SHARJAH: It is going to be do-or-die for Pakistan when they take on minnows Hong Kong for the first time in the shortest format in their second and final Asia Cup T20 group stage fixture here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday. Winning the match will take Pakistan to the Super 4 stage, […]
DUBAI: Star batsman Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav hit half-centuries to help India move into the T20 Asia Cup Super Four stage with a 40-run win over Hong Kong here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Kohli made 59 while Suryakumar smashed 68 off 26 balls as the pair put on an unbeaten […]
SHARJAH: Najibullah Zadran tore into the opposition attack with six sixes to lead Afghanistan into the Asia Cup Super 4 stage with a crushing seven-wicket win over Bangladesh here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing a modest-looking 128 for victory, Afghanistan were in trouble at 62-3 when Najibullah (43) joined Ibrahim Zadran (42) […]
Pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi has travelled to London to continue his recovery from a knee injury but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is optimistic of his participation in the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Left-arm fast bowler Afridi suffered the injury in Sri Lanka last month and was ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup in […]
India defeated Pakistan in a nail-biter of an Asia Cup 2022 match in Dubai on Sunday. Here are our five takeaways from the match: 1- Pak-India T20 cricket has become too toss dependent Cricket, perhaps, remains one of the few sports where toss matters so much. The eventual outcome of the game can be hugely influenced by […]
Fast bowler Mohammad Wasim Jr has been ruled out of the T20 Asia Cup due to injury and will be replaced by pacer Hasan Ali, who was earlier dropped from a 15-member squad, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday. The tournament will be played in the United Arab Emirates from Aug 27 to […]
DUBAI: Matches between India and Pakistan tend to be high-voltage contests, where emotions come out in their purest form, but for Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq games between the arch-rivals are about spreading the message of love and kindness. The images that came out of the ICC Academy in Dubai on Wednesday — one of […]
DUBAI: Pakistan had just finished their first training session for the Asia Cup at the ICC Academy here on Wednesday, when players from India arrived to being their practice. The arch-rivals are due to lock horns in a blockbuster Group ‘A’ opener on Sunday and while all talk ahead of the six-team Twenty20 tournament has […]
DUBAI: With Pakistan set to embark on their Asia Cup campaign on Sunday against India, legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram says Babar Azam’s men believe they can compete with their arch-rivals “day in, day out” after their victory over Virat Kohli’s side at last year’s Twenty20 World Cup. That victory in the United Arab Emirates came in […]
India’s head coach Rahul Dravid has tested positive for Covid-19 and will join the Asia Cup squad later in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the country’s cricket board said on Tuesday. Dravid returned a positive result in a routine test carried out before the team’s departure for the UAE, Board of Control for Cricket in […]