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  • Sunil Gavaskar furious about English players leaving IPL for Pakistan series

    Sunil Gavaskar furious about English players leaving IPL for Pakistan series

    Former India captain and legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar is furious on the English players who left the Indian Premier League (IPL) to play the a series with Pakistan.

    Gavaskar urged the Indian Cricket Board to take action against the players who did not participate in the play-off stage of the IPL, asking that fines be imposed on them.

    He wrote in his column, “I am in favor of the players choosing the country before anything else but the various franchises are assured of their availability by the players for the entire season.”

    “Now if the players leave the league at such a time, it is like demoralizing the franchises, and these franchises probably pay them more in one season of IPL than if they play two or three seasons for their country. Can’t earn,” Gavaskar wrote.

    He added, “The franchises should not only deduct a substantial amount from the fee of the players on which they were bought, but also deduct 10% commission from the fee received by each player.”

    England’s Will Jacks and Recy Topley are playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore while Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone are representing the Punjab Kings in the IPL.

    Jos Buttler is representing Rajasthan Royals, Phil Salt Kolkata Knight Riders while Moeen Ali is with Chennai Super Kings.

    England has announced the 15-man squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 and the four-match series against Pakistan, while the English players playing in the IPL have been asked to return home to play the series against Pakistan.

  • Pakistan defeats Turkmenistan by 3-1 in Central Asian Volleyball League

    Pakistan defeats Turkmenistan by 3-1 in Central Asian Volleyball League

    The green shirts defeated Turkmenistan by 3-1 in Central Asian Volleyball League securing their third consecutive win in the event. Pakistan having previously defeated Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.

    On the third day of the ongoing six-day league at the Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad, Pakistan won against Turkmenistan by 25-23, 21-25, 26-24, 27-25 after a tough competition.

  • David Beckham ends GOAT debate, calling Lionel Messi greatest football player

    David Beckham ends GOAT debate, calling Lionel Messi greatest football player

    Manchester United legend David Beckham has ended the debate of GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) among fans, calling Lionel Messi the greatest player.

    In a talk show with Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday, Beckham talked about how he always wanted to sign Messi and bring him to the United States to inspire the younger generation.

    David said, “It’s just that effect that Leo has on the game and the world. One of the reasons we wanted to bring him to America was to inspire the next generation. That was my plan.”

    Beckham added, “I have played against him twice, but I’ve been a fan of him and watched him for many years. And I always had the plan to bring the greatest player to ever play the game, in my opinion, to our team. Luckily, it happened.”

    He said, “I think everyone’s got their own opinion. There are a lot of great players who have played the game over the years, but in my opinion, he is the perfect player.”

    Messi is currently signed with the Major League Soccer team Inter Miami, co-owned by Beckham.

    There is always a debate among fans of Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi as to who is the GOAT.

  • Pakistan hits 15 sixes in T20 for the first time

    Pakistan hits 15 sixes in T20 for the first time

    Pakistan cricket team has hit 15 sixes in a T20 match for the first time in the game against Ireland in Dublin.

    Playing for Pakistan, Fakhar Zaman hit 6, Rizwan and Azam 4 each, while Saim Ayub hit 1 six.

    Pakistan’s previous record was 12 sixes in a match.

    This was the second time in history that Pakistani batsmen hit five sixes in the powerplay.

    In the second match of the three-match T20 series against Ireland, Pakistan achieved the target of 193 runs for the loss of three wickets in 16.5 overs.

  • Shaheen Afridi completes 300 wickets in international cricket

    Shaheen Afridi completes 300 wickets in international cricket

    Pakistani cricket team’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has taken 300 wickets in international cricket, crossing the milestone in the second T20 match against Ireland.

    He took 300 wickets in 145 international matches including 113 wickets in Test cricket, 104 wickets in ODI cricket and 84 wickets in T20 Internationals.

    Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi presented special shirt to the speedster to mark the occasion.

    Chairman PCB also presented a special shirt to captain Babar Azam for winning the 45th T20 match.

  • 2nd T20: Pakistan defeats Ireland by 7 wickets

    2nd T20: Pakistan defeats Ireland by 7 wickets

    Pakistan has defeated Ireland by seven wicket in 2nd T20 match of three-match series in Dublin.

    Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl against Ireland.

    Ireland inning:

    Ireland scored 193 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Ireland’s Larkin Tucker scored 51 and Harry Tucker scored 32 runs and Gareth Delaney remained unbeaten on 28 runs.

    On behalf of Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3, Abbas Afridi took 2, Muhammad Amir and Naseem Shah took one wicket each.

    Pakistan inning:

    Chasing the target of 194, Pakistan lost first two wickets on 13 runs but Muhammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman played extraordinary scoring a partnership of 140 runs for forth wicket. Pakistan easily chase down the target in 16.5 overs.

    Fakhar Zaman scored 78 runs on 40 balls, while Muhammad Rizwan remained unbeaten on 75 runs.

    Apart from this Azam Khan scored 30 runs of just 10 balls including 4 sixes and 1 four.

    Pakistan will play the last match of this series on May 14 on Tuesday.

  • No one is accepting defeat against Ireland: Mohsin Naqvi

    No one is accepting defeat against Ireland: Mohsin Naqvi

    Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi has said that no one is accepting defeat in the first match against Ireland and that after Ireland and England, the real test is the World Cup.

    Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi held a two hour meeting with the national players in Dublin on the team’s strategy.

    Mohsin Naqvi said, “T20 cricket has a completely different and aggressive approach, victory will be possible only by playing according to the modern and new style of T20 cricket. Strategy can be made sitting in the room, but the real test is on the field,” adding that, “undoubtedly all the players are talented, professional and excellent, the bowling attack is excellent but fielding needs a lot of attention. The Pakistani nation loves cricket and the nation has expectations from its players.”

    The second match of the three-match T20 series will be played today.

    In the first match, Ireland defeated Pakistan by five wickets on Friday.

  • James Anderson retiring from international cricket

    James Anderson retiring from international cricket

    England fast bowler James Anderson has announced his retirement from international cricket.

    James Anderson, the famous fast bowler of the English team, will retire at the end of this season. He is the third and only fast bowler to take 700 wickets in Test cricket.

    According to the British newspaper Guardian, Brendon McCullum, the head coach of England’s cricket team, recently came to England, in which he told James Anderson that the English team’s eyes are now on the future and that they should give up their cricket this season.

    After which James Anderson has announced that he will retire after the first Test against West Indies.

    England’s first Test against the West Indies, scheduled for July 10 at Lord’s, will be the last match of Anderson’s career.

    James Anderson took 700 wickets in 187 Test matches.

    He is the only fast bowler to take 700 wickets in Test cricket. Apart from this, James Anderson took 269 wickets in 194 ODI matches while representing England.

    James Anderson also played 19 T20 International matches and took 18 wickets.

  • Azlan Shah: Japan defeats Pakistan by 4-1 in the final

    Azlan Shah: Japan defeats Pakistan by 4-1 in the final

    Japan has defeated Pakistan by 4-1 to lift the 30th Azlan Shah Hockey Cup held in Malaysia.

    In the first quarter of the game, Japan scored thier first goal in the 12th minute of the game. In the second quarter both teams could not put up any goal but in the 34th minute of thd third quarter of the game Ejaz Ahmed scored the first goal for Pakistan while in 37th minute, Abdur Rehman scored the second goal to take a lead of 2-1 at the end of third quarter.

    In the start of fourth quarter Japan scored their second goal and equaled the lead by Pakistan.

    In the 58th minute of the game Pakistan got a penalty corner but could not convert it into a goal.

    Pakistan and Japan were tied with two goals each and time was up. The match was decided as per the penalty shoot-out.

    In penalty shoot-out Japan scored back to back four goals and won the final by 4-1.

  • Pakistan to play in Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup final after 13 years

    Pakistan to play in Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup final after 13 years

    Pakistan has reached the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup after 13 years. The final match will be played today between Pakistan and Japan at 5:30 PM.

    In the last round match against New Zealand, despite the match being tied 1-1, Pakistan managed to make it to the final, with a total of 11 points in five matches on the points table. The green shirts won three out of five matches while two matches were tied.

    A total of six teams are participating in the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, apart from the host team Malaysia, including Pakistan, Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Canada. Pakistan won the bronze medal in the last event by winning the third place match.