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  • India thrashes Sri Lanka to win Asia Cup title for 8th time

    India won the Asia Cup title for a record eighth time by defeating defending champions Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup 2023 on Sunday. India easily chased down Sri Lanka’s target of just 51 runs in 6.1 overs, winning the match by 10 wickets to become Asian champions.

    Shubman Gul and Ishan Kishan remained unbeaten on 27 runs and 23 runs respectively for India.

    It should be noted that India has won the title of Asia Cup the most times.

    In the final played at Wilambo, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against India, which turned out to be the wrong decision.

    The Lankan batting started with a delay due to rain, but as soon as the match started, the Sri Lankan batting line-up was decimated, with 6 wickets down for just 12 runs. Sri Lankan players could not even enter double figures, with Kaushal Mendes becoming top scorer with 17 runs. Five Sri Lankan players were bowled out for zero.

    India captain Rohit Sharma said on the occasion of the toss that if his team had won the toss, they would have batted first.

    Read More: Did we lose the match because of Shehbaz’s tweets? X users say yes

  • Did we lose the match because of Shehbaz’s tweets? X users say yes

    Did we lose the match because of Shehbaz’s tweets? X users say yes

    Former Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif is a big sports fan and tweets about cricket and tennis quite often. His tweets full of excitement during the Asia Cup about Pakistani cricketers created quite a stir, but not for the right reasons. Twitter (now X) users are blaming Shehbaz for Pakistan’s loss. Here’s why.

    On September 2 when Pakistan played its first match against India in Asia Cup 2023,Shehbaz tweeted that the Indians “CANNOT PLAY’ Shaheen Shah Afridi.

    However, in the next match between Pakistan and India, Shaheen’s performance was so bad that even his father-in-law Shahid Afridi was not happy with his performance.

    “If we ball like Naseem Shah in initial overs, the situation could have been different. Shaheen’s line and length were not good, he gets frustrated if he doesn’t get wickets in early overs because he is known as a wicket taker in the first over,” said Shahid about Shaheen.

    Pakistan lost the match to India by 228 runs.

    Pakistan lost the crucial Super 4 match against Sri Lanka yesterday and thus couldn’t qualify for the Asia Cup final.

    Shehbaz Sharif was quick to buck up the Boys in Green.

    “That was an incredible last over, Zaman. A great game of cricket indeed.”

    X users were quick to point out that after Shehbaz praised Shaheen, he performed badly and now that he has praised Zaman Khan, his career may be over. One user told Shehbaz to “stay away from cricket”.

    Here are some tweets:

  • Asia Cup 2023: India beat Pakistan by 228 runs

    India defeated Pakistan by a massive margin of 228 runs in the Super 4 stage match of the Asia Cup 2023 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

    Pakistan’s captain, Babar Azam, won the toss and chose to bowl first on Sunday. On the first day, India managed to score 147 runs for the loss of two wickets in 24.1 overs before the match was interrupted by rain and eventually called off. 

    The following day, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul began the game and built a strong partnership of 233 runs for the fourth wicket. Virat Kohli scored 122 runs, while KL Rahul contributed 111 runs. India set a formidable total of 356 runs in 50 overs. Shaheen Afridi and Shadab Khan each took one wicket for Pakistan. 

    Pakistan started their innings slowly, losing two wickets for 44 runs in 11 overs. Rain briefly interrupted the match again but resumed after an hour. Pakistan continued to lose wickets at regular intervals, managing only 128 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 32 overs. Haris Rauf and Nasim Shah were injured and did not bat. Kuldeep Yadav was a key bowler for India, securing a five-wicket haul. 

    The next Super Stage match will be played between India and Sri Lanka tomorrow. 

    Here’s a summary of the key moments in the match: 

    – Pakistan scored 128/8 in 32 overs. 

    – Iftikhar Ahmed was caught out for 23 runs on the fourth ball of the 30th over, bowled by Kuldeep Yadav. 

    – Shadab Khan was caught on the fourth ball of the 28th over by Kuldeep Yadav, scoring 6 runs on 10 balls. 

    – Agha Salman was dismissed lbw by Kuldeep Yadav for 23 runs in 32 balls. 

    – Fakhar Zaman was bowled out on the second ball of the 20th over by Kuldeep Yadav, scoring 27 runs in 50 balls. 

    – Mohammad Rizwan was caught out on the fourth ball of the 12th over by Shardul Thakur, scoring 2 runs on 5 balls. 

    – Pakistan resumed their innings at 44/2 after a rain delay. 

    – Babar Azam was bowled out by Hardik Pandya after scoring 10 runs from his first 20 deliveries. 

    – Pakistan was at 43/1 in 10 overs when Imam-ul-Haq was caught out on 9 runs, bowled by Jasprit Bumrah. 

    – India had set a total of 356 runs in 50 overs, with Virat Kohli scoring 122 runs and KL Rahul scoring 111 runs. 

    Haris Rauf did not continue bowling due to discomfort in his right flank. 

    The match was eventually concluded with India winning by 228 runs. 

  • Venkatesh Prasad deletes viral tweet about Jay Shah, abuses Muslim journalist for sharing screenshot

    Former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad on Saturday tweeted what many social media users believe was a cryptic tweet targeting Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President Jay Shah, who is also secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

    “It takes one corrupt, arrogant guy to take away the hard work of an organisation that is generally non-corrupt and get a stamp of corruption on the whole leadership, not just on a micro level but at a large level.”

    Prasad’s tweet made many X (former Twitter) users speculate if the former cricketer had targeted BCCI and Jay Shah, son of Indian Home Minister Amit Shah. However, Prasad soon deleted his tweet.

    Indian journalist and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair posted a screenshot of the tweet deleted by Prasad.

    AltNews co-founder Zubair was not the only one who posted a screenshot of Prasad’s deleted tweet. Many news outlets did a story on it as well. However, Prasad chose to target and abuse Zubair in a racist and bigoted tweet.

    Prasad quote-tweeted Zubair and wrote: “Haha.. Says a serial hate- monger, who has put so many lives in danger for his agenda. You disguising as a fact-checker is like Terrorists talking about peace. Now post that you need money to survive and ask for donation for your website, no shame in living off by fooling people.”

    In response, Zubair said that he hopes Prasad will be forgiven for his tweet on BCCI by his “political masters for compensating by abusing and comparing” him to “terrorists”.

    One user pointed out that Venkatesh Prasad’s manager is Amritanshu Gupta, a known right-wing BJP supporter, which is why Prasad’s language is of right-wing trolls.

    Many X users called out the former Indian cricketer for his bigoted and hateful tweet against a Muslim journalist in India.

    Prasad posted a new version of his deleted tweet a day later.

  • Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets

    Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets on Wednesday in Lahore in the first Super Four stage match.

    Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first. The lost their first 4 wickets within 47 runs. Shakib al Hassan and Mushfiq ur Rahim then scored a 100 runs partnership before Bangladesh started losing wickets on regular intervals. The entire team returned to the pavilion on 193 runs in 38.4 overs. Mushfiq ur Rahim was top scoer with 64 runs.

    Haris Rauf took 4 wickets while Nasim Shah took 3.

    From Pakistan, Imam ul Haq score 78 runs, Muhammad Riazwan 63 runs and Fakhar Zaman score 20.

    Pakistan will play their next match against India on September 10.

    Live Update

    Pakistan 194/3 (Overs 39.3)

    Pakistan 157/3 (Overs32.5)

    Imam ul Haq bowled out on 5th ball of 33rd over by Mehidy hassan.

    Pakistan 122/2 (Overs 26.3)

    Bangladesh 193 (38.4 Overs)

    Bangladesh Team all out on 193 runs in 38.4 overs. Haris Rauf took 4 wickets while Nasim Shah took 3. Shaheen Afrdi, Fahim Ashraf and Iftikhar Ahmed took 1 wicket each.

    Bangladesh 192/8 (37.3 Overs)

    One more wicket for Haris Rauf took another wicket. Taskin Ahmed goes for a duck.

    Bangladesh 190/7 (37.2 Overs)

    Another wicket down! Bangladesh’s batsman Mushfiq ur Rehman catch out on the ball of Haris Rauf.

    Bangladeshi batsman Shamim Husain Catch out on the 4th ball of 35th over by Iftikhar Ahmed. Imam ul Haq took his catch.

    Bangladesh 147/5 (29.1 Overs)

    Bangladeshi batsman Shakib Al Hassan Catch out on the first ball of 30th over. He scored 53 runs on 57 balls.

    Bangladesh 99/4 (20 Overs)

    Bangladesh 47/4 (9.1 Overs)

    Towhid Hridoy Bowled out on the first ball of 10th over by Haris Rauf.

    Bangladesh 45/3 (7.3 Overs)

    Muhammad Naim catch out on the 3rd ball of 8th over by Haris Rauf.

    Bangladesh 31/2 (5 Overs)

    Bangladeshi batsman Liton Das out on 5th ball of 5th over by Shaheen Afridi.

    Bangladesh 13/1 (2 Overs)

    Bangladeshi batsman Mehidy Hassan Catch out on the first ball of second over by Naseem Shah.

    Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first.

  • Asia Cup 2023: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 89 runs

    Asia Cup 2023: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 89 runs

    Bangladesh beat Afghanistan on Sunday by 89 runs in the fourth match of Asia Cup 2023 played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

    In the first inning, Bangladesh set a mammoth total of 334 runs, with Miraz scoring 112 runs on 119 balls and Najam ul Hassan scoring 104 runs on 105 balls. Bangladesh lost two early wickets on 63 runs, but then Shanto and Miraz set a partnership of 194 runs.

    Chasing the target of 335 runs Afghanistan lost an early wicket as Rahmat Ullah Gurbaz returned to the pavilion after scoring just one run. Rahmat Shah and Ibrahim Zardan set a partnership of 78 runs but the former departed to the pavilion on 33 runs.

    Ibrahim Zardan completed 50 runs but was also defeated on 75 runs as Mushfiq ur Rehman took a brilliant catch behind the wicket. Hashmat Ullah Shahidi played a good inning of 51 runs while Rashid Khan scored 24 runs.

    Afghanistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and the whole team returned to the pavilion on 245 runs in 44.4 overs.
    Taskin Ahmed took 4 wickets while Shoriful Islam took 3.

    The next match will be played between India and Nepal at Kandy, Sri Lanka. The losing team will be out of Asia Cup 2023.

  • VIP protocol; BCCI officials to get bulletproof cars for Pakistan visit

    VIP protocol; BCCI officials to get bulletproof cars for Pakistan visit

    Punjab Home Ministry has approved the use of bulletproof vehicles by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Chairman Roger Binny and Deputy Chairman Rajeev Shukla when they visit Lahore during the 2023 Asian Cup.

    The BCCI Chairman and BCCI Vice-Chairman are expected to arrive in Lahore on September 4 and attend a dinner at Governor’s house on the invitation of Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf.

    The Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) has asked the Punjab Department of Home Affairs to take back the two double-cab vehicles it had previously provided and send them bulletproof Mercedes and Land Cruisers.

    Read More: BCCI president Roger Binny, vice president Rajeev Shukla to visit Pakistan

    Ministry of Home Affairs has approved PCB’s application and issued instructions to S&GAD.
    Roger Binny has already confirmed his and Rajeev Shukla’s visit to Pakistan.

  • Pakistan beats Nepal in first match of Asia Cup

    Pakistan beats Nepal in first match of Asia Cup

    Pakistan beat Nepal by a massive margin of 238 runs in the first match of Asia Cup 2023. Pakistan put up 342 runs in 50 overs, then bowled out Nepalese team on 104 runs in the 24th over.

    In the first inning, Nepali bowlers bowled well, sending Fakhar Zaman back to the pavilion in the 6th over. On the first ball of the 7th over, Imam-ul-Haq ran out on five runs. After that, Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan took the total to 112 with a partnership of 86 runs.

    Rizwan also got run out on 44 runs in the 24th over while Agha Salman was caught out in the 27th over on 125 runs.

    After that Iftikhar Ahmed came to the crease on number six. Babar Azam scored 151 runs with 14 fours and 4 sixes, while Iftikhar also made 109 runs.
    After 49 overs the score was at 331/4. In the 50th over, Sompal took two wickets, with Pakistan finishing at 342 runs. In the last 10 overs of the first inning, Pakistan scored 129 runs with a Run Rate of 12.9 per over.

    In the second inning, Shaheen Afridi took two wickets in the very first over, while Shadab Khan took four wickets and Haris Rauf took two. Naseem and Nawaz took one wicket each.

    Read More: Arshad Nadeem appeals for better training facilities in Pakistan

    Baber Azam also break the record of fastest 19 centuries of South African player Hashim Amla. He complete this goal in 104 matches while Babaz Azam achieved this goal in 102 matches. Virat Kohli is now on No.3 spot with fastest 19 centuries in 124 innings.

    Pakistan will play its 2nd group match of Asia Cup 2023 against India on 2 September at Pallekele stadium. The pitch of the stadium is batter-favouring while spinner performs better then pacers.

  • BCCI president Roger Binny, vice president Rajeev Shukla to visit Pakistan

    BCCI president Roger Binny, vice president Rajeev Shukla to visit Pakistan

    Roger Binny President of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) will travel to Pakistan as board representative to attend the official PCB’s dinner to memorialize the hosting of the tournament.

    Chairman PCB Zaka Ashraf sent an official invitation to all higher officials of BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India) on August 15, with all participating teams including BCCI confirming their attendance.

    After returning from Sri Lanka Binny and Vice President Rajeev Shukla will travel to Pakistan via Wagah Border. After that, they will attend the Pakistan-India fixture in Palle Kele.

    Binny’s confirmation to travel to Pakistan will come at a time when both sides of the border are quarreling on serval matters. The Government of Pakistan ended this uncertainty by giving the clearance to PCB to travel to India for the World Cup 2023.

    Read More: Pakistan’s World Cup 2023 cricket kit unveiled

    It is likely that both members will attend the match on 3 or 5 September in Gaddafi Stadium during their two-day visit.

    Pakistan is hosting the Asia Cup but will be the venue for only four out of 13 matches due to ‘security concerns’ of the Indian team.

    India and Pakistan are placed in the same group as Nepal. Pakistan and India could play a maximum of three games if they met in the finals of Asia Cup 2023.

  • Cricket legends unite: Star-studded commentary panel revealed for Asia Cup 2023

    Cricket legends unite: Star-studded commentary panel revealed for Asia Cup 2023

    The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has unveiled the impressive roster of commentators set to headline the eagerly anticipated 50-over Asia Cup 2023. The tournament is set to unfold in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, promising cricket enthusiasts an enthralling experience.

    A lineup of cricket legends is poised to represent Pakistan on the commentary panel. The quartet of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aamer Sohail, and Bazid Khan will bring their extensive expertise to the table. Notably, Australian cricket sensation Matthew Hayden will also grace the commentary box, offering his unique insights.

    India’s presence on the commentary panel is equally noteworthy. Renowned figures including Ravi Shastri, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Sanjay Bangar, Piyush Chawla, Sanjay Manjrekar, Deep Dasgupta, Mohammad Kaif, Aditya Tare, and Rajat Bhatia will provide comprehensive analysis and commentary.

    The commentary panel will also feature the esteemed contributions of former cricket luminaries such as Marvan Atapattu, Dominic Cork, and Andy Flower. Their insights will enrich the coverage of the 13-match, 50-over Asia Cup.

    In a surprising turn of events, cricket enthusiasts will notice the absence of renowned cricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja and Indian cricket analyst Harsha Bhogle from the commentary panel.

    Complete panel:

    The panel comprises a comprehensive range of experts, including:

    • Wasim Akram
    • Waqar Younis
    • Aamer Sohail
    • Bazid Khan
    • Matthew Hayden
    • Andy Flower
    • Dominic Cork
    • Marvan Atapattu
    • Ravi Shastri
    • Gautam Gambhir
    • Harbhajan Singh
    • Irfan Pathan
    • Sanjay Bangar
    • Piyush Chawla
    • Sanjay Manjrekar
    • Deep Dasgupta
    • Mohammad Kaif
    • Aditya Tare
    • Rajat Bhatia

    The prestigious tournament will kick off with Pakistan locking horns with Nepal on August 30th at the Multan Cricket Stadium. The event will be marked by an extravagant opening ceremony. A highly anticipated encounter between arch-rivals Pakistan, led by Babar Azam, and India is scheduled for September 2nd at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. This clash promises to be a major highlight of the event.