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TopicPakistan cricket

Topic: Pakistan cricket

‘Spineless’— Pakistanis bash own cricket legends, praise Gavaskar, Kapil for Imran letter

Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, and 12 other ex-cricket captains earn praise from Pakistanis for letter demanding humane treatment for Imran Khan. Their Pakistani counterparts called ‘shameless’.

Mark Waugh knows how Sydney Sixers can win—‘just drop Babar Azam’

Many Pakistanis on X came in Babar Azam’s defence, saying that Mark Waugh made the statement just to gain attention.

PCB demotes Babar Azam in central contracts. Pakistanis call it ‘injustice to national hero’

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.

Pakistan cricket is in a ‘dark age’, ushered in by politics, corruption, terrorism & crumbling infra

New Delhi: Pakistan have a new head coach for their men’s Test team—the seventh such appointment in four years, and one that illustrates how...

Pakistanis slam Babar Azam for his ‘tuk-tuk cricket’. Call him SOAT, painfully slow

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”.

No Indian flag at Karachi stadium causes uproar. Pakistanis say ‘well played PCB’

The PCB downplayed the matter, insisting that the flags displayed at the stadiums were only of those teams that are playing in Pakistan.

Salman Butt says Rachin Ravindra’s injury is not PCB’s fault. ‘He must’ve slipped’

Pakistan’s cricketing community was divided Rachin Ravindra's injury. While some criticised the PCB for poor infrastructure, others defended the board, calling it a freak accident.

Pakistan’s Champions Trophy troubles are never ending. Now no opening ceremony

Due to logistical challenges with the English and Australian teams' arrival, the tournament’s traditional opening ceremony and the customary captains' day will be scrapped, reported Dawn.

PCB is now ‘Pakistan Circus board’ after red ball coach Jason Gillespie resigns

Gillespie’s resignation comes a month after former white ball coach Gary Kirsten’s resignation. The general consensus is: ‘Not a day where this board doesn’t sabotage the team’.

On Camera

Calm down, people. Alia Bhatt didn’t make history by saying Namaskar at BAFTA

What really troubles me is the idea of an actor with British citizenship representing India at the UK’s national film awards ceremony, all while wearing an Italian designer.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.