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Famous Norwegian DJ and musician Alan Walker has teamed up with Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to create a special anthem ahead of the highly anticipated IPL season of 2024.

The track titled ‘Team Side ft RCB’ was unveiled at their ‘Unbox’ event on Tuesday, March 19. Norwegian pop artist Sofiloud promises to deliver an electrifying experience for fans. The song tries to reflect the spirit of unity and celebration that cricket provides to millions of fans across India with a blend of electro-house beats and multilingual lyrics in Hindi, Kannada, and English.

Expressing his enthusiasm, Alan Walker remarked, “I am thrilled to be working with RCB on this team track. I love cricket, and I’m looking forward to meeting all the Indian cricket legends on the field. Team Side ft RCB is not just a track, but it is also a celebration of my incredibly exciting year in India. The song is a celebration of hope, joy, community and unity, and above all, an ambition that this will be the biggest year in my career in this market. I can’t wait for fans to experience the track live,” as quoted by CricTracker

Alan Walker is known for his chart-topping hits like Faded and On My Way. His upcoming tour in the country, titled Walker World India Tour, further solidifies his connection with his fanbase in India.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched the T20 World Cup Trophy Tour.

The trophy tour has been launched at the Empire State Building in Manhattan, New York, with former West Indies captain Chris Gayle and American player Ali Khan launching the tour.

The ICC trophy will visit 15 countries. During the first month, the trophy will also be taken to Argentina, Brazil and Canada.

The trophy will tour New York, Dallas and Houston from March 18 to 23. After America, the World Cup trophy will tour the West Indies.

Senior leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Member National Assembly (MNA) Syeda Shehla Raza has been elected President of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).

Secretary PHF Haider Hussain called a meeting of the PHF Congress in Karachi today.

Representatives of National Bank and Pakistan Customs also participated in the PHF Congress meeting. 54 out of 64 members participated in the Congress meeting.

Shehla Raza has been unanimously elected as the president in the PHF Congress meeting. Shehla Raza was earlier serving as the Vice President of PHF. Apart from them, Shuja Iqbal Pasha was elected as Finance Secretary.

The meeting of the second group of Hockey Federation will be held in Islamabad on Thursday under the chairmanship of Rana Mujahid.

Cricket Australia has once again postponed a series against Afghanistan. The T20I series between the two teams was scheduled for August this year.

Cricket Australia has said in a statement on their official webstie, “We are postponing the bilateral series against Afghanistan. We have been in contact with their government over the past 12 months regarding the situation in Afghanistan.”

Cricket Australia said, “We will continue to support the participation of women and girls, will be in touch with the ICC and the Afghanistan Board, and will continue to work for the restoration of the series in the future.”

The ODI series has been postponed due to the situation in Afghanistan related to the rights of women and girls.

They had also postponed the previous ODI series which was to be held in 2023.

A picture of Islamabad United all rounder Imad Wasim went viral in which he can be seen smoking in the dressing room during the final match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) against Multan Sultans on Monday.

The incident happened when Wasim ended a brilliant spell of bowling by claiming five wickets. Wasim then left the field after completing his bowling spell in the 17th over. Initially thought to be taking a break, he was seen smoking on camera.

Imad took five wicket to become the first bowler to take a five wickets haul in a PSL final. He was also player of the match in three consecutive knockout matches including the final.

The chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi has said that we will conduct nine thousand matches in next four months.

Talking to a press conference at National Stadium Karachi, the Chairman of PCB said, “Last year we conducted 2700 domestic matches, our target is to conduct 9000 matches in next four months. Promotion of school cricket is among our priorities.”

Talking about Champion Trophy 2025 he said, “The Champions Trophy 2025 will be held in Pakistan, we are fully prepared, we hope to Allah that this event will be held in Pakistan. We are not thinking that the Trophy will be held in any other country instead of Pakistan or under a hybrid model.”

“We are preparing pitches by ordering soil from England and Australia.”

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In responce to a question about captaincy of the national cricket team, Mohsin said, “Team captaincy will be decided by the selection committee. I want to make the selection committee powerful so that they are accountable and will not interfere in their work.”

He said that he had a meeting with the secretary of the Indian board Jay Shah at ICC. “The talks were held in a pleasant atmosphere, but at present I do not want to bring these things forward.”

Talking about Haris Rauf he said, “Losing and winning are part of the game but the team should be seen fighting on the field, Haris Rauf is a good player but there will be no compromise on the priority of the team. This is the policy for those who will not play for the country. Haris’s case is with the appeal committee to decide.”

The ninth edition of ICC Champion Trophy will be held in Pakistan in February and March next year.

In the final match of Pakistan Super League 9, Islamabad United defeats Multan Sultans by two wickets after a thriller match in national stadium Karachi.

Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat against Islamabad United.

Multan Sultans inning

Playing first Multan scored 159 for the loss of 9 wicket in alloted 20 overs. From Multan Sultans, Muhammad Rizwan scored 26 runs, Usman Khan scored 57 and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 32 runs.

Apart from this Khushdil Shah scored 11 runs, while seven of their batter could not even enter in double digit.

From Islamabad United, Imad Wasim took five wicket while Shadab Khan took 3 wickets.

Islamabad United inning

Chasing the target of 160, Islamabad United was in trouble from the start of their inning as the lost their first three wicket for 55 runs. But Azam Khan and Martin Guptil scored a partnership of 47 runs.

From Islamabad, Martin Guptil scored 50 runs, Azam Khan 30, Imad Wasim 19, Naseem Shah 17 and Colin Munro scored 17 runs.

Islamabad United chase the target on the last ball of 20th over.

From Multan Sultans, Khushdil Shah and Iftikhar Ahmed took two wickets each.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCP) has announced the prize money for the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

According to the announcement, the winning team will get 14 crore rupees, while the runner up will be given a prize of 5.6 crore rupees.

The best player of PSL will be given 30 lakh rupees, the best batsman, bowler and wicket keeper will get 35 lakh rupees each, the best all-rounder, fielder and umpire will also be given a prize of 35 lakh rupees.

The cricketers who win the Emerging Player and Spirit of Cricket awards will also get prize money of 35 lakh rupees. Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi will distribute the prizes.

The final match of the 9th season of PSL will be played between Islamabad United and Multan Sultans at National Bank Stadium Karachi today.

Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi has backed bowler Muhammad Amir’s possible return to the national team.

Talking to a local news channel, the still-popular Afridi compared Amir to Pakistani fast bowlers Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi.

“Aamir can easily make a place in the Pakistan team’s line-up even today. He falls in the category of Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi. Amir still has cricket left in him and should play for Pakistan.”

Former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis also advised Shaheen Shah Afridi to observe Amir’s bowling against Islamabad United in the first eliminator of Pakistan Super League 9 at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi on Friday.
“I hope Shaheen Afridi is watching it because I think he needs to do it more often , because initially if the ball is not swinging, just bowl on the length,” he said.

During the first eliminator of PSL 9, Muhammad Amir took figures of 2/20 from four overs to restrict United to 174/9 in 20 overs, but the Gladiators failed to chase down the target and got out of PSL 9.