Tag: AsiaCup2022

  • Afghan players had to take sleeping pills after Pakistan defeat

    Afghan players had to take sleeping pills after Pakistan defeat

    Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi has revealed that the team took sleeping pills after losing Wednesday’s high stakes game to Pakistan.

    Afghanistan started Asia Cup 2022 with back to back wins in group stage against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. However, in the Super Four stage, they lost all their matches.

    After the toss against India on Thursday, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi revealed that after losing to Pakistan, his team mates left the ground right after the match. They had green tea and took sleeping pills after reaching the hotel.

    “Left the ground straight after the team talk, had green tea, and then took some sleeping pills! [laughs] All round the boys have played really well,” Nabi said after winning the toss against India on Thrusday.

    Afghanistan came within a hair’s breadth of victory on the September 7 game, picking up 9 of Pakistan’s wickets in 19 overs. Pumped up for the win, the Afghan players watched the game slip out of their hands as Pakistani pacer Naseem Shah hit two back to back maximums in the first two balls of the last over and took the match away from them.

    Read more: ‘People have forgotten that I am also a bowler’: Naseem Shah

    After losing to Pakistan, Afghanistan lost their chance to qualify for the Asia Cup 2022 final.

    They faced India the very next day and were defeated by 101 runs with Kohli’s stellar knock of 122 on 61.

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved his career best figures of 5-4 in his four over spell against Afghanistan.

    Read more: Virat Kohli dedicates 71st century to wife Anushka Sharma

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved his career best figures of 5-4 in his four over spell against Afghanistan.

  • ‘People have forgotten that I am also a bowler’: Naseem Shah

    ‘People have forgotten that I am also a bowler’: Naseem Shah

    At the very end of the nail biting match between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Naseem Shah smashed two sixes on two balls and powered Pakistan into final of Asia Cup 2022 against Sri Lanka on September 11. In the process, he sealed his place in history too.

    At the post match celebrations, an ecstatic Naseem Shah spoke with presenter Ravi Shastri and said that he was confident of hitting the winning runs since he had practiced a lot.

    “There was full confidence that we can win this match. We practice in the net, so we were confident that we would achieve the target,” said Naseem.

    He further added, “I knew the bowler would try to go for a yorker and was confident I could hit sixes. So, I tried and it paid off.”

    After Asif Ali’s dismissal, Naseem Shah went to Mohammad Husnain to change the bat and then won the seemingly lost match for Pakistan.

    The Pakistani pacer went on to say that after hitting those two sixes, people have forgotten that he is a bowler.

    Pakistan skipper Babar Azam praised Naseem Shah’s performance and said that the maximums reminded him of Javed Miandad’s famous six against India in Asia cup 1986 final.

  • Asia Cup: Asif Ali, Fareed Ahmad fined 25% of match fee for misconduct

    Asia Cup: Asif Ali, Fareed Ahmad fined 25% of match fee for misconduct

    Pakistan’s star batsman Asif Ali and Afghanistan bowler Fareed have landed in hot waters after a confrontation with Afghanistan’s pacer Fareed Malik during Wednesday’s knock-out match in Asia Cup 2022.

    A clip of the alteration went viral in which Fareed Malik dismisses Asif Ali, then celebrates right in front of the batsman. Fareed then seemingly says something to Asif, who turns around and raises his bat towards the bowler.

    Match Referee Andy Pycroft summoned both players for a hearing.

    According to ICC report, Asif Alibreached Article 2.6 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “using a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match” while Fareed was found breaching Article 2.1.12, which relates to “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an International Match.”

    International Cricket Council (ICC) has fined both Asif Ali and Fareed 25 per cent of their match fee for the alteration which occurred in the second last over.

    BanAsifAli was trending on Twitter earlier where the incident had divided users, with some blaming Malik for provoking Ali while others criticized him for losing his cool.

    Here are some of the tweets.

    https://twitter.com/arrqamm/status/1567675328599826438

  • PakvsInd: Mohammad Rizwan breaks Virat Kohli’s T20I record

    PakvsInd: Mohammad Rizwan breaks Virat Kohli’s T20I record

    Pakistan’s wicket keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan made another record by surpassing India’s former skipper Virat Kohli after his stellar performance in high-voltage Pakistan-India match on Sunday.

    Rizwan played a match winning innings of 71 runs in 51 balls. He now has 1855 runs in 48 innings to his name. Virat Kohli in his first 48 innings managed to score1852 runs.

    Pakistani skipper Babar Azam is still on top on the list by scoring 1916 in his first 48 innings of his career.

    In the latest Pakistan-India match in the ongoing Asia Cup, Pakistan defeated India by five wickets. India scored 181 for the loss of 7 while Pakistan managed to chase the target down with one ball remaining. Mohammad Nawaz became man of the match with an outstanding knock of 42 on 20 balls and one wicket to his name.

  • 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.