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TopicPakistan cricket

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After firing 7 players and head coach, Pakistan cricket turns to LinkedIn. ‘We are hiring’

The PCB has put up a public job advertisement seeking an 'experienced and skilled Fielding Coach' for the Pakistan men’s national cricket team.

Who is Aina Wazir? 7-yr-old Pakistani cricket prodigy accused of being unIslamic

For a brief moment, she became a symbol of possibility from one of Pakistan’s most conflict-affected districts, hailed as a future star. But the attention carried consequences.

‘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.

On Camera

Trump threatened to redraw the map. Greenland deal shows the limits of his disruption

The bargain was never sovereignty in exchange for security. It was extensive American military freedom inside continuing Danish sovereignty.

Tiruppur’s success runs on cheap cotton. India needs to ask who pays for it

Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

Bangladesh isn’t a mirror image of Pakistan. Hyphenating them undermines India’s strategic interests

India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.