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KARACHI: World number 1 T20I batter Babar Azam has been named as the captain of Karachi Kings on Tuesday for the upcoming seventh season of Pakistan Super League (PSL). According to franchise, their owner Mr Salman Iqbal acknowledged the leadership skills of Babar and handed him the responsibility. “Babar will now take Kings to the heights,” Kings’ owner said. “He has been a part of Kings for six years and heart of this franchise,” he added. Kings’ newly appointed skipper thanked Kings’ management for the opportunity and said he likes to enjoy the responsibilities given. “Kings and Salman trusted me and gave me the opportunity to lead, I will strive for 100% performance and I always enjoy taking responsibility.”, he said. Babar also thanked the fans of Kings and said they are like a family to him. “The way Kings’ fans support, gives a lot of confidence to me. Kings have already won a title, I will try to play well in the next season”, he concluded. Babar, along with Salman,...

GALLE: West Indian spinners annihilated Sri Lanka’s batting line-up on day 2 of the second test match here on Tuesday, dismissing them for 204. West Indian openers, Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood, got the team off to a good start, putting on a fifty-plus opening partnership. West Indies finished day-2 at 69/1 in response to Sri Lanka’s 204 as Blackwood, who was looking good and scoring at a decent rate was dismissed on 44 by Praveen Jayawickrama. The Carribeans’ innings will be resumed by Brathwaite (22*) and Nkrumah Bonner (1*). Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka and Oshada Fernando looked to stretch their stand after resuming at their side’s overnight score of 113/1, but Fernando was dismissed on 18 by Jomel Warrican. Nissanka was also dismissed without adding much to his overnight score of 62, as the batter was dismissed for 73 by Veerasammy Permaul when the side was 3-152. Soon after, wickets began to fall at an alarming rate and no one else contributed significantly to the t...

BHUBANESWAR: Pakistan defeated the United States by a score of 18-2 in a ranking match of the Junior Hockey World Cup here on Tuesday.  Pakistan competed for the 9th to 16th position match against the USA in order to improve their event’s ranking. Pakistan launched an attack on the USA from the start with Abu Zar scoring the game’s first goal in the 14th minute. Soon after, Rizwan scored his first goal of the game in the 20th minute and the Green shirts kept the momentum going, pushing the opposition back and scoring 18 goals. Waheed, the captain, was the team’s standout performer, scoring four goals, including a hat-trick. Abu Zar also scored hat-trick. Rizwan, on the other hand, scored two goals for Pakistan. Umair Sattar, Roman Khan, Hammad Anjum, Mohibullah, Mohsin Hassan, Abdul Manan, Moin Shakeel, and Abdul Rehman scored a goal each. The USA players, on the other hand, appeared helpless as they only managed to score two goals Quaile Finlay was the only goal scorer for the...

LAHORE: Senior players including Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, and Mohammad Hafeez may be rested during the home T20I series against West Indies next month.  According to sources, Malik, Sarfaraz, Imad, and Hafeez may be given rest during the upcoming series against West Indies. Pakistan is expected to announce the T20I squad within two days. The announced players will gather in Karachi on December 9. The ODI squad will be announced closer to the time. Mohammad Hasnain is likely to be included in the 50-overs format squad. The two teams will play three T20Is and as many ODIs, starting from December 13 at National Stadium, Karachi. READ:  PCB chairman satisfied with Pakistan’s performance in Test against Bangladesh The post Seniors including Malik, Sarfaraz, Imad may rest in home series appeared first on ASports.tv . from ASports.tv https://ift.tt/3lgODnV

KARACHI: Pakistani professional boxer Mohammad Waseem lamented no support from the government despite being the world boxing champion twice.  Waseem, who recently became WBC Silver World Champion, said the government has been failed to recognize his achievements at a higher level. “I have zero support from the government. I have achieved a lot for my country but I received no major recognization at the government level,” the national boxer said. “Our country has immense talent but there are very few opportunities for them. Our boxing has the potential to achieve so much at the international level. If the government pays attention, our talent can do wonders,” he maintained. While talking about his fight against Colombia’s Rober Barrera for two titles (WBC Silver Title and WBA World Eliminator), Waseem said it was his career-turning fight. “I prepared for four months to fight with Barrera. He was a tough opponent and it took a lot of effort to beat him,” he shared. “Alhumdulill...

PARIS: Lionel Messi admitted winning the Copa America with Argentina might have been the determining factor in him claiming the men’s Ballon d’Or prize for the seventh time after a turbulent year, as Spain’s Alexia Putellas took the women’s award. Now 34, Messi pipped much-fancied rivals like Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema to take the award in a glittering ceremony on Monday in Paris, the city he now calls home after leaving boyhood club Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in August. Despite his tearful goodbye from Barcelona and his relatively underwhelming start to life in France, the jury of journalists from around the world rewarded him in particular for captaining Argentina to their first major international title since 1993. “Two years ago I thought I was coming into my final years but here I am again back here,” said Messi, who won the last edition of the Ballon d’Or in 2019 before last year’s awards were cancelled due to the pandemic. Messi also won in 2009, 2010, 2011,...

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s chairman Ramiz Raja praised the national team for winning a Test against Bangladesh on a turning pitch.  Taking to Twitter, Ramiz congratulated Babar Azam XI for an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in their backyard. “Congrats boys! chasing 200 on a turning pitch was a test of sorts. Great that the chase was executed perfectly. And winning away from home is always more special,” he wrote. #PakvsBan Congrats boys! chasing 200 on a turning pitch was a test of sorts. Great that the chase was executed perfectly. And winning away from home is always more special. — Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) November 30, 2021 It must be noted here that Pakistani openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique displayed strong batting show as Pakistan managed to beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the opening Test of the two-match ICC Test Championship series. READ:  Abid, Abdullah drive Pak to victory against BD in Chattogram Test The post PCB chairman satisf...

CHATTOGRAM: Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique continued their superb form on Day 5 and it helped Pakistan notch an eight-wicket victory against Bangladesh in the opening Test here on Tuesday.  Resuming the last day at 93-0, Abid and Abdullah added 58 more runs together to set Pakistan closer to the victory line. Hasan Miraz picked up Abdullah but it was too late for the home side for causing any destruction. Debutant Abdullah scored 73 runs off 129 balls including eight boundaries and a maximum before getting LBW. His opening partner Abid got out after scoring 93 runs laced with 12 boundaries. Azhar Ali (24*) and skipper Babar Azam (13*) scored match-winning runs for Pakistan as they both partnered together to score 31 runs. Tajiul Islam and Miraz bagged a wicket each for Bangladesh. Abid Ali was named man-of-the-match for scoring 224 runs in two innings with a century. READ:  Abid, Abdullah build strong partnership as Pakistan need 93 more to win The post Abid, Abdullah d...