, three from Australia, two from Sir Lanka, two from West Indies, two from England, one from South Africa, and one from Pakistan.

    1. Sachin Tendulkar (India)

    In Test format, Tendulkar played for India from 1989 to 2013 and scored 15,921 runs with 51 hundreds. No other player has scored more hundreds than Sachin till date.

    2. Ricky Ponting (Aus)

    Ricky Ponting made it to the list by scoring 13,378 runs with 41 hundreds. He played in the Test format for Australia from 1995 to 2012.

    3. Jacques Kallis (SA)

    Kallis played for South Africa for 28 years and retired from Test cricket in 2013. He scored 13,289 with 45 hundreds.

    4. Rahul Dravid (India)

    Rahul is another Indian player who scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He played from 1996 to 2012 and scored 13,288 runs in 286 innings.

    5. Alastair Cook (Eng)

    Cook played for England from 2006 to 2018 and scored 12,472 runs in 291 innings with 33 hundreds.

    6. Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

    Kumar Sangakkara, who is famous for his cover drives, played from 2000 to 2015 for Sri Lanka in Test cricket and scored 12,400 runs with 38 hundreds.

    7. Brian Lara (WI)

    Brian Lara, who is the only batsman to score 400 in one innings in Test cricket, played from 1990 to 2006 for West Indies. He scored 11,953 runs in his Test career.

    8. Shivnarine Chanderpaul(WI)

    He played for 21 years for West Indies from 1994 to 2015 and scored 11,876 runs in 280 innings.

    9. Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

    He played for Sri Lanka from from 1997 to 2014 in Test cricket and scored 11,814 runs with 34 hundreds.

    10. Allan Border (Aus)

    Allan is a former Australian cricketer who played from 1978 to 1994 and scored 11,174 runs with career’s highest of 205 in an innings.

    11. Steve Waugh (Aus)

    Steve Waugh is another former Australian player who crossed 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He played from 1985 to 2004 and scored 10,927 runs in his Test career.

    12. Joe Root (Eng)

    He is the only player who is yet to retire but has scored 10,000+ runs in Test cricket during his career of 10 years. He made his Test debut in 2012 and is still playing for England. So far, he has scored 10,466 runs.

    13. Sunil Gavaskar (India)

    He played for India from 1971 to 1987 and has scored 10,122 runs in his Test career.

    13. Younis Khan (Pak)

    Younis Khan is the only Pakistani player who made it to the list. He played for Pakistan from 2000 to 2017 for 17 years in Test cricket and has scored 10,099 runs in his career. He scored 34 hundreds with personal best of 313.

  • PAK vs NED: Babar Azam breaks world record

    PAK vs NED: Babar Azam breaks world record

    Pakistan cricket team all-format captain Babar Azam has made another record. In the first One-Day International (ODI) against the Netherlands on Tuesday, Babar Azam broke South Africa’s great Hashim Amla’s record for the most runs in ODIs after 88 innings.

    Though he managed to score only 74 runs during Tuesday’s match, they were enough to shatter record books.

    In that innings, he crossed the 4,500-run mark in the ODIs and broke Amla’s record. Babar now has 4,516 runs to his name at an average of 59.42 in 88 innings. On the contrary, Amla had scored 4,473 runs after batting in the exact number of innings.

    Pakistan will play the second ODI on August 18 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Earlier this month, the International Cricket Council (ICC) released the T20I rankings in which Azam was at the top of the rankings with 818 points.

  • Pakistan’s differently abled athlete bags bronze medal at Islamic Solidarity Games

    Pakistan’s differently abled athlete bags bronze medal at Islamic Solidarity Games

    Pakistan’s differently abled athlete Altaf-ur-Rehman has bagged a bronze medal in the Para Table Tennis at the 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games. He won bronze after losing in the semi-final.

    “I am very grateful to all those who supported me and prayed for my victory,” said Altaf in a video message.

    The Islamic Solidarity Games are being held in Konya, Turkey.

    This is the second medal for Pakistan in the Islamic Solidarity Games. Earlier, Pakistan’s star athlete Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal in the javelin throw competition at the Islamic Solidarity Games. The 25-year-old athlete did a record throw of 88.55m to claim the medal.

  • Fawad Alam reveals which bowler made his legs tremble

    Fawad Alam reveals which bowler made his legs tremble

    Test cricketer Fawad Alam has spoken about facing the most dangerous bowler in his career.

    Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and Fawad Alam appeared on the Geo News programme “Hasna Mana Hai,” where they both faced a flood of questions.

    Vicky Chaudhry, a cricket who played with Babar Azam at the Malton White Club, also took part in the show and posed the question to Fawad, “Which bowler makes your legs shiver?”

    To which he replied, “Shaun Tait is one such bowler who I played for the first time in Australia, so at that time I only played two balls of Tait.”

    “Although my legs do not tremble, there are some bowlers I enjoy playing with. Shaun Tait is one of the fastest bowlers I’ve enjoyed playing with, and I’ve never seen a bowler like that before,” Fawad added.

    Vicky asked whether there was a bowler he thought was easy to handle.

    Fawad said that it is possible to presume that some of a team’s bowlers may be attacked, but you can’t assume that all of the bowlers are “halwa” or easy to play.

  • Commonwealth Games silver medalist Inam Butt gets hero’s welcome on return

    Commonwealth Games silver medalist Inam Butt gets hero’s welcome on return

    Commonwealth Games silver medalist Inam Butt, bronze medalist Inayatullah, and sprinter Shajar Abbas reached Pakistan on Monday (August 15) and received a grand welcome on their return. Director General (DG) Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Asif Zaman welcomed the players at the Islamabad Airport.

    Butt took to Twitter to share a picture.

    “Alhamdulillah safely landed. Thanks, @SportsBoardPak for the great reception at midnight.”

    Commonwealth Games and Islam Solidarity Games gold medalist Arshad Nadeem will arrive in Pakistan today.

    Commonwealth Games gold medalist Nooh Butt will be seen in action at the Islamic Solidarity Games today (August 15).

    Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have ended while Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey are still going on.

    Earlier this month, Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) announced prize money for those who won medals in the Commonwealth Games.

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