Pakistan cricket team fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has withdrawn from England’s ‘The Hundred League’.
According to details, the fast bowler is in talks with Canada’s Global T20 League after leaving The Hundred League. Schedules of both the series are clashing. Welsh Fire had retained Shaheen for €100,000.
The 24-year-old has explained to the England Cricket Board (ECB) that he wants to leave The Hundred to spend time with his family. The Hundred League will be played from July 23 to August 18, while The Global T20 League is expected to be played from July 25 to August 11. He already has a long contract with Desert Vipers in the ILT Twenty.
Shaheen said, “I regret not playing with Welsh Fire this year. I enjoyed last season at The Hundred and was excited to be back in Cardiff. I wish him all the best for the upcoming season with Welsh Fire.”
Welsh Fire has replaced Shaheen Afridi with New Zealand’s Matt Henry.
Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim has been ruled out of the first match of the World Cup against USA.
Confirming his unavailability, captain Babar Azam said, “Imad Wasim is suffering from a side strain due to which he will not be able for the first match but I am hopeful that he will be available for the remaining matches.”
Pakistan will play the first match in the World Cup against the USA on June 6, while the USA has won their first match against Canada.
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.
Sri Lankan cricket team captain Wanindu Hasaranga and spin bowler Mahesh Thekshana have raised their voices on the difficulties faced by the team and described the World Cup schedule as unfair.
Sri Lanka and the Netherlands are scheduled to play four opening-round matches at four different venues while India and South Africa are playing three matches at one venue.
The 15-member squad started the day at the end Brooklyn Hotel at 7 am, but media activities had to end early to allow the team to reach the airport for the next match as soon as the South Africa game ended.
The spin bowler said, “It’s all very unfair. After every match we have to travel, we have to wait for eight hours for flights. It’s unfair for us and it doesn’t make sense.”
“Due to travel logistics, we also had to cancel the training session in New York. Our hotel was an hour and 40 minutes away from the venue. We had to get up at 5 in the morning. I won’t name them, but some teams’ hotels are 14 minutes away,” he said.
The captain said “It’s a tough day for us, four matches at four different venues which is tough, we have no idea about the conditions,”
In the fourth match of the T20 World Cup, South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by four wickets on Monday.
France and Paris Saint-Germain star footballer Kylian Mbappe has joined Spanish football club Real Madrid.
Real Madrid has signed Mbappe on a free transfer basis on Monday. As per the agreement, he will play for Real Madrid for the next five seasons.
Mbappe will be paid €15,000,000 (PKR 4.5 billion) per year for five years. Mbappe and Real Madrid have been in talks since last February.
After the announcement, Mbappe wrote in a post on Instagram, “A dream come true. So happy and proud to be part of my dream club @realmadrid It’s impossible to explain how happy and excited I feel right now. I can’t wait to see you, Madridistas, and thank you for your incredible support.”
Mbappe was part of Paris Saint-Germain from 2018 to 2024.
Afghanistan defeated Uganda by 125 runs in the fifth match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup in Providence Cricket Stadium, Guyana.
Uganda won the toss and elected to field first against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan inning:
Afghanistan’s openers Rahmatullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran made a partnership of 154 runs for the team and gave the team a great start.
Rehmanullah Gurbaz scored 76 runs while Ibrahim Zadran scored 70. Apart from this Muhammad Nabi scored 14 runs.
For Uganda, Brian Masaba and Cosmas Kiwata took 2 wickets each while Alpesh Ramajani got one wicket.
Uganda’s inning:
Against Afghanistan, the entire Ugandan team collapsed for 48 runs before the allotted overs. From Uganda only Robinson Abuya and Riazat Ali Shah could enter in double figure.
For Afghanistan Fazalhaq Farooqi took five wickets while Naveen ul Haq and Rashid Khan took one wicket each.
Former Australian cricketer and former Pakistan cricket team batting coach Matthew Hayden has named his possible semi-finalists for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
While talking to foreign media, Matthew revealed the names of his hot favorite teams to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing T20 World Cup, picking Australia, India, England and South Africa as probables to reach the semi-finals of the mega event.
However, he said, “The Pakistani team is a dark horse , nothing can be said about the Pakistani team, because their bowling line is impressive and the batting line with Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, and Fakhar Zaman is also good. But the Pakistani team’s fielding is weak.”
He has expressed hope and said, “This time the performance of the Pakistani team will be good. Pakistan team is dangerous and one of the best teams of this World Cup.”
Paul Collingwood, however, has kept Pakistan out of his semi-finalists and predicted that Australia, India, England and South Africa will be the top four teams.
The T20 World Cup is ongoing in USA and West Indies and the final of this mega event will be played on June 29.
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.
