A funny video of rising player Azam Khan and captain Babar Azam has gone viral on social media.
In the video, it can be inferred that the cricketers are joking with each other over dollars. Babar, who is not visible in the video, jokingly asks Azam what happened?
Azam Khan wipes his face and forehead with foreign currency and says that it is very hot Wasim Bhai. All the cricketers laugh loudly at this.
The video has become an instant fan favourite.
Pakistani-born British McKeal Abdullah has joined the Pakistan football squad. Abdullah is a part of the British club Mansfield Town, where he is considered one of the best Asian footballers in the UK. The young striker will join the Pakistan team at the end of this month.
Abdullah will be available for the home match against Saudi Arabia and the away match against Tajikistan. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has also confirmed the inclusion of Pakistani-born Briton Adam Khan. Otis Khan, who missed the previous match due to injury and Muhammad Fazal will also return to the team.
Pakistani-born Briton Essa Sulaiman will not be available due to performing Hajj.
England Cricket Board (ECB) has banned the flags of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Israel, Palestine and Afghanistan inside the cricket stadium during the T20 series of Pakistan and England.
The decision to ban the flags comes after the disruption during Pakistan and Ireland series where fans where displaying PTI flags, Imran Khan posters, Palestine and Afghanistan flags.
After a match between Pakistan and Ireland in Dublin on May 12, an Afghan fan used foul language with bowler Shaheen Afridi. Later the spectator was kicked out of the ground by security personnel.
Pakistan has recently defeated Ireland in a T20 series by 2-1. Babar Azam became the captain with most wins in T20 format while he is just 82 runs away from becoming the highest run scorer in T20 format.
Pakistani PUBG mobile teams AsAgonxi8, 52 eSports, Team R3CIDIGE eSports and Team Guts and Glory which is currently playing under Mongolian eSports Organization WAWO eSports, reached Nepal to play in the Pubg Mobile Super League (PSML) 2024.
PMSL is a LAN (Local Area Network) event which is scheduled in Kathmandu, Nepal.
PMSL is a two phase event including league stage and final stage. The league stage is a three weeks battle with total 30 matches, staring from May 22. Each week will consists of five match-days with six matches per day.
Here is the list of teams participating in the event:
ASagi8 Esports
WAOW Esports
52 Esports
R3GICIDE
DRS Gaming
Horaa Esports
KS AXE
A1 TMT Esports
IHC Esports
Stalwart Esports
4Merical Vibes
MadBulls
Everest Gaming
Stronger Esports
Falcons Force
Major Pride
Team Lakers
RUKH eSports
HardBass Team
De Muerte
A total of 20 team from Pakistan, South Asia and Central Asia will compete in this event. Top 16 teams from league stage will advance to three days final stage starting from June 13 to June 15.
The total prize pool of the event is $200,000. The matches will be live streamed on official YouTube channel of PUBG MOBILE eSports South Asia.
Pakistan men’s team, including captain Babar Azam, Senior Manager Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Afridi and others met the Pakistan women’s team to offer them encouragement in England tour.
Pakistan’s men’s team is also in Leeds to play a four-match T20 series against England. The first T20 match of the series will be played at Headingley, Leeds on May 22.
England women’s cricket team defeated Pakistan by 34 runs and won the 3-match series by 3-0.
The ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) in India is now heading towards its end where the win of Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB) on Saturday left Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma emotional.
In the match played on Saturday was Royal Challengers Bangalore’s last chance to go to the play-off stage. Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 27 runs to secure the last position in the play-off stage.
Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma couldn’t contain their emotions as the result of the match came and both were seen emotional in various videos.
Fans of Virat Kohli’s team Royal Challengers Bangalore were also very happy on this occasion.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s photos and videos are also being liked by their fans on social media.
A napkin inscribed with the first contract of Argentina’s famous footballer Lionel Messi has been auctioned for a whopping $965,000 (approximate 26 crore and 70 lakh rupees), with bidding starting at $326,835 approximate 9 crore and 5 lakh).
Messi signed his first contract with Barcelona on December 14, 2000 when he was just 13 years old.
The napkin, inscribed in blue ink, is also signed by then-Barcelona director Carles Rexach, the club’s transfer adviser Josef Manguela and Messi’s first agent Oracho Guijoli.
The napkin was put up for online auction by London-based auction house Bonmus. Messi made his first team debut at the age of 16 and scored a record 672 goals in 778 games for the Barcelona club.
Proud agent Guijoli said in an interview, “when I was invited by Barcelona director Carles Rexach to sign the contract, due to lack of time, instead of signing a contract formally, we hurriedly wrote the contract on a napkin signed by all parties.”
Messi holds the record of scoring most goals ever in La Liga (474), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and Supercopa de España (14). He also holds the record for the most assists in football history (372).
Pakistan team management has decided to enter the field with full strength and use its World Cup combination in the upcoming series against England.
Haris Rauf and Usman Khan are strong candidates for inclusion in the T20 World Cup squad in place of Hassan Ali and Saim Ayub respectively.
Fast bowler Naseem Shah will also make a place in the playing eleven, while the option of adding a spinner is also being considered.
The final decision will be taken in consultation with Gary Kirsten, who is scheduled to join the squad tomorrow. The first T20 between Pakistan and England will be played in Leeds on May 22.
Haris Rauf and Usman Khan did not get a chance in the series against Ireland.
Pakistan’s women cricket team captain Nida Dar has become the highest wicket-taker in Women’s T20 Internationals with 137 wickets.
After taking the 137th wicket, Nida Dar sailed past Australia’s Megan Schutt’s record of 136 wickets.
England defeated Pakistanby 65 runs in the second T20 International and got a 2-0 lead in the three match series.
Star bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has surprised fans by revealing that his father was bombed two or three times.
Talking on the PCB podcast, Shaheen revealed, “My father was in the police and gave 25 years to the department. He was bombed two, three times and in one attack he was seriously injured and it was a very difficult time for our family, our house was also targeted.”
The speedster also talked about his childhood and relationship with his brothers said, “I was fond of cricket since childhood. There were matches with other schools. My brother was fond of studies so he would sit in exams in my place while I played cricket.”
He recalled that he was the youngest in the house, so he got used to getting scolded by his elder brothers. “My second-ranked brothers used to scold and could not even say anything in front of the elders, so they used to listen to the scolding silently. My father supported him. I also had the advantage of being younger because whenever my elder brothers scolded me, my parents supported me and stopped them from scolding me.”
Shaheen is the part of national cricket team squad for the England series starting from May 22 and T20 World Cup which is scheduled in America and West Indies from June 1 to June 29.