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Author: Wasim Sarwar

  • Babar Azam will enter in World Cup as the No.1 batsman

    Babar Azam will enter in World Cup as the No.1 batsman

    The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released players’ ranking, with Pakistan captain Babar Azam retaining the first position in the ODI batsmen’s ranking.

    According to the rankings, Babar Azam will enter the World Cup as the number one batsman, but the gap between India’s Shubman Gill and Babar Azam has narrowed further.

    According to the ranking, Babar Azam’s rating points remain at 857, while Shubman Gill’s rating points have increased from 814 to 847. In this ranking, Pakistan’s Imam ul Haq has moved from fourth to fifth place, while Fakhar Zaman is at the 10th spot.

    On the other hand, in the ICC ODI bowlers ranking, India’s Mohammad Siraj remains the first, Australia’s Josh Hazlewood is second in the ranking and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has moved from fifth to fourth.

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    Similarly, New Zealand’s Trent Boult is fifth in the rankings, Shaheen Afridi is 8th and Haris Rauf is 22nd.

    Bangladesh’s Shakib-ul-Hasan has retained his top spot in the ICC ODI all-rounders’ rankings.

  • Muhammad Asif slams Babar Azam, World Cup squad

    Muhammad Asif slams Babar Azam, World Cup squad

    Former test cricketer and fast bowler Muhammad Asif has criticized Pakistan captain Babar Azam along with the rest of the squad selected for the upcoming World Cup.

    In a statement given on social media, Mohammad Asif slammed the Pakistani squad selected for the World Cup, attacking many players including captain Babar Azam.

    He also abuse National Cricketer Ihsanullah during a live on X.

    Mohammad Asif said that he picked Babar Azam in trials after he had only faced twi balls. “You can ask his father (Azam Siddiqui) that I picked Babar in the ZTBL trials.”

    The former fast bowler admitted that Babar is one of the best batsmen in the country but said that he plays too many dot balls and increases pressure on Rizwan. If you give him good balls, he can’t hit, the former pacer opined.


    “Almost all the bowlers we have in the squad are average, no one is special”, Muhammad Asif said.

    He also said that favoritism goes on in the team. Stating that he and Shoaib Akhtar used to be special bowlers in the team, he expressed the view that there are no special bowlers in the team now. Babar Azam’s father

    Azam Siddiqui, reacted to Mohammad Asif’s criticism, writing, “When Babar played the U-16 World Cup, there used to be a club school of cricket next to the DPS Model Town Ground. There was a match with Babar’s club, on the other side, Muhammad Asif was preparing for a comeback. He played this match and Babar used to open. Hoi Babar came out with great patience and told me that Asif Bhai said very badly.”

    Azam Siddiqui further said that Mr. Mansoor Rana helped Babar to play for ZTBL while his trial was going on in the National Academy.

    The captain’s father further said that “Babar’s first salary of 16,800 helped Babar to move forward. Your timely testimony will be of great help to us. People are requested not to talk directly about Muhammad Asif with reference to Babar”.

  • Social media users’ reactions on WC squad

    Social media users’ reactions on WC squad

    Fast bowler Hassan Ali has replaced Nasim Shah in Pakistan cricket team after the later sustained a shoulder injury during Asia Cup 2023. Today, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the squad for the World Cup 2023.

    Some fans are appreciating the selection of the squad but others are criticising it.

    Here are some reactions:

    Vikrant Gupta who is an Indian news anchor also tweeted: