DTVHINDI“It is a matter of concern that….”- Statement of former legendary cricketer after losing the ODI series against Sri Lanka
Virat Kohli (Pic Source-X) After losing the ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-0, former Indian opener and current expert Wasim Jaffer has expressed concern. Jaffer’s concern is not about the fact that Team India lost the series but he has expressed his concern about the Indian team’s preparations before the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan next year. He says that playing only three ODIs before the Champions Trophy is a matter of concern for India. Actually, the Champions Trophy is to be held in February-March next year and after the Sri Lanka tour, India will have only three ODIs to prepare for this tournament, which they have to play against England in 2025. Wasim Jaffer wrote on X, ‘Sri Lanka played better cricket and deserves to win the series. I am not worried that India lost the series. Winning and losing is a part of the game. However, it is a matter of concern that India has only 3 ODIs left before the Champions Trophy.’ SL played better cricket and deserve the series win. It doesn’t worry me that India lost a series. Wins and losses are part of the game. However it’s a point of concern that India has just 3 ODIs before the Champions Trophy. #SLvIND — Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 7, 2024 Let us tell you, after 1997, the Sri Lankan team has been successful in winning the ODI series against India. The first match of this three-match series was a tie. After this, the host team won the next two matches in a one-sided manner. In the second ODI, Jeffrey Vandersay performed brilliantly with the ball, while in the third ODI, Dunith Wellalage wreaked havoc. Wellalage was also awarded the Player of the Series award for his excellent performance. SL vs IND: Status of third ODI match Talking about the third ODI match, Sri Lanka won the toss and scored 248/7. Avishka Fernando scored the highest 96 runs in 102 balls for Sri Lanka. Apart from him, Pathum Nissanka contributed 45 and Kusal Mendis contributed 59 runs. In response, Team India was all out for 138 runs in just 26.1 overs. Rohit scored the highest 35 runs for India. Washington Sundar was dismissed after scoring 30 runs and Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring 20 runs. India lost five wickets at the score of 73 runs. Dunith Welalage bowled the best in his career for Sri Lanka. He took 5 wickets for 27 runs in 5.1 overs.
PCB changed its cricketing schedule amid the turmoil in Bangladesh! Matches will be played on this day
On August 26, Bangladesh A will play their first first over match against Pakistan Shaheens. PCB (Image Credit- Twitter) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has recently announced changes in the schedule of the upcoming cricket tour against Bangladesh A. Let us tell you that two four-day matches and three 50-over matches will be played between Bangladesh A and Pakistan Shaheens. However, now PCB has announced a change in the previously decided schedule of these matches. Bangladesh A is arriving in Pakistan on 10 August for this tour. So on this tour, Bangladesh A will be seen playing all its matches at the Islamabad Club ground. On the other hand, if we talk about the full cricket schedule of Bangladesh A against Pakistan Shaheens, then both the teams will be seen practicing on 11 and 12 August. After this, the first four-day match between the two teams will start from 13 to 16 August. After this, both the teams will be seen training and practicing again on 18 and 19 August. After this practice session, the second four-day match will be played between Bangladesh A and Pakistan Shaheens between 20 and 23 August. Immediately after this, the first 50-over match between the two teams will be played on 26 August, the second on 28 August and the last 50-over match will be played on 30 August. Pakistan announces Test team against Bangladesh Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the 17-member Pakistan team for the two-match Test series against Bangladesh starting on August 21. The command of the team has been handed over to Shan Masood. Pakistan’s 17-man squad for the Test series against Bangladesh: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Amir Jamal (subject to fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper) and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Not even a day has passed since he became the advisor of Pakistan Cricket Board that a petition has been filed against Waqar Younis, know what is the whole matter?
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has recently appointed Waqar Younis as the cricket advisor of the board. Waqar Younis. (Photo credit ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images) Legal challenges have arisen over the appointment of former fast bowler Waqar Younis as advisor to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi. A Pakistani citizen named Mashkoor Hussain has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, questioning the validity of the appointment. This petition is being represented in the court by a lawyer named Nadeem Sarwar, as the petition states that the necessary protocols have not been followed in the process for the appointment of Younis. Along with this, the petition also mentions irregularities in the processes of appointment of Gary Kirsten as the white ball coach of the Pakistan men’s team and Jason Gillespie as the red ball coach. According to the petition, the appointment of Waqar Younis is completely illegal because the Pakistan Cricket Board did not publish any advertisement regarding this in the newspapers. Regarding this, Mashkoor Hussain says that the appointment of Waqar Younis should be cancelled. Waqar Younis gave a big statement On the other hand, after becoming the cricket advisor of the Pakistan Cricket Board, a big statement has come from 52-year-old former cricketer, captain and coach Waqar Younis. Let us tell you that after his appointment in PCB, Younis said, quoting Cricket Pakistan- We will appoint five veterans to lead the teams and I am already in touch with some of them. The current state of cricket is clear, reforms are necessary. Although stadiums are important, our focus should be on raising the quality of the game. It is important to involve famous cricketers and legends in this process. The chairman’s suggestion to include these personalities is good. We have discussed with some former legends. We will soon announce the names of those who will help take the game forward.
Pakistan announced the squad for the Test series against Bangladesh, this bowler returned after 13 months
The first Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh is to be played from 21 August. Pakistan Team (Pic Source-Twitter) Bangladesh team is to tour Pakistan this month for a two-match Test series. Given the current situation in Bangladesh, it is not clear whether this tour will be possible or not, but still Pakistan has announced its team for this Test series. The Pak team will play the Test series against Bangladesh under the captaincy of Shan Masood. Saud Shakeel will be his deputy. Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Huraira have been included in the Test squad for their excellent performance in domestic cricket. Apart from this, Pakistan Shaheen Squad has also been announced against Bangladesh A. Apart from this, fast bowler Naseem Shah has been included in the 17-member team for the two-Test series. Naseem Shah played his last Test match 13 months ago in Sri Lanka. The selectors have included batsman Kamran Ghulam, fast bowler Mohammad Ali and batsman Muhammad Huraira in the Pakistan team for the first time, considering their excellent performance in domestic cricket. Ghulam scored 1,025 runs in 11 first-class matches in the 2023-24 season. He was part of the team for the home series against New Zealand in 2022-23, but did not feature in the two-match drawn series. The first match of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is to be played from August 21 and this match will be played in Rawalpindi. The second Test match of the series is to be played in Karachi from August 30. Pakistan squad for two-match Test series against Bangladesh Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal (subject to fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Afridi.
PCB took a big step regarding the fitness of Pakistani players before the Bangladesh series
The situation in Bangladesh has been very bad since Monday and its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also resigned from her post and has left for India in an army helicopter. PCB (Image Credit- Twitter) Bangladesh A team was to tour Pakistan for three ODIs and two four-day Test matches. However, the situation in Bangladesh is very bad at the moment and due to this the tour has been completely cancelled. The situation in Bangladesh has been very bad since Monday and the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also resigned from her post and she has left for India in an army helicopter. After the cancellation of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to assess the fitness of the remaining players including the centrally contracted players. The Pakistan Board wants its players to be fully fit right now. In fact, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is going to start from October 3 this year. Not only this, before this important tournament, the Bangladesh men’s team also has to tour Pakistan, which is starting from August 21. However, due to the bad situation in Bangladesh, an important announcement is yet to be made regarding these two schedules. Despite all this happening in Bangladesh, the Pakistan Cricket Board is trying to take important steps regarding the fitness of the players. According to Geo News, the players will have to pass a series of 5 to 6 fitness tests on August 9. In fact, the performance of the Pakistan team was very poor in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played last year and the team could not even make it to the Super 8 of this important tournament. A two match test series is to be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh A two-match Test series is to be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh. The first Test between these two teams will be played in Rawalpindi while the second Test will be played in Karachi. However, no decision has been taken by both the boards regarding this tour yet. If this series gets cancelled, then after this Pakistan has to tour England in October for a three-match Test series. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Before the Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan PM gave a big warning to PCB, said- players should be selected on merit…
Cricket team should be improved and players should be selected on the basis of merit- PM Shahbaz Sharif Shehbaz Sharif (Photo Source: The Pakistan cricket team was eliminated from the group stage of the T20 World Cup 2024, and Babar Azam and Co.’s performance was also disappointing in the ODI World Cup hosted by India. Pakistan has also faced a lot of criticism due to its poor performance in ICC tournaments. Meanwhile, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given a big warning to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ahead of the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. PM Shahbaz Sharif has stressed on selecting players on the basis of merit. Cricket team must be improved- PM Shahbaz Sharif Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has stressed on improving the Pakistan cricket team after the team’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup 2024. Addressing Mohsin Naqvi, the PM also talked about what should be done before the Champions Trophy 2025. PM Shahbaz Sharif, while speaking during the stone-laying ceremony for the upgrading of the Gaddafi Stadium at the PCB headquarters on August 5, said, Our cricket stadiums should be up to international standards and the modernisation of the Gaddafi Stadium is a positive step. You should improve the cricket team and select players on merit, which is your expertise. Even if the Prime Minister recommends someone, if it is against merit, you should reject it. It is worth noting that recently former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis was appointed to implement reforms in Pakistan cricket. He will oversee all cricket-related decisions of the board. On the other hand, Mohsin Naqvi will oversee administrative affairs, including the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, which Pakistan will host.
Hitman made another record in his name in terms of hitting sixes, became the first Indian to do so
Rohit batted superbly in the second match and scored a half-century (64). Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Getty Images) Team India’s opening batsman Rohit Sharma is in great form these days. He has scored brilliant half-centuries in both the matches of the ongoing ODI series against Sri Lanka. Rohit Last Sunday, he batted brilliantly and scored a half-century (64) in the second ODI of the Sri Lanka cricket series against India. During his innings, he also hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. During this, by hitting the third six of the innings, he became the batsman who hit the most number of sixes while chasing a target in ODI. He left behind West Indies legend Chris Gayle in this matter. Rohit has now hit 179 sixes in 145 innings while chasing a target in ODI cricket. He has left behind Gayle here, who has 177 sixes in 152 innings. In this list, former Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi (166 sixes) is third, Sanath Jayasuriya (109 sixes) is fourth and Martin Guptill (103 sixes) is fifth. Apart from these, no batsman has been able to hit 100 sixes in this format while chasing the target. Active Players Virat Kohli is at 10th position with 86 sixes. Rohit Sharma completed 300 sixes as an opening batsman in ODI In this innings, Rohit has also completed 300 (now 302) sixes as an opening batsman in ODIs. He is now second in this matter. Gayle is on the first position with 328 sixes.Similarly, by hitting 3 sixes in the first ODI, Rohit became the player to hit the most sixes (234) as a captain in international cricket. He surpassed Eoin Morgan (233). Rohit is currently the batsman who has hit the most number of sixes in international cricket with 619 sixes. Rohit is third on the list of players who have hit the most sixes in ODIs with 330 sixes in 264 matches. He is only behind Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, who is at the top with 351 sixes in 398 matches and Chris Gayle, who is just one six ahead of him with 331 sixes in 301 matches. Rohit also holds the record for hitting the most sixes by an Indian in ODIs, surpassing big names like Mahendra Singh Dhoni (229 sixes in 297 matches) and Sachin Tendulkar (195 sixes in 463 matches).
Due to the indefinite curfew in the country, Bangladesh is now finding it very difficult to prepare for the upcoming Test series against Pakistan
The Bangladesh team will leave for Pakistan on August 17 for the two-match Test series. Bangladesh vs New Zealand, 1st Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) A big news has come out regarding the preparation of the Bangladesh team ahead of the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan. At present, the government has imposed an indefinite curfew in the midst of a political crisis. Due to this indefinite curfew, the Bangladesh team is facing a lot of trouble in practicing for the upcoming Test series. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is unsure about when it can announce the next date of the practice session. Let us tell you, the Bangladesh team will leave for Pakistan on August 17 for a two-match Test series. This Test series is a part of the ongoing World Test Championship cycle. The first Test match between these two teams will be played in Rawalpindi from August 21 to August 25, while the second Test will be hosted in Karachi from August 30 to September 3. An official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a statement to Cricbuzz in which he has said that the administration will hold a meeting on this matter as soon as possible and only after that will make an announcement regarding the practice session. The statement issued reads, ‘We are not sure when we will be able to practice as there is an indefinite curfew. Our administration is looking into the matter and we will be able to understand the situation better only after being informed about the current situation.’ Former Bangladesh Test captain will be seen playing for the ‘A’ team for the four-day match Shahadat Hossain, Zakir Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan, Naim Hasan and Hasan Mahmud will be seen playing for Bangladesh ‘A’ team in the first match against Pakistan Shaheens. Former Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque are also part of this team. Bangladesh’s ‘A’ team will leave for Pakistan on 6 August. Two four-day matches will be played between these two teams. After this, three ODI matches will also be played between these two teams. These three ODI matches will be played between 10 August and 27 August. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Haris Rauf still remembers Virat Kohli’s havoc at MCG, fan reminded him of Pakistani bowler during the match
When the Pakistani fast bowler was fielding, a fan near the boundary line said, ‘Haris bhai, do you still remember Melbourne? Do you remember Virat’s two sixes?’ Haris Rauf And Virat Kohl (Photo Source: Twitter) Indian team’s experienced batsman Virat Kohli played a match-winning innings in a great match against Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 played on 23 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He won the hearts of all the fans with his innings. Not only this, Virat Kohli hit two sixes on two consecutive balls in the 19th over of Haris Rauf, which the Pakistani fast bowler still remembers very well. Let us tell you, in the important match of ICC T20 World Cup 2022, India needed 28 runs in the last 8 balls. After this, the experienced batsman of the Indian team hit two consecutive sixes to Haris Rauf. Due to these two sixes, India made a comeback in the match and won it. Not only this, these two sixes hit by Virat Kohli on the ball of Haris Rauf are still remembered very well by all the cricket fans. Haris Rauf was participating in Major League Cricket. When the Pakistani fast bowler was fielding, a fan near the boundary line said, ‘Haris bhai, do you still remember Melbourne? Do you remember Virat’s two sixes?’ Here is the video: A fan in Pakistan mock Haris rauf for the 2 sixes by king Kohli pic.twitter.com/2O4X2UW4iH — VIKASH CHOUDHARY (@vikashbenda18) August 2, 2024 Virat Kohli’s class is different from others: Haris Rauf Haris Rauf praised Virat Kohli a lot. He praised him 1 month after the World Cup and called Virat Kohli a class player. According to Cricket Pakistan, Haris Rauf said, ‘This was his class and the way he played these two shots, I don’t think any other player in the world can play like this. If Dinesh Karthik or Hardik Pandya had hit such shots to me, I would have been very sad but this was Virat Kohli and his class is really different from everyone else.’ 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
PCB is taking Test cricket lightly, former player expressed concern
Pakistan now has to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh and after this the team will play a three-match Test series against England. Salman Butt. (Photo Source: YouTube) Former player Salman Butt believes that the Pakistan Cricket Board and other players are not giving as much priority to the Test format as they are giving to the other two formats. Let us tell you, Pakistan now has to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh and after that the team will play a three-match Test series against England. Cricket Pakistani journalist questioned Salman Butt on the fact that the team has many spin options in the Test format who can perform well but despite that they are not being given a chance. On this, the former player has strongly criticized the other players and said that they are not playing matches regularly in domestic cricket and this is a very wrong thing. Salman Butt said, ‘Should we give priority to Test cricket? Why are we so worried about the combination all of a sudden? We just don’t want to play this format. Our players are not playing first class cricket consistently. Our cricket board is the only one in the world that is saying that we should play two T20 matches instead of one Test match.’ According to Salman Butt, present-day Pakistani players are not giving much importance to Test cricket and are more focused on white ball cricket. The former player also slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board over Babar Azam’s captaincy Salman Butt said about Babar Azam’s captaincy, ‘He is not a born leader. But the problem is what contribution have you made that has made things even easier? You included those two players in the team who criticized you fiercely on TV. After this the board changed its captain and then after two series you brought Babar Azam back to the role of captain. You yourself are dividing the team into different parts.’ Let us tell you, the performance of the Pakistan team was very poor in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and it failed to make it to the Super 8. Babar Azam’s captaincy was also criticized by many people and he also batted very poorly. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
