The T20 World Cup match between USA and Ireland is scheduled to be played in Florida on Friday at 7:30 pm but torrential rains continues in Miami.
Florida’s Governor Ron DeSatis has imposed an emergency as floods hit Miami.
If the match is cancelled, Pakistan will be out of the race for the next stage. The national team reached Florida yesterday.
Yesterday India won against USA in the 25th match of T20 World Cup at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. After the victory, India has qualified for the Super Eight round with 6 points.
Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shehzad called Babar Azam a “fake king” while commenting on his performance as the head of the team.
During the Geo News program ‘Harna Mana Hai‘ on Wednesday, host Tabish Hashmi showed Ahmed Shahzad his statistics against Babar Azam and asked him for his opinion.
On this, the cricketer said, “Babar Azam is being compared to my eight-year-old stats on social media, while the situation was completely different at that time. We used to get 2.5 to three lakh rupees, but now we get 50 lakh rupees per month. He has every opportunity, but still, he is behind in the world in modern cricket.”
The former opener batsman went on to say, “The strongest captain in Pakistan was held accountable after two to three series but no one held Babar accountable. In five years of captaincy, he could not win a single trophy. Babar ignored domestic cricketers to accommodate his friends and disrupted the system of domestic cricket.”
The 32-year-old added, “I believe I could have improved my stats, but Babar’s stats are worse than mine, but if you are a king, then you are a fake king. You have made people crazy on social media, now you should raise your hands and admit that you are responsible.”
National players, including captain Babar Azam, are under severe criticism for the worst defeat in the first two matches of the T20 World Cup.
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.
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.
After losing to America in the T20 World Cup, Pakistan’s former cricketers lashed out at the team and management for losing the match they almost won against India.
In the ARY News sports program, on Monday said, “The quality of Pakistan’s men’s cricket team has gone down so much that now we should play with the women’s teams of Australia and England instead of a men’s team.”
The former batsman is getting slammed by social media users for the misogynistic comments. Here are some reactions:
A lawyer named Manzoor Qadir Bhinder has approached the court over the disappointing performance of the national cricket team in Gujranwala.
The lawyer filed a petition against the national cricket team captain Babar Azam, team members and Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi in the local court of Gujranwala.
The team should be banned, the petition asks, and the selection committee should be dissolved as well as PCB accounts should be frozen. Billions of rupees are being spent on cricket annually, which is an injustice to the people of Pakistan, the lawyer maintains.
Our players play for their ego and money, not caring for the honor of Pakistan, the petitioner wrote.
The petition has been filed in the court of the District Sessions Judge under Sections 22A and 22B of the Penal Code.
During the T20 World Cup, India deprived the green shirts of a sure victory by exploiting Pakistan’s weak batting and successfully defended the meagre target of 120 runs. Earlier, USA defeated Pakistan on June 6 in a super over by five runs.
Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi visited Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore late on Tuesday night, prompting speculation on the reason for the surprise visit.
The head of PCB reviewed ongoing work on upgrading Gaddafi Stadium Lahore last night and expressed displeasure over the closure of upgrade work in the stadium.
Naqvi had previously ordered teams to work 24 hours a day to speed up the work. He said, “This big project can be completed on time only by working 24 hours a day. Ensure the early drainage of the water accumulated under the main building of the stadium due to the burst pipe.”
Chairman PCB noted that more resources needed to be mobilized to complete the upgradation work of the stadium before the Champions Trophy.
Pakistan is hosting Champions Trophy 2025. PCB has also sent the final schedule of the tournament to the International Cricket Council (ICC) for approval.
Pakistan cricket team fast bowler Haris Rauf has become the fastest bowler to complete a century of wickets in T20 Internationals.
The fast bowler completed 100 wickets in 71 matches of his career while Ireland’s earlier Mark Adair completed the century of wickets in 72 matches.
Overall, Haris is the third fastest bowler to take 100 wickets, the other two bowlers to complete 100 wickets in fewer matches before him are spinners.
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan took 100 wickets in 54 and Sri Lanka’s Hasaranga completed 100 wickets in 63 matches.
Apart from this, Haris Rauf is the second Pakistani to receive this honor. Shadab Khan is the first Pakistani bowler with 107 wickets in T20 International.
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:
