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  • Does Yashma Gill admire Babar Azam? 

    Does Yashma Gill admire Babar Azam? 

    When actresses and cricketers interact, it creates pure magic. Fans often wonder if they exchange messages. This topic has been in the spotlight lately, with many wondering if cricketers send messages to actresses and if actresses respond.
    Recently, actress Yashma Gill appeared on ‘Elaichi’s The Fahad Ansari Show’. During the podcast, host Fahad Ansari asked, “Who is your favourite cricketer among the national players?”
     
    “I like Babar Azam because he represents Pakistan on the international stage and is one of the world’s best batsmen,” Yashma replied.

    She praised Babar’s performance and declared his success to be Pakistan’s success.

    Talking about messages from cricketers to actresses, Yashma said, “I have never encountered a situation where any actress informed me about receiving messages from cricketers. Personally, I have never received any messages from cricketers, nor have I ever initiated any communication with a cricketer. I have never had any conversations with cricketers or had the opportunity to meet any of them so far.”
    Discussing friendships with players on the national cricket team, “You can be friends with cricketers; why not? They are talented and represent our country with pride. I don’t want to be friends with Babar Azam, but if we do become friends, there is no harm in it.

  • ‘All cricketers are like brothers to me’: Nazish Jahangir responds to supposed Babar Azam proposal

    ‘All cricketers are like brothers to me’: Nazish Jahangir responds to supposed Babar Azam proposal

    Actress Nazish Jahangir landed herself in an unintended hot mess when she was asked on Instagram about a possible marriage to Babar Azam. She was asked that if the top-order batsman proposed to her what would she do. She said she wouldn’t want to marry Azam.

    After receiving criticism from the cricket player’s devoted fanbase on social media, the ‘Berukhi’ actor explained in the following statement, “Babar bhai hum sab k bhai hain but un k fans MA dil khol k negativity phila rahy hain’ (Babar is like a brother to us but his fans are spreading this negativity). I have nothing to do with cricketers, all are bros to me tbh [to be honest],” she added.

    “I have no problem with cricketers, and I don’t make any comments or judgments about them, so please keep your negativity to yourself,” she wrote on her Instagram account.

    The recent controversy came up a few days after Jahangir stated that she wouldn’t marry anyone from the entertainment industry. She emphasised that she would prefer from someone from outside Pakistan. She mentioned, “I’ve never really thought about it, but if I have the choice, I’d like to settle abroad after marriage, whether it’s in the USA, Dubai, Canada, or even London.”

  • Sarfaraz says doesn’t want son to be a cricketer

    Sarfaraz says doesn’t want son to be a cricketer

    Former Pakistan Skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed has said that he does not want his son to opt for cricket as a career for sake of his mental well-being. 

    The wicket-keeper batsman, an interview to ARY Digital, said that although his son Abdullah is interested in cricket, he does not want him to be a professional cricketer. “I only care for my son’s mental well-being and will never want Abdullah go through the stress professional cricketers’ experience.”

    Sarfaraz said he does not want little Abdullah to experience what he has had to bear in the ups and downs of his 15 year-long cricketing career.

    Sarfaraz Ahmed made his international debut against archrival India in Jaipur in 2007 but could not find a permanent spot in the team until 2014.

    He led the Pakistani team to the historic win of ICC Champions Trophy of 2017, beating archrivals India in the final.

    The wicket-keeper batsman was removed from T20I and ODI captaincy and recently was dropped from the T20I and ODI squads against Australia.

  • Shoaib Malik reveals his favourite actress, preferred on-screen lover and his ‘good friend’

    Shoaib Malik reveals his favourite actress, preferred on-screen lover and his ‘good friend’

    Celebrity couple of Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza appeared together on Aagha Ali and Hina Altaf’s chat show, The Couple Show.

    During the rapid fire round of the show, Aagha asked Shaoib about his favourite actress, to which the former captain asnwered that in Bollywood, it is Kareena Kapoor, and in Pakistan its Hania Aamir. He added that she is very young though.

    After creating a stir with a sizzling photoshoot alongside Ayesha Omer, Malik recently paired up with the Dilruba diva.

    Hania Aamir and Shoaib Malik shoot for advertisement. See BTS pics - Showbiz Pakistan
    Shoaib Malik is back with another sizzling photoshoot with Hania Amir

    As a follow up question when the host asked him about an actress he would like to romance on-screen, he said that he would prefer Ushna Shah and mentioned that she is his good friend.

    Earlier Shoaib was praised for his reel chemistry with the Bulbulay diva.

  • Marylebone Cricket Club bans use of saliva to shine ball

    Marylebone Cricket Club bans use of saliva to shine ball

    Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has said that using saliva to shine the ball would be treated as an unfair practice.

    “The new laws will not permit the use of saliva on the ball, which also removes any grey areas where fielders eating sugary sweets alter their saliva to apply to the ball,” the MCC said in a statement.

    “Using saliva will be treated the same way as any other unfair method of changing the condition of the ball.”

    In the new rules approved by the MCC, cricketers will not be allowed to use saliva to shine the ball, and the “Mankad” method of dismissing batters will not be classed as unfair play.

    The basic meaning of the term “Mankad” is that a bowler can run out the non-striker batsman if he tries to step out of the crease when the bowler releases the ball.

  • ‘It shouldn’t have happened on TV,’ Afridi reacts to Haris Rauf slapping Kamran Ghulam

    ‘It shouldn’t have happened on TV,’ Afridi reacts to Haris Rauf slapping Kamran Ghulam

    Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi has addressed a recent incident that happened in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) match between Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi on Monday at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

    PSL franchise Lahore Qalandars’ pacer Haris Rauf slapped his teammate Kamran Ghulam, who dropped a catch on his bowl to Zalmi batter Hazratullah Zazai.

    The veteran cricketer said that whenever he met Haris, he (Rauf) was the best. “Haris is a simple man and his bowling shows how aggressive he is,” Afridi said.

    He said: “Haris has not done a good thing and it should not have happened on TV. PSL is being watched all over the world.”

    The former captain further asserted that if certain things happen, then lessons should be learned from them and caution should be exercised in the future in “grooming academies”.

    He added that Haris will have to be very careful in the future as “his behaviour will not be tolerated in the future while the team management should have taken action on this move but it is wrong for the management to defend him.”

    In the same over, Fawad Ahmed caught Haris’ ball and Ghulam went towards Rauf for a hi-five and that was when Rauf slapped him in frustration. He, however, hugged him later.

    It was reported that Haris was given a warning by an on-field umpire and was not given any penalty for his behaviour during a match.

  • ‘It wasn’t good’: Sohail Tanvir regrets offensive behaviour during PZ vs QG match

    ‘It wasn’t good’: Sohail Tanvir regrets offensive behaviour during PZ vs QG match

    Quetta Gladiators’ left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir has apologised for the offensive behaviour with Quetta’s batter Ben Cutting during the Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) match at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Tuesday.

    In a video message posted on Instagram, Tanvir said: “This could have been avoided and what happened was not good,” he said, addressing the heated encounter between the two players last night.

    Cutting punished Tanvir in the penultimate over as he smashed 27 runs by hitting four sixes, a single, and a double.

    And then, Cutting showed an offensive hand gesture to Tanvir. This led to an argument between the two. The on-field umpire intervened and dispersed them.

    But right in the next over, Naseem Shah bowled and Cutting smashed it but Tanvir was the third man, so he took the catch. After taking his catch, Tanvir also used the obscene hand gesture (showing his middle finger).

    Shedding light on the history behind the aggression between the two players against each other, he said that this case has been going on since 2018.

    It is pertinent to mention here that during the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Tanvir had shown a finger gesture to Cutting after taking his wicket.

    Tanvir, however, mentioned that he had apologised to Cutting back then.

    “Last night, Cutting hit two sixes and showed the finger gesture,” he said, adding that then the two exchanged heated words and then “I also showed him the finger.”

    Tanvir emphasised: “I repeat that this should not have happened, it could have been avoided.”

    Both the cricketers were fined for their wrongdoing and both accepted the offence imposed on them.

  • Twitter all praises for Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam after they lead Qalandars to fifth victory

    Twitter all praises for Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam after they lead Qalandars to fifth victory

    Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Lahore Qalandars saw another victory on Sunday against Quetta Gladiators. The Qalandars beat Gladiators by eight wickets with the help of opening batter Fakhar Zaman and one-down batter Kamran Ghulam’s half-centuries.

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    Quetta failed to get a good start as Lahore’s skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi grabbed back-to-back wickets of batters Jason Roy and James Vince in the first over. They posted a total of 141, thanks to Iftikhar Ahmed’s half-century.

    The recovery came initially through another little cameo from Umar Akmal, and then a 51-run stand between Iftikhar and Hassan Khan. Iftikhar scored a 39-ball 52 to ensure the Gladiators would have something to bowl at, but needed to bat through the innings to really give them a defendable total. Once he holed out in the 18th over, the innings deteriorated.

    The Qalandars didn’t go hard in the powerplay, but only because they didn’t especially need to. Ghulam Mudassar removed Abdullah Shafique early but Fakhar’s sensational inning showed no mercy on the opposition’s bowling attack. The opener struck six boundaries during a 42-ball 53, and even when he top-edged one-off Noor Ahmed to end his knock, his side required just 24 more in 27 balls.

    Then came Hafeez and clinched the match with Ghulam, who scored an unbeaten 55 on 39 balls.

    Twitterati couldn’t stop lauding Fakhar’s consistent stint at this year’s PSl.

    Former cricketer Rashid Latif took to Twitter and shared Fakhar’s picture and wrote: “Sar Fakhar se buland ho gaya.” (The head is raised with pride.)

    While several showered praise sharing Fakhar’s stats in the seventh edition of PSL.

    https://twitter.com/CricRajdeep/status/1492916862593552387?s=20&t=0kReg72tcG4h_orlOTY0qA

    Fakhar has become only the second player in the history of PSL to score six fifty-plus scores in a single season, Babar Azam holds the record of seven in 2021. Fakhar stands on top of the table of players with 469 runs. Multan Sultans’ Shan Masood is behind him with 351 runs while Multan’s skipper Mohammad Rizwan is following Shan with 269 runs.

  • Shoaib Akhtar believes Shahid Afridi will ‘100 per cent step into politics’

    Shoaib Akhtar believes Shahid Afridi will ‘100 per cent step into politics’

    Former speedster Shoaib Akhtar has said that former all-rounder of Pakistan cricket team Shahid Afridi will follow the steps of Imran Khan and step into politics.

    Speaking on Geo News programme ‘Jashan-e-Cricket’, Akhtar, who has earlier said he would have a huge vote bank if he contests elections, stated his mother had prohibited him from entering into politics.

    While he said that he is 100 per cent sure that Afridi will step into politics following PM Khan.

    Talking about the Pakistan Super League (PSL), he said he will turn it into an even bigger brand than the Indian Premier League (IPL) if he becomes the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

    He also urged the Lahore Qalandars’ management to sell the franchise to him. “If I played PSL, I would opt to play for Lahore Qalandars.”

    The former cricketer advised PM Imran Khan and the government on some political issues recently, including focusing on fixing “the problems of old Pakistan” instead of focusing on Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari and on the Murree tragedy.

    The former pacer also predicted that the Qalandars, who are currently in a fine position, will get into a difficult situation in PSL seven’s Lahore leg.

  • Will Shaheen Afridi become Captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team? Shaheen speaks out

    Will Shaheen Afridi become Captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team? Shaheen speaks out

    Star pacer of the Pakistan cricket team Shaheen Shah Afridi praised the captaincy of the national team’s all-format skipper Babar Azam and wished for him to continue in this role for at least 10-15 years. The speedster said that he has no plan to captain the team as Babar is leading the team brilliantly.

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    In a pre-Pakistan Super League (PSL 7) media conference, Lahore Qalandars’ newly appointed captain Afridi was asked whether he would like to do the captaincy of the Pakistan team in the future.

    “I don’t have any plans for now as Babar is leading the side so well. Under his captaincy, the team gelled strongly and performed. I wish he continues as captain for at least 10-15 years,” he responded.

    “In the future, if any opportunity comes to me, I would love to do it for my country. But, for now, I want Babar to continue for long,” he added.

    It must be noted here that Shaheen and Babar will be leading their respective franchises Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings for the first time in PSL 7.