Author: Wasim Sarwar

China’s famous PUBG Mobile player Paraboy has officially joined JD Esports for a transfer fee worth $759,000, more than 21 crore Pakistani rupees.

The veteran player started his Esports journey in 2019 with team XQF and attracted everyone with his skills in Pubg Mobile Club Open (PMCO) 2019. After that, NOVA Esports acquired XQF. Now, he will be seen playing under different tags after a long time.

He won two PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) trophies including PMGC 2020 and 20121 with his previous roster. He has earned more than $1,300,000 as an Esports ethelete. He won gold medal in Asian game in 2023.

NOVA was in the Ninth spot in PMGC 2022, but they failed to qualify for PMGC 2023.

JD Esports has been struggling for the last four years, and they have never won any big titles. Now, they will play Peace Elite League (PEL) summer with veteran players this year.

Pakistan cricket team’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has argued that everyone supports the team during good times, but fans should offer support in bad times too.

During an interview on Thursday on YouTube channel ‘CrickWick’, the fast bowler said, “We are your team, not a street cricket team, or a team where players are selected based on recommendation. If you don’t support the team, you will be like the media.”

He revealed, “I have taken a lot of help from [father-in-law] Shahid Afridi and worked a lot on my batting at the Moeen Khan Academy. My role is to hit boundaries in the last overs, so that’s what I practice mostly.”

Shaheen is part of the national cricket team’s squad and is currently playing in the T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies.

The finals of the PUBG Mobile Super League (PMSL) Central and South Asia (CSA) are starting today, with a prize pool of USD 200,000 (approximately 55 million PKR).

The PMSL league stage ended on June 9 with twenty teams participating, including four Pakistani teams, AgAsi8, 52 Esports, R3G, and GG Esports. 4MV from Mongolia topped the league stage with 654 points.

The top 16 teams from the league stage have advanced to the finals. From Pakistan, GG Esports could not qualify for the finals. On the basis of three weeks league stage, each team gets bonus points to start their journey in the finals.

Here are the bonus points of each team:

1-4Merical Vibes – 57 points
2-RUKH eSports – 53 points
3-MadBulls – 53 points
4-DRS GAMING – 52 points
5-IHC ESPORTS – 45 points
6-Horaa Esports – 45 points
7-Falcons Force – 45 points
8-De Muerte – 32 points
9-Team Lakers – 30 points
10-ASagi8 Esports – 29 points
11-A1 TMT Esports – 28 points
12-Everest Gaming – 28 points
13-R3GICIDE – 28 points
14-HardBass Team – 24 points
15-52 Esports – 21 points
16-Stronger Esports – 20 points

The finals will span across three days, starting from June 13 and ending on June 15. Pakistan Pubg Mobile Official channel will live streamed the PMSL final on YouTube.

Pakistan has finally clicked their first victory in the ongoing T20 World Cup, defeating Canada by seven wickets in New York.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and invited Canada to bat first.

First inning:

Canada scored 106 runs after losing seven players in the allotted 20 overs. Aaron Johnson played 52 runs for Canada in an innings.

On behalf of Pakistan, Mohammad Amir and Haris Rauf dismissed two players each. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah took one wicket each.

Second inning:

Pakistan lost their first wicket in 20 runs, as Saim Ayub returned to the pavilion and scored six runs. After that, Babar and Rizwan made a partnership of 63. Babar Azam scored 33 runs, while Muhammad Rizwan scored 53 runs.

Dillon Heyliger took two, while Jeremy Gordon took one wicket for Canada.

Pakistan will play their last match of the first round against Ireland on June 16. Pakistan’s hopes for the next stage are pinned on the USA’s match against India tomorrow. If the USA wins tomorrow, Pakistan’s journey will end in the T20 World Cup.

Pakistan’s former middle order batsman Umar Akmal has taken to Twitter to inform the world about his fitness. And he’s done so in a rather weird way.

The middle-order batsman took to X (formerly Twitter) o announce: “Attention please! This is for those who think I am not fit.” Accompanying the post were shirtless pictures. The purpose of the bold move is to remind the management of the Pakistan Cricket Team that he is ready to step up if needed.

The timing of Umar Akmal’s post is no coincidence. The team’s struggle in Pakistan’s 2024 T20 World Cup campaign and the weakness of their middle order are obvious to everyone.

The tweet went viral as fans took to trolling him. Here are some reactions to Umar Akmal’s pictures:

After the defeat against India in T20 World Cup, journalist Mansoor Ali Khan demanded the public to boycott products promoted by Pakistani cricketers. India defeated Pakistan by six runs in the biggest match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup on Sunday.

It was the second consecutive defeat for the national team in the T20. In the first match of the event, America defeated Pakistan in the super over.

The journalist said on his YouTube channel, “The public wants to know which Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials have gone on this trip and how much they are spending. It has become too extravagant, it cannot go on like this, sometimes you are selling pants, sometimes you are selling shoes, sometimes you are selling ice cream, sometimes you are selling hair colour.”

He expressed his displeasure saying, “You get money because you advertise because this nation sits you on shoulders. The nation loves you because it loves the game, and when you play the game like that, it means you don’t love the game and you don’t love the nation. Then you have no right to work in such commercials, and if our team’s performance is going to be like this, I will ask the nation to start boycotting the products”

After the embarrassing defeat against India, Pakistan fans are very disappointed and are calling for a complete revamp of the cricket team, not just the coaches.

Despite the setbacks of two embarrassing defeats against the USA and India in the first round of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan still has a fighting chance to make it to the super-eight stage.

Here are some possible scenarios:

Scenario 1: Pakistan have to win thier remaining two matches against Ireland and Canada, giving it 4 points.

Scenario 2: The USA has already won two matches, so it should lose to India and Ireland as it already has 4 points.

Scenario 3: Canada should lose to India and they will have 2 points.

If this scenario works out, Pakistan and USA will each have 4 points, and their qualification for the Super-8 stage will be decided on Net Run Rate (NRR).

The Pakistan cricket team is set to play arch-rivals India in a crucial match of the ICC T20 World Cup. The match will be played in Nassau County Stadium in New York at 7:30 pm (Pakistan Standard Time).

This match will decide the journey of the national team to remain in the World Cup. Both teams are placed in Group A, and the USA is the strong contender to qualify for the Super 8 stage, winning both matches of the first round.

Pakistan has to win this match otherwise their chances to qualify for the next round of World Cup will difficult.

Here is the probable playing XI of Pakistan:

Muhammad Rizwan, Babar Azam (Captain), Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Amir, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah

There is a 41 percent chance of rain.

On Thursday, America defeated Pakistan by five runs in the Super Over in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup match in Dallas.

The Pakistani team faced severe criticism from cricket fans on social media after the loss, while former cricketers are criticising the national team. Social media is full of memes as a first time team, defeated Pakistan’s best.