SRINAGAR — ICC Champions Trophy 2025 marks the tournament’s return after an eight-year hiatus and is set to take place in Pakistan, starting February 19th. As the host nation and defending champions, Pakistan will compete against seven of the world’s best teams to retain their title. The eight teams are divided into two groups for […]
SRINAGAR — Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy due to a lower back injury. The Men’s Selection Committee has named Harshit Rana as Bumrah’s replacement. Team India have also named Varun Chakaravarthy in the squad. The spinner will replace Yashasvi Jaiswal who was initially named in the […]
SRINAGAR — Pakistan Left-arm fast bowler Akif Javed has been called up as a replacement for Haris Rauf in the tri-nation ODI series. Haris has been advised to rest after sustaining a muscular sprain in the lower chest wall during Saturday’s match against New Zealand. The replacement is only for the tri-nation ODI series, as […]
KARACHI — The newly-renovated National Bank Stadium of Karachi was inaugurated on Tuesday in a spectacular event in the run-up to the venue hosting the ongoing Tri-Nation Series and the much-awaited ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori and Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah jointly inaugurated the newly upgraded National Bank Stadium, […]
KARACHI — Pakistan have decided to stick with their already chosen Champions Trophy squad after the selectors reviewed it following widespread criticism about the inclusion of certain players. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi and the selectors reviewed the 15-member squad after the selection of batter Khushdil Shah and allrounder Faheem Ashraf invited […]
SRINAGAR — South African cricketer Matthew Breetzke became the first batter to score 150 runs on men’s ODI debut in the tri-series match against New Zealand in Lahore. One of the four debutants for South Africa in their first match of the tri-nation series, Breetzke was excellent in crafting a beautiful innings that helped his […]
DUBAI — Former India head coach Ravi Shastri feels Mohammad Rizwan-led Pakistan will have “enough depth to be dangerous in home conditions” in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. Pakistan have the benefit of playing at home conditions as the country is set to co-host a senior ICC event for the first time since the World […]
KARACHI — Following MRI and X-ray scans, it has been confirmed that Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf sustained a muscular sprain in the lower chest wall region during Saturday’s match against New Zealand. The injury is not serious and he is expected to be fully recovered for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which commences in […]
SRINAGAR — Fakhar Zaman, who played a crucial role in Pakistan’s iconic ChampionsTrophy 2017 Final win, remembers the famous contest against India. On the eve of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Final, Fakhar Zaman confided in the then Pakistan Men’s head coach Mickey Arthur that he wasn’t feeling a hundred percent ahead of the big […]
LAHORE — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the real task for Pakistan is not just winning the ICC Champions Trophy but also defeat arch-rivals India in Dubai on February 23. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the renovated and upgraded Gaddafi stadium on Friday night, Sharif said the players must give their best against India. […]