Pakistan cricket team wicket-keeper Muhammad Rizwan has revealed that Babar Azam is getting married soon.
That sound you hear? Hearts breaking across the country.
In a special conversation with Geo News, Rizwan said, “I asked Shaheen Afridi and Shadab Khan to get married too and Babar Azam is also going to get married soon.”
Rizwan then went on to say, “I want the attributes of Islam to be fulfilled soon. Marriage is the command of Allah, the relationship between husband and wife has been made very sacred by Allah. I am friendly with Babar Azam, she stays in the room till late at night. Babar and I consult each other on various aspects of life.”
Well, there you go. One of the last eligible bachelors in the team is about to get married. We are happy for Babar but sad for all the fans who have a crush on him.
In the 27th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Islamabad United defeats Multan Sultans by 3 wickets in a nail biting match in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Islam United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and invited Multan Sultans to bat.
Multan Sultans inning:
Yasir Khan and Mohammad Rizwan opened the innings for Multan Sultans. Yasir Khan scored 33 off 16 balls. Muhammad Rizwan also managed to score 20 runs, but Usman Khan once again showed his brilliant batting and remained not out after scoring 100 runs in 50 balls with the help of15 fours and 3 sixes.
Faheem Ashraf took two wickets and Hunain Shah took one wicket for Islamabad.
Islamabad United inning
Chasing the target of 229, Islamabad opener Colin Munro scored 84 rusn with the help of 9 fours and 5 sixes, Captain Shadab Khan scored 54 runs and Haider Ali scored 19 runs.
Faheem Asharf and Imad Waism scored important knocks of 23 and 29 respectively. On last two balls, Islamabad needed 7 runs, Imad Wasim hit first six and then a four to led the team to victory.
From Multan Sultan Abbas Afridi took 3 while Muhammad Ali took 2 wickets.
In the 26th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Karachi Kings defeats Lahore Qalandars by three wickets in a nail biting match in National Stadium Karachi.
Karachi Kings captain Shan Masood won the toss and invited Lahore Qalandars to bat first.
Lahore Qalandars inning:
Playing first, Lahore Qalandars scored 177 runs for 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. On behalf of Qalandars, Abdullah Shafiq played an innings of 55 runs and Fakhar Zaman scored 54 runs. Shai Hope 9, Mirza Baig 4 and Shaheen Shah Afridi scored one run, David Wise 24 and Sikandar Raza remained not out with 22 runs.
On behalf of Karachi Kings, Zahid Mehmood dismissed 2 players, Anwar Ali and Blessing Muzarabani took one wicket each.
Karachi Kings inning:
Chasing the targer of 178, Karachi kings opener gave them a good start putting 59 runs on the board for first wicket.
From Karachi Kings, Tim Seifert scored 36, James Vince scored 42, Shan Masood 24, Irfanullah Niazi 35, and Shoaib Malik scored important 27 runs.
In the last ball of the 20th over, Karachi Kings needed 3 runs, and Shoaib Malik hits a four on the last ball and led the team to the victory.
Frim Lahore Qalandars, Tayyab Abbas took two while Shaheen, Zaman and Sikandar Raza took one wicket each.
Rovman Powell, foreign player of Peshawar Zalmi appreciated the Rawalpindi crowd and said, “I wish we could have taken this crowd to Karachi as well.”
While addressing a press conference after the match against Quetta Gladiators yesterday, Rovman Powell said, “Pakistan Super League (PSL) is important for every player, the quality of competition increases with local talent in PSL.”
“If we could take the Pindi crowd with us to Karachi, we would” – Rovman Powell spoke about Peshawar Zalmi’s ’12th man’ and the ‘massive fanbase’ for Babar Azam.#HBLPSL9 | #PZvQGpic.twitter.com/MXevP6m5Eu
— Grassroots Cricket (@grassrootscric) March 8, 2024
Talking about Babar Azam and his captaincy, he said, “He is also human, he can fail sometimes. But Babar Azam is a superstar, Zalmi’s fan following has increased because of him, his strategy as captain is quite brilliant.”
He further said, “When Babar and Saim were playing, the score up to 230 was in mind. But when the wickets fell, then we kept a target of 200 in mind. The role of each player in the team is clear and he is fulfilling it.”
In 25th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Peshawar Zalmi defeats Quetta Gladiators by a huge margin of 76 runs in Rawalpindi Stadium.
Quetta Gladiators captain Rilee Rossow won the toss and invited Peshawar Zalmi to bat.
Peshawar Zalmi inning
Peshawar Zalmi scored 196 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, captain Babar Azam scored 53 runs. Apart from this, Saim Ayub scored 30, Mohammad Haris 20, Kohler Cadmore 33, Haseebullah 6 runs, Rovman Powellremained unbeaten by scoring 28 runs.
Akeel Hosein from Quetta Gladiators scored the first hat-trick of HBL PSL 9, he dismissed four players. Apart from this, Sohail Khan, Muhammad Husnain and Abrar Ahmed took one wicket each.
Quetta Gladiators inning
Chasing the target of 197, Quetta’s opener took very good start putting 43 runs on the board, but Zalmi’s bowlers turn the table.
Openers Saud Shakeel scored 24 runs, Jason Roy scored 16, Omair Yousuf scored 10, Laurie Evans 12, Akeel Hosein 14 and Muhammad Amir scored 13 runs. Quetta Gladiators could only 120 runs in 17.5 overs.
From Peshawar Zalmi Saim Ayub, Khurram Shehzad, Mehran Mumtaz and Luke Wood two wickets each.
During the 24th match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 9 yesterday, Islamabad Captain Shadab Khan and Karachi Kings Captain Shan Masood got into a heated argument with each other.
In the 10th over of Islamabad United’s inning, Shadab and Shan were seen in a verbal war for a catch DRS against Agha Salman. Shadab Khan believed that Shan Masood had ran out of time for DRS but still took one against Agha Salman. When Shadab tried to check the time, Shan Masood wanted him to stay out of it.
In the 24th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Islamabad United defeats Karachi Kings by five wickets in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and invited Karachi Kings to bat first.
Karachi Kings inning
Playing first, Karachi Kings scored 150 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
On behalf of Karachi Kings, Kieron Pollard scored 39 runs and James Vince scored 29, Tim Seifert scored 26 runs and Shan Masood scored 10 runs. Apart from them, Muhammad Nawaz scored 5 runs and Shoaib Malik scored one run, Irfan Khan was dismissed for 16 runs.
Tymal Mills took three and Faheem Ashraf took two wickets on behalf of Islamabad United, Hunain Shah and Imad Wasim took one wicket each.
Islamabad United inning
Chasing the target of 151,Colin Munro scored 9 runs Alex Hales scored 18, Salman Ali Agha scored 33, Haider Ali scored 26 while Faheem Ashraf scored 12 runs.
From Karachi Kings Mir Hamza took 3 while Muzarabani and Zahid Mehmood took one wicket each.
During the match between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi on March 4, Subhan Khan first dropped a catch outside the boundary, then Colin Munro told him how to hold on to the catch. Subhan then held on to a great catch in the same match.
After he took the catch, Colin Munro hugged Subhan.
Indian actress Kangana Ranaut has shocked her fans by sharing Punjabi singer Shubh’s song after getting into a spat with him a few months earlier.
Ranaut shared a story on Instagram on Wednesday with Shubh’s song ‘Cheques’. The move came as a surprise after she had attacked the singer for showing a controversial hoodie during his live performance in London on October 29, 2023.
During the live performance, fans were throwing shirts, jewellery and phones on him as gestures of love and support. A fan threw a hoodie which had the picture and date of the late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination on a map of Punjab. Gandhi was shot to death by her Sikh guards in 1984 as retaliation for the massacre of their community under her watch.
Kangana Ranaut slammed Shubh for showing the hoodie during the concert.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter) she wrote, “Celebrating the cowardly killing of an old woman by those who she appointed as her saviors. When you are trusted to protect but you take advantage of the trust and faith and use the same weapons to kill the ones were suppose to protect then it’s a shameful act of cowardice not of bravery. One must be ashamed of such a cowardly attack on an elderly lady who was disarmed and unaware, a lady who was the chosen leader of a democracy, nothing to glorify here Shubham ji. Shame !!! (Sic).”
Shubh’s Still Rollin Tour for India was cancelled after the controversy and BookMyShow refunded all the tickets. The Indian Consumer electronics company Boat also withdrew sponsorship in response to the outcry.
Shubh then took to Instagram after Kangana attacked him.
He wrote, “No matter what I do, some people will find something to bring it against me. A lot of clothes, jewelry and phones were thrown at me by the audience at my first show in London. I was there to perform, not to see what got thrown at me and what is on it. The team has worked very hard for the last couple of months to perform for you all. Stop spreading hate and negativity.”
Shubh (Shubneet Singh) is a Canada based Punjabi singer, who got fame in desi music with songs ‘We Rollin’ and ‘Offshore’.
In the 23rd match of Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars defeats Islamabad United by 17 runs in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and invited Lahore Qalandars to bat first.
Lahore Qalandars inning
From Lahore Qalandars, Van Dar Duson scored 64 runs and Shaheen Afridi scored 30 runs. Apart from this, Sahibzada Farhan scored 2, Fakhr Zaman 10, Shai Hope 6, Sikandar Raza 4 and Ahsan Hafeez scored 13 runs. David Visa remained unbeaten scoring 24 runs. Lahore Qalandars scored 162 runs in allotted 20 overs.
On behalf of Islamabad United, Roman Raees took 2 wickets, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah, Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan took one wicket each.
Islamabad United inning
Chasing the target of 163, Islamabad took very poor start, Islamabad lost their 6 wickets on the total of just 38 runs. Azam Khan and Faheem Ashraf scored small partnership of 36 runs but Azam khan could score only 29 runs and returned to pavilion.
Faheem Ashraf put a fighting score of 41 but could not lead the whole team returned to the pavilion on 145 runs in 18.5 overs.
From Lahore Qalandars Zaman Khan took four wickets.
