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Topic: Pakistan cricket

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’.

Pakistani fans want under-19 sensation Shahzaib Khan in senior side, see Sachin in him

Shahzaib Khan’s innings is now the highest score ever made against India U-19 in a Youth ODI, surpassing the previous record of 134 set by Sami Aslam back in 2012.

‘PCB is sold out’—Pakistanis convinced that they won’t get to host Champions Trophy

The hybrid model, being floated as an alternative, involves Pakistan hosting some of the matches while others would be played in neutral venues or in India.

Pakistan lets go of Jason Gillespie as white-ball coach. ‘No foreigner will apply for role’

Gillespie was announced as interim head coach on 28 October for Pakistan’s white-ball tour of Australia after Gary Kirsten resigned. Now, Aqib Javed is the interim coach.

Win over Australia show Pakistan cricket seeing change in mindset. Shoaib, Ramiz all praise

Fans took to social media to heap praise on the team, but specifically highlighted the performances of newly appointed captain Mohammad Rizwan and star batsman Babar Azam.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Trump’s new trade tariff will have an impact not just on India but also South Asia. Here’s how

India's $86.5 bn in exports to US could be significantly impacted but it is expected to remain a preferred country for manufacturing.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.