Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were the only two Category A players. After their demotion, there are no players in the category, marking a first in the 21-year history of Pakistan’s contract system.
Calling Pakistan’s Champions Trophy performance “disappointing”, former pacer Shoaib Akhtar said the team is playing a “different kind of cricket, not the ones other teams are playing”.
"There are 11 players, and each of them has a role," Babar Azam refuses to take responsibility for the Pakistan cricket team's defeat in the T20 World Cup.
Afridi said he wants the ICC Champions Trophy be held in Pakistan with India's participation. He also hoped that Babar Azam wins his next trophy on home ground but that he must improve his game.
Pakistan is witnessing a Babar vs Shaheen supremacy battle after the country’s cricket board removed Shaheen Afridi as captain to reinstate Babar Azam.
India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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