Author: Wasim Sarwar

Indian commentators Harsha Bhogle and Irfan Pathan have raised questions about Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s batting approach after the humiliating defeat at the hands of USA in the T20 World Cup on Thursday.

Pakistan lost its first three wickets on just 21 runs. After that Captain Babar Azam and Shadab Khan took charge and made a partnership of 72 runs. Skipper scored 44 runs on 43 balls, while Shadab Khan scored 40 runs.

Irfan Pathan wrote on X (Twitter), “Despite having a good batting position as a captain, if you are playing 40+ balls with a strike rate of 100, it will not benefit the team.”

On the other hand, well-known Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle wrote, “I have seen Babar Azam play many good innings. This 44 (43) will not be among them, they have not looked quite in form in major tournaments.”

The USA has occupied the first position in the points table.

Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam became the highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals.

Babar Azam overtook India’s Virat Kohli with the 16th run of his innings in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match against USA.

Virat Kohli has scored 4038 runs in 110 T20 international innings while Babar has scored 4067 runs in 113 innings.

An interesting incident happened with Shaheen Shah Afridi during a photo shoot of the national team for the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup.

During the photo shoot, Afridi, the star fast bowler of the national team, was asked to take a picture with a poster which stated that he was a bowler, upon which he got angry.

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“I am an all-rounder, why have you written only bowler in front of my name,” the irate striker asked.

The national cricketer lodged a complaint with the ICC’s media team.

Former opener Ahmed Shahzad criticized national cricket team skipper Babar Azam for allegedly including his friends in the squad.

On the YouTube channel ‘Harna Mana Hai’ there was a debate between national team opener Ahmed Shahzad and Imam ul Haq over Babar Azam’s captaincy, in which Imam was seen defending Babar while Ahmad Shahzad took exceptions with his decisions.

Shehzad alleged that Babar Azam included his friends in the team who were not performing to which Imad replied, “I am counted among Babar’s friends, but I am out of the T20 team.”

Talking about Babar’s captaincy, Imam said, “The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made him captain again. He did not ask the board to give me leadership duties. The authority to give and take captaincy is with the board.”

Program host Tabish Hashmi asked, “Imad Wasim and Mohammad Amir are not friends with Babar Azam, everyone knows, but they are back in the playing XI today.” To which Shahzad replied, “They are playing because both have connections with the board’s top officials. They invited Imad and Amir back to the team.”

The Pakistan team is currently playing in the T20 World Cup in the USA.

The India-Pakistan T20 Cricket World Cup match is scheduled for June 9 at the Nassau County International Stadium in New York. The high-voltage match will be played at 7:30 pm Pakistan time.

According to the local meteorological department, there’s a chance of light drizzle and windy conditions in the evening on match day. However, these conditions are unlikely to impact the game as the match is scheduled for 10:30 am local time.

A reserve day during the league and super-eight stages of this World Cup has been scheduled in. The first semi-final and the final match only have a reserve day in case of rain or bad weather.

It’s nothing less than a war zone when arch-rivals Pakistan and India clash and the USA is prepared for it.

USA will deploy snipers during the India-Pakistan T20 match in New York. The police department has prepared a complete security plan while the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) force will also support with special weapons.

Some of these officials will be on duty in the stands as well. Nearby parks will remain closed, and fans entering the venue will be searched and screened in the same manner as is commonly seen at airports.

Pakistan will face India on June 9 at Nassau County Cricket Stadium in New York.

Star player of the national cricket team, Muhammad Rizwan, has made new revelations about his love story and said that he struggled for eight years to find his love, after which he got success.

Muhammad Rizwan and captain Babar Azam were participating in the program on YouTube channel ‘Epic Masjid‘ where the host said that there is a person here today who prayed and prayed to God for eight years to find his love.

“Muhammad Rizwan has made things difficult for married people,” he joked, then requested him to narrate his love story.

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Rizwan was surprised at the question and started laughing. “What kind of question have you asked, you have put me in trouble,” he chuckled.

After a few moments, Rizwan answered the question saying, “Love story is difficult and in Pathan culture it is a very difficult task. I was the first person in my family to start this, after me my brother also had a love marriage.”

He continued to say that it was very difficult for him to get married. “I had to wait for eight years and had to pray to Allah every day for it. I had in my mind that it is not possible that you do not get what you ask from Allah. I believed that if God wills it, you can get many things in life.”

He went on to say that things were the same in cricket. “But I can’t tell more about my love story. You should believe that you will get everything.”

Rizwan is the part of Pakistan cricket team participating in the T20 World Cup 2024 ongoing in USA and West Indies.

Pakistan cricket team’s wicket keeper batsman Azam Khan has deleted all his photos and videos from the Instagram.

The player upload videos and pictures of himself on Instagram quite regularly, however since the past few days he has been facing severe criticism from fans for his poor performance against England, with most targeting Azam for his weight.

No more pictures or videos of Azam Khan are available on the social media account.

Pakistan’s Mahnoor Ali won the gold medal by defeating China’s Feng Chen at the under-13 Squash Open Championship in Singapore on Sunday.

Mahnoor defeated China’s Feng Chen with scores of 11-6, 11-7 and 11-4 to win the Junior Squash Open Championship.

Earlier on April 14, 2024, sisters Mahnoor Ali and Mehwish Ali from Peshawar won the Australian Junior Open Championship and won the gold medal.

15-year-old budding squash player Mehwish Ali and her sister Mahnoor Ali are Fellows of the Bilqis and Abdul Razak Dawood (BARD) Foundation.

With the help BARD Foundation, Mahnoor Ali has established himself as an outstanding young squash player at the age of 11 winning 11 gold medals so far.