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Pakistan has defeated Ireland by seven wicket in 2nd T20 match of three-match series in Dublin.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl against Ireland.

Ireland inning:

Ireland scored 193 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Ireland’s Larkin Tucker scored 51 and Harry Tucker scored 32 runs and Gareth Delaney remained unbeaten on 28 runs.

On behalf of Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3, Abbas Afridi took 2, Muhammad Amir and Naseem Shah took one wicket each.

Pakistan inning:

Chasing the target of 194, Pakistan lost first two wickets on 13 runs but Muhammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman played extraordinary scoring a partnership of 140 runs for forth wicket. Pakistan easily chase down the target in 16.5 overs.

Fakhar Zaman scored 78 runs on 40 balls, while Muhammad Rizwan remained unbeaten on 75 runs.

Apart from this Azam Khan scored 30 runs of just 10 balls including 4 sixes and 1 four.

Pakistan will play the last match of this series on May 14 on Tuesday.

England fast bowler James Anderson has announced his retirement from international cricket.

James Anderson, the famous fast bowler of the English team, will retire at the end of this season. He is the third and only fast bowler to take 700 wickets in Test cricket.

According to the British newspaper Guardian, Brendon McCullum, the head coach of England’s cricket team, recently came to England, in which he told James Anderson that the English team’s eyes are now on the future and that they should give up their cricket this season.

After which James Anderson has announced that he will retire after the first Test against West Indies.

England’s first Test against the West Indies, scheduled for July 10 at Lord’s, will be the last match of Anderson’s career.

James Anderson took 700 wickets in 187 Test matches.

He is the only fast bowler to take 700 wickets in Test cricket. Apart from this, James Anderson took 269 wickets in 194 ODI matches while representing England.

James Anderson also played 19 T20 International matches and took 18 wickets.

Japan has defeated Pakistan by 4-1 to lift the 30th Azlan Shah Hockey Cup held in Malaysia.

In the first quarter of the game, Japan scored thier first goal in the 12th minute of the game. In the second quarter both teams could not put up any goal but in the 34th minute of thd third quarter of the game Ejaz Ahmed scored the first goal for Pakistan while in 37th minute, Abdur Rehman scored the second goal to take a lead of 2-1 at the end of third quarter.

In the start of fourth quarter Japan scored their second goal and equaled the lead by Pakistan.

In the 58th minute of the game Pakistan got a penalty corner but could not convert it into a goal.

Pakistan and Japan were tied with two goals each and time was up. The match was decided as per the penalty shoot-out.

In penalty shoot-out Japan scored back to back four goals and won the final by 4-1.

Pakistan has reached the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup after 13 years. The final match will be played today between Pakistan and Japan at 5:30 PM.

In the last round match against New Zealand, despite the match being tied 1-1, Pakistan managed to make it to the final, with a total of 11 points in five matches on the points table. The green shirts won three out of five matches while two matches were tied.

A total of six teams are participating in the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, apart from the host team Malaysia, including Pakistan, Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Canada. Pakistan won the bronze medal in the last event by winning the third place match.

Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has equaled Indian star batsman Virat Kohli’s record of most fifties scored in T20 format.

Azam achieved the milestone in the first T20 match against Ireland on Friday.

Virat Kohli has scored 38 fifties in 109 T20 matches while Babar Azam scored his 38th fifty in the 108th match of his T20 career. Kohli converted only one of his 38 fifties into a century while Babar Azam has converted his fifties into centuries thrice.

Azam also broke the record of Australia’s Arron Finch of captaining most matches in T20 format.

Ireland defeated Pakistan by five wicket after a thrilling last over.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic was hit on the head with a water bottle on Friday at Italian Open.

Djokovic was signing autographs after a match when he was hit on the back of the head by a hard plastic bottle, causing the tennis star to leave the ground immediately and receive medical attention.

Videos are being used to determine whether the bottle was accidentally dropped or thrown at the tennis player on purpose.

Organizers say that he is now back at his hotel and his condition is not a matter of concern.

Novak Djokovic won the Italian Open 6-3 and 6-1 against Frenchman Corinton Maute.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has suspended free agent Patrick Beverley for four matches for throwing a ball at fans in the stands after loosing a game.

The ball seemed to hit a fan on the face. When it was thrown back to Beverley, he threw it into the crowd again. Later, Beverley accepted his fault.

He said, “Unfortunate situation that should’ve never happened. What I did was bad, and that should have never happened. I have to be better, and I will be better. That should have never happened, regardless of what was said, simple as that.”

Indiana Pacers defeated Beverley’s Milwaukee Bucks in the sixth match of playoffs series last week.

Ticket price for the eagerly awaited Pakistan and India match in T20 World Cup 2024 has been revealed.

According to foreign media reports, the previous tickets of the stadium with a capacity of 34,000 fans will be charged at six dollars but the most expensive ticket is 400 dollars, which is more than 100,000 rupees in Pakistan. On the other hand, there are three types of tickets between Pakistan and India.

The price of Standard tickets is 175 US dollars which is more than 48 thousand Pakistani rupees while the price of Standard Plus is 300 dollars which is more than 83,000 Pakistani rupees.

On the other hand, the premium price is 400 dollars, which is more than one lakh Pakistani rupees.

Room fares of local hotels has increased. The local hotels charge 10,000 rupees to one lakh per night.