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TopicPakistan cricket

Topic: Pakistan cricket

Dussehra, Diwali, Danish Kaneria—Ex-Pakistani spinner’s Hindu pride awakens in the right season

For Indians, Danish Kaneria is ‘a Pakistani Hindu in distress’; for Pakistanis, he is Vibhishan, fast becoming the top choice for their flagship ‘Go To India’ programme.

Not just Pakistan cricket, Wasim Akram also hits a new low—casteist slur on national TV

Cricket fans were aghast by Akram's comments. One Indian X user questioned whether casteism 'might be in DNA of South Asians', while a Pakistani fan asked Akram 'to educate himself'.

Majid Khan, an artist with bat and lone fighter against match-fixing in Pakistan cricket

Majid Jahangir Khan’s cricketing pedigree is high not just because three generations of his family played Test cricket, but because he is the perfect gentleman on and off the field.

Pakistan pacer Wahab Riaz announces international retirement

Wahab, who made his debut in 2008, has 83 wickets in 27 tests, 120 wickets in 91 one-day internationals and 34 wickets in 36 Twenty20s. He last played for Pakistan in 2020.

Pakistanis want Babar Azam to stop riding his superbike. At least until the World Cup ends

A video of Azam riding a BMW super bike has caused cricket fans to go into panic mode.

There’s ‘very real possibility’ of Pakistan boycotting World Cup this year, says PCB chairman

India, citing safety concerns, have ruled out travelling to Pakistan for Asia Cup in September and Pakistan Cricket Board has offered to let them play their matches in UAE.

Javed Miandad’s mild headache leaves Pakistani fans worried

Former Pakistani cricketer Mohammed Hafeez tweeted an image of Miandad from the hospital and wished him a speedy recovery.

Pakistan Cricket Board appoints Shahid Afridi as interim chief selector of men’s team

Afridi will have former teammates Abdul Razzaq and Rao Iftikhar Anjum to work with him in a three-member committee. For now, the appointment is limited for the series against New Zealand.

Pakistan cricket run by ‘fear of failure’—analysts question selection, go soft on Babar Azam

PCB chairman Ramiz Raja sacked, head coach Saqlain Mushtaq rumoured to step down and star Babar Azam under scanner. Defeat to England at home has left Pakistani cricket in knots.

England beat Pakistan by 5 wickets at MCG to second T20 WC title in 2022 final—key takeaways

England’s opponents in the final, Pakistan, hadn't scored enough runs on a tricky MCG pitch but did well to keep England in check in their chase of 138.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

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.