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TopicPakistan Cricket Board

Topic: Pakistan Cricket Board

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...

Azhar Mahmood is Pakistan’s 7th head coach in four years. ‘Another masterclass in failure’

Despite Azhar Mahmood’s experience and a respectable run in county cricket and the IPL, his coaching stints have been marred by underperformance.

BCCI should boycott Pakistan Cricket Board. It will hurt its finances, not the game

The most important thing is to hurt the finances of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Cricket will not suffer because India-Pakistan matches are currently boring and one-sided.

Pakistan Cricket Board suspends ongoing domestic tournaments amid hostilities with India

The PCB Saturday announced that President's Trophy Grade II, Regional Intra-District Challenge Cup & Inter-District U19 One-Day tournament were to be rescheduled due to security concerns.

Mohsin Naqvi is new head of Asian Cricket Council. ‘Destroyed his own team,’ Pakistanis say

Mohsin Naqvi takes over from Shammi Silva, president of Sri Lanka Cricket, who held the position for just 3 months after succeeding India’s Jay Shah in December 2024.

Aaqib Javed is a clown, says Jason Gillespie. Pakistanis agree

In an Instagram Story, Gillespie suggested that Javed was responsible for his and Gary Kirsten’s removal as coaches. ‘Aaqib was clearly undermining Gary and I behind the scenes.’

Hina Munawar to be Pakistan’s 1st woman operations manager for men’s cricket team

Before her appointment to the PCB, Hina Munawar served in the Frontier Constabulary in Swat, where she was involved in high-level security and operational management.

Pakistani fans call Champions Trophy team ‘yaari dosti XI’, extremely weak selection

The PCB chief, Mohsin Naqvi, is under attack by Pakistani fans over the selection, with one saying that he has “brought cricket to the brink of destruction”.

Pakistanis blame new coach Aqib Javed for ODI loss to Zimbabwe—‘it was bound to happen’

Some fans bemoan Babar Azam’s absence, some are cursing the young players, while others are blaming Pakistan Cricket Board’s coach-selection process.

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India is trying a new China strategy. It’s called ‘managed rivalry’

For New Delhi, the central task is not to eliminate dependence on China overnight, but to manage it intelligently while gradually building alternatives.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.