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TopicPakistan cricket team

Topic: Pakistan cricket team

‘Get Abhishek Bachchan out early’—Shoaib Akhtar’s advice to Pakistan before Sunday final

The faux pas happened during the show 'Game On Hai'. Akhtar meant to warn the Pakistan team against letting Abhishek Sharma settle.

Asia Cup: India beats Pakistan by 7 wickets, Suryakumar skips post-match handshake

India chased 128 runs in 15.5 overs. The Indian skipper said the team stands by families of victims of Pahalgam attack, and give armed forces more reasons to smile whenever possible.

‘Unsporting’, PCB lodges protest with ACC after Suryakumar’s post-match handshake snub

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said the decision not to shake hands with the opposition was a show of solidarity with the families of the victims of Pahalgam terror attack in April.

Tit for tat? Pakistan team won’t travel to India for ICC women’s ODI World Cup

When Pakistan hosted ICC Champions Trophy, BCCI had refused to send Indian team across the border due to diplomatic tension between the nations & their matches were held in Dubai.

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.’

Fewer matches, one-sided results take the bite out of India-Pakistan cricket rivalry

Analysts say India has come a long way as ODI team while Pakistan is still caught in a time warp, is conservative & playing brand of cricket that might have been more suited to 1990s.

Pakistan’s batting performance leaves Pakistanis annoyed. ‘India should get over this rivalry’

The overall sentiment that Indians & Pakistanis shared after the first innings was that “the vibes are off”—the rivalry is now boring.

Pakistan becomes first to whitewash South Africa at home. No fluke, say fans

Fans can’t get over the stars of the series—Saim Ayub and Mohammad Rizwan. Ayub, for his match-winning twin centuries, and Rizwan, for his exemplary captaincy.

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.

Ben Stokes doesn’t get Islamabad reporter. Pakistanis charge English captain of overreacting

Pakistanis refused to let the English have the last laugh. One X user said, “Ben Stokes is me trying to understand the British English accent.”

On Camera

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.