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Pakistan Star’s Brutal Jibe At PCB Chief: “Even When I’m No Longer Chairman…”

Pakistan Star’s Brutal Jibe At PCB Chief: “Even When I’m No Longer Chairman…”

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Pakistan Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel seemingly took a swipe at Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi, during his appearance on a talk show. During his appearance on Geo News, Shakeel was asked to reveal two changes he would make if he were made the chairman of the PCB. Replying to the query, Shakeel said he would appoint a permanent head coach for the next three years, adding that nobody would be able to remove him, even when he is no longer the president. “The first thing I will do is bring in a permanent coach for three years, whom nobody can remove, not even when I’m no longer the chairman. I think, I have made a bold statement,” Shakeel told the anchor. This comes amid uncertainity over the future of current Pakistan head coach, Aaqib Javed. PCB has been playing musical chairs, as far as the team management is concerned, changing 16 coaches and 26 selectors in the last two years. Meanwhile, Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday was appointed as the president of the …

How Saud Shakeel became first Pakistan batter to be dismissed ‘timed out’ during domestic FC match | Cricket News

How Saud Shakeel became first Pakistan batter to be dismissed ‘timed out’ during domestic FC match | Cricket News

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Only days out from Pakistan’s Champions Trophy exit, Saud Shakeel entered the record books for his unusual dismissal during the domestic President’s Trophy final in Rawalpindi. Slotted at number five for the State Bank of Pakistan side, Shakeel was adjudged timed out after he failed to walk out in time after Pakistan Television pacer dislodged captain Umar Amin and Fawad Alam off successive deliveries. While Shakeel walked out after the quick collapse, he was deemed to be timed out by the on-field umpire, marking a rare piece of First-Class history as the first Pakistan batter to suffer such an exit. Shakeel’s dismissal not only raised eyebrows but is also the first high-profile dismissal of the kind since Angelo Mathews’ no-show against Bangladesh in the 2023 ODI World Cup. 01 How was Saud Shakeel adjudged timed out? According to an ESPNcricinfo report, Shakeel arrived at the crease to face the delivery after the quick collapse, but PTV captain Amad Butt appealed, and the umpires agreed that the Test batter had not been ready within three minutes. …

IND vs PAK | Champions Trophy: Clinical India show timid Pakistan why they are stuck in a different era | Cricket News

IND vs PAK | Champions Trophy: Clinical India show timid Pakistan why they are stuck in a different era | Cricket News

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How much did Pakistan miss a batsman of Virat Kohli’s caliber in the middle-order? How much did they wish they had openers like Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill who showed the urgency to kill the game in the first powerplay? Where are they going to unearth spinners who could collectively choke the opposition in the middle overs? Will their fast-bowling trio, often compared to those in the 90s, ever show there is more to them than numbers that pop on speed gun? When will they realise that unless their fitness parameters improve, they will continue to remain an ordinary fielding outfit that drops catches that could win them matches? If Pakistan do some soul searching, which they are likely to do once the confirmation arrives with regards to the elimination from the Champions Trophy, they need not look beyond India. Since winning the Champions Trophy final against India at the Oval in 2017, this was their sixth straight defeat in completed matches against their arch-rivals. At least till the rivalry retains its hype, it is …

IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy: Five key pointers that signified the gulf in class between the teams | Cricket News

IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy: Five key pointers that signified the gulf in class between the teams | Cricket News

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– Pakistan were off to a decent start, but lost two wickets just before the end of the first Powerplay. Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel immediately went into a shell. On the other hand, India, despite losing Rohit Sharma relatively early, didn’t hit the brakes too hard. Between overs 11-20, Pakistan scored just 27 runs and faced 36 dots (60%) while India scored 45 runs and played 25 dots (41.7%) – While Pakistan were able to gradually build in the middle overs, India triggered a collapse soon after. Set batters Rizwan and Shakeel were dismissed in back-to-back overs, just after the second drinks break. Pakistan went from 151/2 in the 34th over to 200/7 in the 43rd over. India, after Rohit’s cameo, had two match-defining partnerships that never allowed Pakistan a footing in the game. – Axar Patel’s direct hit to dismiss Imam-ul-haq was the highlight of India’s solid fielding effort. There were a couple of tough chances dropped but those didn’t prove costly, and India’s catching and ground fielding was in general of a …

Champions Trophy, India vs Pakistan: How Hardik Pandya plotted Saud Shakeel’s exit | Cricket News

Champions Trophy, India vs Pakistan: How Hardik Pandya plotted Saud Shakeel’s exit | Cricket News

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Middle overs, slumberous surface, batsmen in mood for building the innings forward rather than blazing boundaries, a medium pacer needs to plough deep into his cricketing wisdom to poach a wicket. Hardik Pandya, his knack of setting-up batsmen less celebrated, psychoanalysed Saud Shakeel and hung a clever ruse. Saud is an instinctive puller of the ball and backs himself to take on the fielder. Unlike some of his Asian brethren, he goes really back in the crease and swivels his body to get the control and placement. So when Hardik went short, the third ball of the 33rd over, he imperiously pulled him towards the fence. The next ball was slow, short of length and outside the off-stump which he thudded to point for no runs. The next though was the heavier short ball, not on his body as last time, but outside the off-stump. So far used to the un-distressing pace of Hardik, he pulled him without any hesitation. The ball came quicker, got a tad big on him, and he mistimed the ball …

I had won them back: Hardik Pandya looks back at how he got fans to cheer him after T20 World Cup triumph | Cricket News

I had won them back: Hardik Pandya looks back at how he got fans to cheer him after T20 World Cup triumph | Cricket News

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The beginning of 2024 was not a good one for Hardik Pandya with the allrounder being roundly booed by fans in the Indian Premier League after he was declared the captain of Mumbai Indians in place of Rohit Sharma. But as the year went on, Pandya turned his fortunes around after his match-winning performances in India’s T20 World Cup winning triumph. “They (fans) said, life for me, had come a full circle. They said, from here on, there was no looking back. I had won them (fans) back,” said Pandya in a video posted by the BCCI on social media. Pandya scored 144 runs and took 11 wickets in the global tournament as India reclaimed the T20 World Cup after 2007, ending India’s 13-year long ICC Trophy drought. There’s no looking back for Hardik Pandya and #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 We get ready to conquer another day 👊 Chapter 2 in the #ChampionsTrophy awaits ⌛️ WATCH 🎥🔽 #PAKvIND | @hardikpandya7https://t.co/9ggnp36nvR — BCCI (@BCCI) February 23, 2025 “A new year, a new tournament and a new challenge awaits …

New Zealand beat Pakistan to win tri-nation title | Cricket News

New Zealand beat Pakistan to win tri-nation title | Cricket News

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New Zealand clinched the tri-nation title by beating hosts Pakistan by five wickets in the final in Karachi on Friday to give them a major boost ahead of next week’s Champions Trophy. Seamer Will O’Rourke (4-43) led New Zealand’s tidy bowling as they bundled out the hosts for 242 with three deliveries still left in their innings. Daryl Mitchell (57) and Tom Latham (56) struck fifties as New Zealand romped home with 28 balls to spare, finishing unbeaten in the tournament that also involved South Africa. Story continues below this ad Electing to bat, Pakistan kept losing wickets every time a partnership promised to bloom. Skipper Mohammad Rizwan (46) and Salman Agha (45) forged an 88-run partnership for the fourth wicket but boundaries were not easy to come by. Tayyab Tahir (38) and Faheem Ashraf (22) contributed useful runs down the order but Pakistan lost their last five wickets for 47 runs to settle for a below-par total. New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner conceded 20 runs in his 10 tidy overs, claiming two wickets. Story …

Three Pakistan players fined for breaching code of conduct in Tri Series match vs South Africa | Cricket News

Three Pakistan players fined for breaching code of conduct in Tri Series match vs South Africa | Cricket News

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Three Pakistan players were fined by the ICC on Thursday for breaching the code of conduct in separate incidents in their ODI win over South Africa in the ongoing Tri-Series. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel and Kamran Ghulam were all fined for their actions against South Africa players in Karachi on Wednesday. Shaheen was fined 25% of his match fee when he deliberately got in the way of South African batter Matthew Breetzke while he ran a single as the two players squared up and the umpire stepped in to defuse the situation. In the next over, a mix-up led to Temba Bavuma being run out and Pakistan’s Shakeel and Ghulam celebrated too close to the batter, who briefly stopped his walk back to the pavilion until they were out of the way. Three Pakistan players receive fines for breaching ICC Code of Conduct in #PAKvSA.https://t.co/oINQsN7Qvd — ICC (@ICC) February 13, 2025 Both Shakeel and Ghulam were fined 10% of their match fee for breaching the code over “using language, actions or gestures which disparage …

After ‘Shameless’ Act, ICC Punishes Shaheen Afridi And Two Pakistan Stars For Doing This vs South Africa

After ‘Shameless’ Act, ICC Punishes Shaheen Afridi And Two Pakistan Stars For Doing This vs South Africa

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Pakistan notched a memorable win against South Africa in Karachi on Wednesday. Chasing a humongous target of 353, Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Agha played two memorable innings of 122 and 134 ad Pakistan win with one over to spare. However, those were not the only aspects of the match which had everyone’s focus. In the first innings, several Pakistan players like Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel and substitute fielder Kamran Ghulam celebrated aggressively against South African batters.  The acts were termed as ‘shameless’ by social media users. Shaheen shah Afridi is so immature even after playing international cricket for almost 5 years. pic.twitter.com/YzemYxn6Hb — Cricket stan (@Cricobserver21) February 12, 2025 This kind of behaviour and that too against THE TEMBA BAVUMA? What kind of shameless you guys are PCT? pic.twitter.com/7RvsBRobCQ — TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) February 12, 2025 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken note of the acts and punished the trio. “ICC has imposed fines on the three players for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct …

West Indies Scent Series-Levelling Win vs Pakistan In 2nd Test After Positive Day 2

West Indies Scent Series-Levelling Win vs Pakistan In 2nd Test After Positive Day 2

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Kevin Sinclair led a West Indian spin trio to give the tourists a sniff of a series-levelling win in the second Test Sunday with Pakistan on the ropes at 76-4 after day two in Multan. The gutsy West Indies scored 244 in their second innings to set the hosts a daunting 254-run target on a spinning Multan Stadium pitch. At stumps, Saud Shakeel was unbeaten on 13 and nightwatchman Kashif Ali on one. The West Indies need only six more wickets to draw the series 1-1. Pakistan need a demanding 178 runs for victory. They won the first Test by 127 runs, also in Multan. Sinclair (2-41) opened the floodgates by trapping Pakistan skipper Shan Masood leg before for two and then had the prized wicket of Babar Azam caught for a dour 31. Azam had added 43 with Kamran Ghulam, who was dropped twice, on two and six, but the lapses did not prove costly to the West Indies. Gudakesh Motie had Muhammad Hurraira for two and Jomel Warrican dismissed Ghulam for …