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  • Pakistan’s Mahnoor Ali won gold in medal U-13 Squash Championship in Singapore

    Pakistan’s Mahnoor Ali won gold in medal U-13 Squash Championship in Singapore

    Pakistan’s Mahnoor Ali won the gold medal by defeating China’s Feng Chen at the under-13 Squash Open Championship in Singapore on Sunday.

    Mahnoor defeated China’s Feng Chen with scores of 11-6, 11-7 and 11-4 to win the Junior Squash Open Championship.

    Earlier on April 14, 2024, sisters Mahnoor Ali and Mehwish Ali from Peshawar won the Australian Junior Open Championship and won the gold medal.

    15-year-old budding squash player Mehwish Ali and her sister Mahnoor Ali are Fellows of the Bilqis and Abdul Razak Dawood (BARD) Foundation.

    With the help BARD Foundation, Mahnoor Ali has established himself as an outstanding young squash player at the age of 11 winning 11 gold medals so far.

  • Saudi Arabia’s big announcement if Pakistan wins T20 World Cup

    Saudi Arabia’s big announcement if Pakistan wins T20 World Cup

    Saudi Arabia has announced it to make the Pakistani team their royal guest for Hajj next year if the team wins the ongoing T20 World Cup.

    Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Maliki expressed his best wishes for the Pakistan Cricket Team in a special video message.

    The Saudi ambassador said that the “Pakistani team will win this tournament InshaAllah and after winning the World Cup, the Pakistani team will be the royal guests for Hajj next year.”

    He further said, “God willing, the Pakistani people will celebrate the team’s success in the World Cup. I pray for the prosperity and development of Pakistan.”

    The T20 World Cup is ongoing and apart from Pakistan, the teams of 20 countries are participating in this mega event.

  • T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies defeats Papua New Guinea by five wickets

    T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies defeats Papua New Guinea by five wickets

    West Indies defeats Papua New Guinea by five wickets in the second match of T20 World Cup in Providence Cricket Stadium, Guyana.

    West Indies won the toss and elected to field against Papua New Guinea.

    Papua New Guinea inning:

    Batting first, Papua New Guinea scored 136 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. From Papua New Guinea Sese Bau was top scorer with 50 runs.

    Apart from this, captain Asad Vala scored 21, Kiplin Gorgia scored 27, Charles Amini 12 and Chad Spoer scored 10 runs.

    Andre Russel and Alzarri Joseph took two wicket each while Akeal Hosein, Romairo Shphered and Gudakesh Motie took 1 wickets respectively for West Indies.

    West Indies inning:

    Chasing the PNG’s target of 137, Rostan Chase scored 42 runs on 27 balls. Apart from this Brandon King 34, Nicholas Poorn 27 and Rovman Powell scored 15 runs for West Indies.

    Captain Asad Vala took two while Alie Nao, Chad Soper and John Kariko took one wicket each for West Indies.

    The upcoming match of T20 World Cup will be played between Namibia and Oman tomorrow on 5:30 am.

  • Poor arrangements, travel fatigue: three big teams angry with ICC

    Poor arrangements, travel fatigue: three big teams angry with ICC

    The teams of Sri Lanka, South Africa and Ireland have filed a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the travel issues and poor infrastructure system in the US. Other teams have allegedly objected to the ICC providing more facilities to India in the T20 World Cup.

    During the journey from Florida to New York, the charter flight of the Sri Lankan and Irish team players arrived seven hours late and no update was provided to them.

    Both the teams were supposed to reach New York by 8pm on Friday night but the teams arrived at 5am the next day, forcing Sri Lanka to cancel the practice session. The hotel was one and half hour away from the ground, leaving the players suffering from fatigue, while the Indian team was accommodated in hotels near the field.

    The teams of Sri Lanka and South Africa will leave for Dallas immediately after one match and there is no break in their schedule.

  • T20 World Cup: USA easily defeated Canada by 7 wickets

    T20 World Cup: USA easily defeated Canada by 7 wickets

    USA easily defeated Canada by 7 wickets in the opening match of International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

    In the Group A match played in Dallas, USA captain Monank Patel won the toss and invited Canada to bat first.

    Canada’s inning:

    Canada scored 194 runs for 5 wickets in the alloted 20 overs while batting brilliantly against USA, Navneet Dhaliwal 61 runs.

    Apart from this, Nicholas Curtin scored 51 runs, Irwin Johnson scored 23 runs, Dilpreet Bajwa scored 11 runs while Shreyas Mowa remained unbeaten with 32 runs.

    Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh and Corey Anderson took one wicket each for USA.

    USA’s inning:

    In pursuit of the target given by Canada, USA’s first wicket fell for nil and the host team had to bear the second loss for 42 runs, but for the third wicket, Andres Goss and Aaron Johnson established a wonderful partnership of 131 run.

    Goss was dismissed for 65 runs off 46 balls, but Johnson continued his best batting streak and scored an unbeaten innings of 94 runs off 40 balls with 10 sixes and 4 fours to guide his team to victory.

  • Dinesh Karthik retiring from all forms of cricket

    Dinesh Karthik retiring from all forms of cricket

    Indian right-handed wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on his Instagram.

    He wrote, “I’ve been overwhelmed by the affection, support and love I have received in the last few days. My deepest gratitude and sincere thanks to all the fans who have made this feeling possible.”

    “I officially announce my retirement and put my playing days behind me as I square up for the new challenges that lie ahead.
    I’d like to thank all my coaches, captains, selectors, teammates and members of the support staff who have made this long journey pleasant and enjoyable.”

    “My parents have been pillars of strength and support over all these years, and I wouldn’t be what I am without their blessings. I also owe plenty to Dipika, herself a professional sportsperson who often put her career on hold to walk my journey with me.
    Of course, to all the fans and followers of our great game, a massive thank you! Cricket and cricketers, wouldn’t be the same without your support and good wishes.

    Dinesh Karthik represented the Indian team in 26 Tests, 94 One Day Internationals and 60 T20 Internationals.

    He scored 1025 runs in 26 Tests, 1752 runs in ODI and 686 runs in T20.

    The wicketkeeper-batsman also represented Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

  • T20 World Cup 2024: The opening ceremony will take place today

    T20 World Cup 2024: The opening ceremony will take place today

    The opening ceremony of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2024 will be held today in New York. The first match of the mega event will be played tomorrow at 5:30 am between the teams of USA and Canada in Dallas. In the second match of the event, the teams of West Indies and Papua New Guinea will compete in Guyana at 7:30 pm.

    On the other hand, the Pakistani team has reached the American city of Dallas from London, where they will play their opening match against the host USA on June 6, while Pakistan’s second match and the biggest Pakistan-India clash of the mega event will be held in New York on June 9. .

    The 9th edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will continue from June 1 to June 29, jointly hosted by the USA and the West Indies, in which 20 teams are participating for the first time.

  • Watch the anthem of Pakistan Cricket Team for T20 World Cup

    Watch the anthem of Pakistan Cricket Team for T20 World Cup

    The anthem of Pakistan Cricket Team ‘Sadi Wari Oye’ for the T20 World has been released. It has been sung by Ali Azmat, Arif Lohar and Nihal Naseem.

    The anthem is a tribute to the passion of Pakistani fans who always stand by the Pakistan team.

  • T20 World Cup: American Ambassador offers best wishes for Pakistan team

    T20 World Cup: American Ambassador offers best wishes for Pakistan team

    Donald Blome, the American ambassador posted in Islamabad, has expressed his best wishes for the Pakistan cricket team in the T20 World Cup and said that he has seen immense love and passion for the sport in Pakistan.

    In a video statement Donald Blome said, “I had a meeting with the Pakistan cricket team recently and learned some bowling and batting tips from the players. I have seen immense love and passion for cricket in Pakistan. Cricket was played in every open place in summer, both Pakistan and America are countries with love for sports.”

    He added, “America will host the T20 World Cup for the first time, I hope the matches will be interesting. I wish captain Babar Azam and team Pakistan all the best for the T20 World Cup.”

    The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played from June 1 to June 29 in USA and West Indies.

  • Uganda cricket team’s journey from slums of Kampala to T20 World Cup

    Uganda cricket team’s journey from slums of Kampala to T20 World Cup

    Several players of the Ugandan cricket team have made a long journey from the dirt roads of Kampala to the T20 World Cup 2024.

    About 60 percent of the population in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, lives in slums. Fast bowler Juma Miyagi is an inspiration to youth living in the tightly packed areas. Because of them, the people here who are very fond of football, now watch cricket with interest and the debut of the Ugandan cricket team in the T20 World Cup is no less than a dream for them.

    Miyagi grew up in the Naguru Jagi shacks on the outskirts of Kampala. After playing for Uganda’s under-19 team for two years, he will now take charge of the senior team’s bowling in the T20 World Cup in West Indies and America from June 1. Uganda qualified for the Cricket World Cup for the first time in November last year.

    Miyagi has taken 34 wickets in 21 T20 matches so far. He grew up in slums and still lives there with his family. T20 World Cup participant Simon Ssesazi also hail from slums that do not have clean drinking water, sewage system and health facilities.

    The story of thier struggles has also impressed Uganda’s Indian coach Abhay Sharma. It’s not that Sharma has never seen a slum, but Kampala’s slums are different from Mumbai’s Dharavi. After spending time with the players, Sharma’s respect for them increased manifold.