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  • Najam Sethi wants Wahab Riaz to take oath as Punjab sports minister after PSL

    Najam Sethi wants Wahab Riaz to take oath as Punjab sports minister after PSL

    Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Management Committee Chairman Najam Sethi has called Punjab caretaker Chief Minister (CM) Mohsin Naqvi to request him to delay the oath-taking ceremony of left-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz as the caretaker Sports Minister of Punjab.

    The chairman was of the view that Riaz needs concentration as he is the only bowler to complete a century of wickets.

    Subsequently, Naqvi accepted Najam’s request, hence Riaz will take oath after the PSL’s eighth edition, which is going to start on February 13.

    Wahab Riaz is the new Punjab sports minister

    Last month, Riaz was named as the sports minister.


    The left-arm bowler has 237 wickets in 156 matches across cricketing formats. It is important to note that the 37-year-old bowler played for his country in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy

  • Here is the commentary panel for PSL Season 8

    The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday announced the star-studded commentary panel for Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 8. There will be a total of 15 commentators and 2 presenters.


    Here is the complete list of the commentators:


    Alan Wilkins, Bazid Khan, Danny Morrison, Daren Ganga, Dominic Cork, Mark Butcher, Nick Knight, Sana Mir, Sikandar Bakht, Simon Doull, Urooj Mumtaz, Vernon Philander and Waqar Younis, Marina Iqbal and Tariq Saeed. Erin Holland and Zainab Abbas will be the presenters.

    PSL will be played across four venues from 13 February to 19 March. The Multan and Karachi-leg matches will be held from 13-26 February, before the action shifts to Lahore and Rawalpindi where 20 matches will be played from 26 February to 19 March.

  • Shaheen has advice for his teammates: Play for the team, not for yourself

    Shaheen has advice for his teammates: Play for the team, not for yourself

    Shaheen has advice for his teammates: Play for the team, not for yourself

    Fast bowling sensation and skipper of Lahore Qalandars, Shaheen Afridi, has offered advice to his teammates ahead of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
    The pacer told his colleagues that Lahore Qalandars is ready to defend the title in PSL 8, but warned them that no one can cement their place in the team if they playing for themselves. “The player who scores a single run with courage will play all the matches in the upcoming PSL 8,” Shaheen said, The News has reported.

    Champions of PSL 7, Lahore Qalandars are set to defend their title in the eighth edition of the premier cricket event starting February 13. The final of the league will take place on March 19th in Lahore.
    Shaheen Afridi also said that no one will secure his place in the team if he is playing selfishly.
    He said that no one will blame each other after the defeat, as all the players are equally good in their niche.
    He advised his teammates to look after each other and consider the Qalandars their family, behaving like brothers with each other. “Look only for the win and if we lose, move forward and conquer every match.”
    Shaheen added that there will be no junior and senior discrimination in the team. “Shaheen is Zaman and Zaman is Shaheen we all play for our nation. Our duty is to entertain, with great passion and sportsmanship,” the young captain told his team.
    It should be noted that Qalandars lifted the PSL7 trophy last year when they thrashed Multan Sultans by 42 runs in the final.
    PSL games will be played in Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi between February 13 and March 19 this year.
    The most number of matches (11) in this edition is scheduled to be played in Rawalpindi. Karachi and Lahore will host nine each, while Multan will host five games.

    In the upcoming PSL 8, Lahore Qalandars will aim to become the first side to win back-to-back titles, while Islamabad United will eye to become the first team to win three titles since the event started in 2016.

  • ‘India can go to hell’- Javed Miandad bursts out on Asia Cup controversy

    ‘India can go to hell’- Javed Miandad bursts out on Asia Cup controversy

    Pakistan’s former captain Javed Miandad has slammed Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on its refusal to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023.
    “India can go to hell,” if they do not want to come to Pakistan, the batting great said to media on Monday.

    BCCI secretary and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Jay Shah had warned that India will not travel to Pakistan for the upcoming Asia Cup this year. Shah also said that BCCI will insist on a neutral location for the Indo-Pak clash and for the tournament.

    In October 2022, Indian cricket authorities said that they would not send a team to the 2023 Asia Cup in Pakistan, prompting Pakistan’s cricket authorities to hint they may pull out of the upcoming ICC World Cup, scheduled to be held in India later this year.
    Pakistan cricket officials also warned India that if they mess with them they will also going to mess with India and the move can split the international cricket community.
    The PCB said Shah’s comments could “impact Pakistan’s visit to India for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and future ICC Events in India in the 2024-2031 cycle.”

    “I have always been saying, if India doesn’t want to come [to Pakistan], we don’t care. They can go to hell. We are playing cricket. It’s International Cricketing Council’s (ICC) job to control such things or there’s no point in having a governing body,” Miandad said.

    If a team don’t come, no matter how strong they are, ICC should remove them, Miandad said.

    “They should play, why aren’t they playing? They are afraid of consequences.”
    He added that India is scared of Pakistan. “Even in our time, they were scared to play cricket against Pakistan because Indian crowd is ‘nasty’. Whenever they lose, no matter they play well or not, Indian cricket fans burn their houses. So that’s why they are afraid of to play cricket against Pakistan.”
    Despite being considered one of cricket’s greatest rivalries, India and Pakistan have not met on home soil in any version of the game since 2012, and only play each other in international tournaments on neutral grounds.

    The ACC will make a final decision on the venue of Asia Cup 2023 in its Executive Board meeting next month.

    An emergency meeting of ACC was held in Bahrain on Saturday which was also attended by Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Management Committee Chairman Najam Sethi. Among other issues, the fate of the Asia Cup was also discussed but no decision was made.

  • ‘Sports minister Wahab Riaz ka bhi lehaz nahi kiya’: Twitter lauds Iftikhar for hitting six sixes in an over

    ‘Sports minister Wahab Riaz ka bhi lehaz nahi kiya’: Twitter lauds Iftikhar for hitting six sixes in an over

    Iftikhar Ahmed hit six sixes in a row in a Wahab Riaz over during an exhibition match between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi in Quetta on Sunday. He scored 94 runs in 50 balls at Nawab Akbar Bugti Stadium in Quetta.

    Wahab Riaz, while lauding Iftikhar’s performance wrote on Twitter, “Wonderful display of batting by @IftiAhmed221. Unbelievable shots and the command he has shown was amazing. I’m disappointed but happy for you brother. Keep going.”

    In a video shared by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Wahab and Ahmed can be seen bantering post match.

    Twitter is appreciating Ahmed’s brilliant batting display in the exhibition match.
    Have a look at the Twitter reactions:

    https://twitter.com/penduProduction/status/1622156939726655489
    https://twitter.com/MustafaSays_/status/1622450167575384065

    https://twitter.com/taimoorze/status/1622156994714144769

  • Twitter thinks Shaheen Afridi’s designed logo for Lahore Qalandars is copied

    Twitter thinks Shaheen Afridi’s designed logo for Lahore Qalandars is copied

    Lahore Qalandars’ skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi on Tuesday unveiled the official logo of his franchise for this year’s Season 8 of Pakistan Super League (PSL).


    The franchise on its official Twitter account wrote, “The designer himself with the official logo of LQ sports outlet.”
    Some social media users are claiming that the logo bears a stark resemblance to an emblem available on the Adobe Stock website.

    Have a look at the Twitter reactions:

    https://twitter.com/toxicvikrammm/status/1620436114690682882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1620436114690682882%7Ctwgr%5E6f26e1bd6f8a29d44a8127b5418b6ae921d13c47%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.republicworld.com%2Fsports-news%2Fcricket-news%2Fshaheen-afridi-designs-logo-of-psl-side-lahore-qalandars-gets-called-out-for-blatant-copy-articleshow.html

  • ‘Don’t think that’s cool’: Twitter reacts to Naseem Shah ‘fat shaming’ Azam Khan

    Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah made fun of his fellow cricketer Azam Khan in a match between Khulna Tigers and Comilla Victorians on Tuesday in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).


    Initially, Naseem tried to jokingly run into Azam while he was making his way to the crease. But the wicketkeeper-batsman just pushed him away while passing a smile.
    Naseem Shah then mimicked Azam’s walking style behind his back.

    Twitter is criticising the young player for mocking Azam Khan. Have a look at the reactions:

    Have a look at the Twitter reactions:

    https://twitter.com/inox899/status/1620637649567621120
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi turns designer for this year’s PSL

    Shaheen Shah Afridi turns designer for this year’s PSL

    Shaheen Shah Afridi, the captain of Lahore Qalandars, will design his team’s uniforms for the upcoming eighth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
    The team captain will create this year’s uniforms, Atif Rana has said in a video that the Qalandars uploaded on their official social media accounts.

    Shaheen, who guided the team to its maiden championship win last season, is also the Lahore Qalandars’ captain this year.
    “Shaheen is designing the best kit, just like he takes wickets,” Atif Rana said, adding that the fast bowler’s kit design will blow everyone away. He hoped fans will like the new kit design.
    It is important to note that the grand opening ceremony for the eighth PSL season will take place at the Multan Cricket Stadium on February 13.
    Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans, who competed against each other in the season seven championship game last year, will square off in the opening game of the edition.

  • ‘PCB not an employment agency’: Najam Sethi says he will not hire, promote people based on ‘sifarish’

    ‘PCB not an employment agency’: Najam Sethi says he will not hire, promote people based on ‘sifarish’

    Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Najam Sethi on Sunday said that he will not hire or promote people in PCB based upon requests.
    “I am flooded with “requests” from relatives, friends, acquaintances & persons in authority to hire or promote people in PCB. Please, Please, everyone, understand PCB is not an employment agency. I cannot, will not, follow bad past practices to erode its professional integrity,” tweeted Sethi.

    Earlier, this month he requested his friends and high-ups to not ask for free tickets and passes for Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches.

    “I am making a personal request to all friends and high-ups NOT to ask for free tickets/passes to PSL matches starting next month. The Public Accounts Committee of National Assembly that audits PCB has warned us to desist from this practise,” tweeted Sethi.

  • Video: Sania Mirza bids emotional farewell to tennis

    Video: Sania Mirza bids emotional farewell to tennis

    India’s greatest-ever woman tennis player Sania Mirza on Friday bid farewell to grand-slams. The 36-year-old Mirza, India’s most prominent female player, returned to Melbourne Park for one last hurrah and made it all the way to the decider on Friday.


    Mirza was in tears during the post-match presentation ceremony.


    Sania begun her speech with tears in her eyes, “If I cry, these are happy tears. I don’t want to take away the moment from Matos-Stefani who deserved this. I’m still going to play a couple more tournaments but my career started in Melbourne in 2005 when I played Serena as an 18-year-old. I have had the privilege of coming back here again and again and winning tournaments here and playing some great finals here. Rod Laver Arena has been a really special life. I couldn’t think of a better arena to finish my last Grand Slam.” She also thanked Rohan Bopanna for playing by her side.