KARACHI — Pakistan’s top pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will undergo treatment of his knee injury in London and he is expected to regain complete fitness before the T20 World Cup starting mid-October, the PCB said on Monday. Shaheen has departed for London where he will undergo rehabilitation of his injury which he sustained while […]
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Asia Cup 2022: Pandya, Jadeja heroics help India defeat Pakistan by five wickets
DUBAI — Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja’s heroics with the bat helped India defeat Pakistan by five wickets to win their first Group A match in Asia Cup 2022 at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. After Pakistan made 147 all out in 19.5 overs, India needed 59 off the last six overs on a […]
Pakistan cricket team to wear black armbands in match vs India in support of flood victims back home
DUBAI — The Pakistan cricket team will wear black armbands in their opening match of the ACC T20 Asia Cup 2022 against India on Sunday evening to express solidarity with the flood victims in their country. Heavy downpour has continued to pummel parts of Pakistan already battered by calamitous floods of epic proportions, unleashing death […]
Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in Asia Cup opener
DUBAI — Afghanistan in a stunning performance outplayed Sri Lanka to win opening match of the Asia Cup, at Dubai International Stadium on Saturday. Afghanistan won by 10 wickets in a match which saw sterling performances by their team. After Afghanistan chose to bowl, Left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi with a spell of three for 11 […]
Asia Cup 2022: Shaheen Afridi’s injury massive setback for Pakistan, says Inzamam-ul-Haq
KARACHI — Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq acknowledged that left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi missing out on the upcoming Asia Cup is a massive setback for Babar Azam and Co. On August 20, Afridi was ruled out of Asia Cup, starting from August 27 in the UAE and subsequent seven-match home T20I series against England […]
Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi ruled out of Asia Cup due to knee injury
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Saturday that star pacer Shaheen Afridi has been ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 due to a knee injury. He will also stay out of action during the home series against England as well, which will start from September 20 onwards, but will return to […]
Don’t think Pakistan can win T20 World Cup, if Babar doesn’t score runs: Ponting
NEW DELHI — Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting feels that Pakistan can’t win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup later this year if their captain Babar Azam doesn’t have a great tournament with the bat. Pakistan’s Waqar Younis recently said his former team had an excellent chance of claiming a second T20 World Cup title […]
Chess-playing robot goes rogue, breaks boy’s finger during tournament in Moscow
MOSCOW — A chess-playing robot broke a seven-year-old boy’s finger during a tournament in Moscow, Russia, after the kid went for a swift move without waiting for the necessary time for the machine to complete its action. The incident took place on July 19 at the Moscow Chess Open tournament. The vice president of the […]
Army’s 19 RR organized Chinar Women’s Premier League in Dooru Anantnag
Sheikh Nadeem ANANTNAG — In Kashmir Valley, where the administration along with the Jammu and Kashmir Police are organizing tournaments every day to keep the youth away from drugs and narcotics. Chinar Women’s Cricket League tournament for young girls was organized by 19 Rashtriya Rifles Sikhli of Indian Army on Saturday in Dooru area of […]
‘Keep shining and rising. Wish you all the best’: Kohli replies to Babar’s ‘stay strong’ tweet
NEW DELHI — On Thursday, shortly after talismanic India batter Virat Kohli was dismissed for 16 in the second ODI against England at Lord’s, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam put out a tweet with a picture of him and Kohli from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup last year, with the caption reading as “this too […]








