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  • No more recommendations; team selection to be on merit, says PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi

    No more recommendations; team selection to be on merit, says PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi

    Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi has made it clear to the national players that from now, the team will be selected only on merit and no more recommendations will be accommodated.

    Naqvi stressed that he is not stopping any player from earning money but Pakistan should be their first priority.

    In a meeting with national players involved in Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Islamabad, Mohsin Naqvi said, “Whenever the team will be selected after today, it will be on merit. I will not tell anyone that you people should not earn money. Give Pakistan first priority, in any case I am not telling anyone to reduce their earnings. “

    Talking about the practice of adjusting players who do not come on merit, the Chairman stated, “If you see something like this, all you have to do is send me a message and I’m telling you, I’m a very friendly guy and I’m also mean. So mean that if a single complaint is heard, the whole team will go.”

  • PSL 9: Islamabad United defeats Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs

    PSL 9: Islamabad United defeats Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs

    In the 20th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Islamabad United defeats Peshawar Zalmi by 29 runs in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

    Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the toss and invited Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan to bat first.

    Islamabad United inning

    Islamabad captain Shadab Khan played an aggressive innings of 80 runs off 51 balls, hitting 4 fours and 6 sixes. Agha Salman played an innings of 37 runs while Jordan Cox and Azam Khan remained not out scoring 26 and 29 runs respectively.

    For Peshawar Zalmi, Saim Ayub took 2 wickets while Salman Irshad and Luke Wood took one wicket each.

    Peshawar Zalmi inning

    Chasing the target of 197, Peshawar Zalmi lost their both openers in first over. On the total of 18 runs Peshawar half team returned to the pavilion, but Aamir Jamal and Paul Walter make a partnership of 107 runs but could not led their team to victory. Walter scored 33 runs on 29 balls while Aamir Jamal scored brilliant 87 of 49 balls.

    From Islamabad United Captain Shadab Khan took 3 while Hunain Shah and Ruman Raees took 2 wickets each.

  • Pre-wedding ceremony worth $152 million: all you need to know about the Ambani events

    Pre-wedding ceremony worth $152 million: all you need to know about the Ambani events

    Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani arranged a three-day pre-wedding ceremony for his son Anant and fiance Radhika Merchant, which came to a total expenditure of $152 million (1,260 crores INR).

    Ambani held the most expensive in India in 2018 of his daughter, which reportedly cost $100 million (828 crores INR). In this wedding US pop megastar Beyonce performed.

    This time Rihanna, the multi-award-winning popstar performed in the ceremony. According VN Express reports, she was paid £5 million (52 crore INR). Rihanna came out of an eight year retirement for the event and took social media by storm when she posed with Indian paparazzi and airport staff.

    A large number of employees as well as a group of more than 100 chefs from the Indian city of Indore, who produced 2,500 dishes that included Mexican, Chinese, Indian, and European cuisines. Another expense was securing 1000 guests including some of the world’s wealthiest individuals.

    Ambani and wife Nita, along with their son Anant and his fiancee Radhika, launched a three-day feast for more than 51,000 villagers at the Reliance Township in his hometown of Jamnagar.

    Ambani sent private planes for all foreign guests.

    Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, cricket super stars Sachin Tendulkar and M.S. Dhoni, and industry titan Gautam Adani were invited in the grand ceremony.

    According to Indian media, superstars Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor were picked up in a Rolls Royce, while the Ambanis arranged a bus for all the others. Actors like Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Ananya Panday were seen boarding a bus at the airport.

    Watch: Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor in a Rolls Royce

  • Why was Mukesh Ambani crying during Anant’s pre-wedding ceremony?

    Why was Mukesh Ambani crying during Anant’s pre-wedding ceremony?

    Billionaire Mukesh Ambani teared up at the pre-wedding celebration of scion Anant Ambani in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

    Anant talked about his health concerns on a mic, addressing his guests, upon which his father, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani, broke down in tears.

    The three-day long lavish pre-wedding celebration got underway on Friday. During the ceremony, Anant Ambani expressed gratitude to his parents and talked about his childhood health problems.

    “My family did everything they could to make me feel unique. My life hasn’t always been roses. I’ve experienced pain. I’ve struggled with my health ever since I was a young child. However, I have never felt as though I was in pain, my parents have consistently supported me,” he said.

    “I had many health problems since I was a child, but my parents never let me know it. My father and mother always stood by my side and made me believe that I could do anything if I just thought about it. I am forever grateful to my parents and father for what they mean to me,” he said, as Mukesh fought back tears.

    A video of the interaction has sparked multiple reactions on social media.

    Over a 1000 people, including some of the world’s wealthiest individuals, were invited in the main event over the course of three days. Among the famous invitees are Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Bill Gates, head of Microsoft, along with Rihanna and a plethora of Bollywood celebrities and Indian cricket stars.

  • PSL 9: Multan Sultans defeats Karachi Kings by 20 runs

    PSL 9: Multan Sultans defeats Karachi Kings by 20 runs

    In the 19th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Multan Sultan defeats Karachi Kings by 20 runs and qualify for playoffs stage of the event.

    Multan Sultans captain Muhammad Rizwan won the toss and elected to bat first.

    Multan Sultans inning

    Usman Khan played an unbeaten innings of 106 runs off 59 balls while scoring a brilliant century. This is his second century in PSL. Apart from this, captain Muhammad Rizwan scored 58 runs and Reese Hendricks scored 13 runs, Iftikhar Ahmed scored 4 runs and got out.

    Mazrabani took 2 wickets and Hasan Ali took 1 wicket for Karachi Kings.

    Karachi Kings inning

    Chasing the target of Multan Sultan, Kings captain Shan Masood scored 36 runs, Shoaib Malik 38, Irfanullah Niazi 23, Muhammad Nawaz 27 and Hassan Ali 17 runs.

    From Multan Sultans, Usama Mir took 2 while David Willy, Muhammad Ali, Khushdil Shah and Chris Jordan took one wicket each.

    Multan Sultans becomes first team of the ongoing season to qualify for playoff stage of the tournament.

  • BCCI dropped Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from central contract

    BCCI dropped Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from central contract

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has dropped wicketkeepers Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from its central contract for year 2023-24, while Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have also been left out of the contract.

    Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer both have recently distanced themselves from playing domestic cricket.

    Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are in the Grade A Plus category while Ravi Chandran Ashwin, Muhammad Shami, Muhammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya are in the Grade A category. Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel and Yashwi Jaiswal are in the Grade B.

    15 players have been included in Grade C including Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shardal Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshad Singh, KS Bharat, Prasad. Krishna, Aveesh Khan and Rajat Patidar are included.

    Ishan Kishan left the South Africa tour last year and returned home. Since then he has been absent from competitive cricket. He was not selected in the squad for the home T20 series against Afghanistan and the Test series against England. Team India head coach Rahul Dravid said that Ishan will have to play domestic cricket to return to Team India, but he stayed away from the Ranji Trophy.

  • Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma welcomes second child

    Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma welcomes second child

    Indian star cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma have given birth to a second child. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma welcomed a baby boy, the couple confirmed through a post on ‘X’.

    Kohli and Anushka stated “We are extremely happy to announce that on February 15, we have the birth of Vamika’s younger brother and our son. We have named our son ‘Akaay’, we wish you all the best on this happy occasion”.

    Recently, former South African cricketer AB de Villiers claimed that Kohli and Anushka are expecting a second child, but later he denied this news.

    Due to the expected birth of the child, Virat Kohli did not participate in the ongoing Test series against England.

    It should be noted that Virat and Anushka got married in Milan, Italy in December 2017. The couple had a daughter, Wamika, in January 2021.

  • PMGO 2024: Format, invited teams, dates and much more

    PMGO 2024: Format, invited teams, dates and much more

    Tencent has revealed the details of the Pubg Mobile Global Open (PMGO), the first worldwide PUBG Mobile competition of 2024, which is scheduled to happen in Brazil. This event, which features $500,000 in total prize money, will be held in three separate stages including qualifiers, Initials and main stage.

    Tencent plans to hold three worldwide competitions in 2024 due to fans interest. March 4 is the start date of the PUBG Mobile Global Open, which ends on April 7. This year’s calendar includes the second international competition, known as the Pubg Mobile World Invitational (PMWI), in July and the Pubg Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) in November and December.

    1) Qualifier

    On February 19, registration for this first phase of the tournament will open, providing underdog teams with the chance to face off against more seasoned teams. Two rounds will be held: Online Qualifier (March 4 to 10) and Offline Qualifier Finals (March 28 to 30).

    The top 32 teams advance to the Qualifier Finals, where the victorious team guarantees a spot in the PMGO Main Event. The whole prize pool for the qualifier is $64,000.

    2) Initials

    A number of PUBG Mobile teams, including the top finishers from the Qualifier Finals, partnered clubs, and certain invited teams, will compete in the initials, which will also be contested offline with a $80,000 total prize pool, it is slated to take place from April 1 to April 3, 2024. The top eight teams from the overall scoreboard will move to the third and final stage.

    3) Main Event

    The Main Event, which will take place in São Paulo from April 5 to 7, will have 16 teams competing for a $356,000 cash prize fund. Direct invitations to the PMGO 2024 Main Event have been extended to Alpha7 from Brazil, S2G Gaming from Turkey, and IHC from Mongolia. In addition to them, the PMSL SEA Spring, PMPL S0 South Korea, PMJL S3 Japan, and PEL PMGO Qualifier winners from the four regional competitions will also be at the event.

    These seven clubs will square off against the winning team from the Qualifier Finals and the top eight teams from the initials in the Main Event. They compete over three days to claim the title of PMGO championship. The competition will be streamed live on PUBG Mobile’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

  • ‘I am not talking to you; Babar Azam gets into heated argument at BPL

    ‘I am not talking to you; Babar Azam gets into heated argument at BPL

    Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam, usually one of the calmest figures on the field, got into a heated argument in a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match between Rangpur Riders and Dhaka Dominators.

    Babar played an important role in his team’s total of 183, scoring 62 runs off 46 balls against Dominators Dhaka.

    However, in the 13th over of the innings, Babar Azam got angry when he got into a heated argument with Dhaka’s wicketkeeper Irfan Sukkur. In a viral video, Babar can be heard saying, “I am not talking to you” to Irfan.

    The Umpire and Dhaka captain Mussadiq Hussain tried to end Babar and Irfan’s quarrel.

    However, fans in Bangladesh are enjoying his presence and are also getting autographs from King Babar.

  • 13-year-old boy became first player to beat computer game Tetris

    13-year-old boy became first player to beat computer game Tetris

    A 13-years old boy Blue Scuti became the first-ever player to beat famous computer game Tetris.

    If you’ve played Tetris, you’ll know that as the levels progress, the pieces fall quickly, making it impossible to think and check where you should fit them. It is a very original and practical mechanism that turns the experience into a real challenge, even as the game keeps increasing the level of difficulty until it squeezes the man’s abilities and leads him to defeat.

    But a 13-year-old Tetris-loving boy with great skill and technique managed to achieve what no one had achieved before.

    Secret behind this record:

    He built an Artificial intelligence (AI) program so that he could recognize the piece and place it perfectly in its place so that the levels keep increasing and you know how far the game can go, which happened and caused the game to crash.

    The interesting thing about all of this is that no one has ever been able to replicate artificial intelligence, because these pieces fall at such a speed that it is almost impossible to get them into the right place to advance in the game but someone has finally got it.

    Blue Scuti has a channel on YouTube, here is a video of when he achieved this feat;