DTVHINDIChampions One-Day Cup 2024: Afridi, Rizwan, Shakeel, Shadab and Haris appointed captains of 5 teams for the upcoming tournament
Champions One Day Cup is a domestic cricket tournament in Pakistan Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan (Image Credit- Twitter X) Recently, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has introduced its domestic 50 over cricket tournament in a new avatar, which will now be known in the cricket world as the Champions One-Day Cup. So today on September 6, PCB has announced the names of the players for the captaincy of five teams in the upcoming tournament. These five names include Pakistan’s T20 captain Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Haris. Talking about the names of the 5 teams, they are Lions, Wolves, Panthers, Dolphins and Stallions. So despite the strained relations with the PCB, Shoaib Malik has been appointed as the mentor of the Stallions and Harris as the captain of the team. The management had earlier said that the T20 format suits Harris, but the fast bowler has not yet made it to the T20 International team, along with the T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq will be seen mentoring the Wolves team. Former cricketer Saqlain Mushtaq will be seen mentoring the Panthers, Sarfraz Ahmed the Dolphins and Waqar Younis the Lions team. The tournament will start from September 12 The upcoming tournament will be played between 12th and 29th September. Like the previous season, the semi-finals have been replaced by playoffs. Fans will no longer get to see the semi-finals in it. Teams will directly make it to the playoffs and the finals. Although there are no city names on the front or back of the teams, it is understood that Lahore for Lions, Karachi for Dolphins, Peshawar for Panthers, Faisalabad for Wolves and Sialkot for Stallions are likely to be added. Apart from this, 8 days after the Champions ODI Cup ends, Pakistan is going to host England in a three-match ODI series. It will be interesting to see how Pakistan will perform against England after losing 0-2 in the Test series against Bangladesh?
Saud Shakeel made many records in his name by playing a century innings, leaving Steve Smith behind in this matter
Saud Shakeel (Image Credit- Twitter Saud Shakeel continued his dominance in the longest format of the game as he scored his third Test century against Bangladesh. The left-handed batsman scored a brilliant 141 off 261 balls in the ongoing first Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Shakeel came in to bat on the first day when Pakistan were struggling for runs after losing 4 wickets for a score of 114. He took charge of the Pakistani innings from here and managed to complete his century on the second day before being dismissed by Mehdi Hasan Miraz. He shared a 240-run partnership with Mohammad Rizwan. During his brilliant innings, the Pakistan vice-captain hit nine fours. Saud Shakeel has many records to his name Shakeel’s average has increased significantly after this century. The 28-year-old now has the second-best average among current Test batsmen with a minimum of 10 Test innings. After a brilliant performance with the bat, Shakeel averages 65.18 in 20 innings. His batting average is currently higher than legends like Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root and Virat Kohli, who are considered four of the best players in modern cricket. In the list of all-time best averages of batsmen (after playing a minimum of 20 innings), Shakeel is second just after the great Australian batsman Donald Bradman. Let us tell you that Bradman’s average is 99.94. Shakeel completed 1,000 Test runs during his innings, equalling Saeed Ahmed’s record of becoming the joint-fastest Pakistan batsman to reach the milestone. Both reached the milestone in 11 Tests and 20 innings. Saud Shakeel broke Saeed Ahmed’s record during his century innings and became the highest run scorer for Pakistan after the first 20 innings of Test cricket. Earlier, the record for the highest run scorer for this team in the first 20 innings of Test cricket was in the name of Saeed Ahmed who had scored 1033 runs.
PAK vs BAN, 1st Test: Day-2: Rizwan-Saud Shakeel hit centuries, Bangladesh is trailing by 421 runs
Pakistan declared their first innings at 448 runs PAK vs BAN (Photo Source: X/Twitter) PAK vs BAN, 1st Test: Day-2 Review: The first match of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is being played in Rawalpindi from August 21. On the first day of the game, the host team scored 158 runs for the loss of four wickets. Saud Shakeel (57) and Mohammad Rizwan (24) were unbeaten at the crease. Today, on the second day of the game, the pair of Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel kept the team in a strong position. Due to the excellent partnership between the two batsmen, the team declared the first innings at 448 runs. PAK vs BAN: 240 run partnership between Saud Shakeel and Rizwan Pakistan’s vice-captain Saud Shakeel is seen fulfilling his responsibility fully in the first Test against Bangladesh. He scored a half-century on the first day of the game and continued his brilliant performance on the second day as well and completed a century in 195 balls. Saud Shakeel scored 141 runs in 261 balls with the help of 9 fours. He helped the team reach the score of 354 by playing an important partnership of 240 runs for the fifth wicket with Mohammad Rizwan. Shakeel was out in the 95th over of the innings against Mehdi Hasan Miraz. Mohammad Rizwan played an unbeaten innings Mohammad Rizwan played an innings of 171* runs for the team in the first innings with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes in 239 balls. This is Rizwan’s third century in the Test format. Apart from these, Salman Ali Agha scored 19 runs and Shaheen Afridi played an unbeaten innings of 29 runs, due to which the team scored 448 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. For Bangladesh, Shoriful Islam and Hasan Mahmud took 2 wickets each in the first innings. Mehdi Hasan Miraz and Shakib Al Hasan took 1 wicket each. PAK vs BAN: By the end of the second day, Bangladesh has scored 27 runs without losing any wicket Bangladesh has scored 27 runs without losing any wicket in the first innings at the end of the second day’s play. Shadnam Islam (12) and Zakir Hasan (11) are unbeaten at the crease. Bangladesh is trailing the host team by 421 runs. Reactions of fans on social media after the second day’s play- Saud Shakeel averages 67.88 after 20 Test innings. The highest in modern era and only behind Don Bradman’s 99.94. pic.twitter.com/y1pN78xnCt — Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) August 22, 2024 Pakistan declared when a batsman was batting at 171 not out. This is what happens when you have a captain who isn’t obsessed with personal milestones. — Abdullah (@michaelscottfc) August 22, 2024 Great temperament innings 😊#PAKvBAN #WTC25 — GM Hassan (@Ha55anGm42) August 22, 2024 Chota Don in AUS: 92 runs from 3 Tests. Road specialist for a reason. – August 22, 2024 top player, top innings. — Fatima Masroor (@fatimamasroor84) August 22, 2024
Bangladesh’s fielding was ridiculed in Rawalpindi, Saud Shakeel ran to complete four runs, here is the video
At the time of writing this news, Pakistan has crossed the 300 run mark in its first innings. PAK vs BAN (Pic Source-X) At present, the first match of the three-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is being played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. In this match, the Pakistan team did not have a good start and they lost their three important wickets for just 16 runs. However, due to the important innings of Saud Shakeel, Pakistan is currently in a strong position. However, on the second day of the first Test match, due to poor fielding by Bangladesh, Saud Shakeel completed four runs by running. This was seen in the 48th over of Pakistan’s innings. Nahid Rana bowled a full length ball to Saud Shakeel which the Pakistani batsman played towards mid-off. Shariful Islam, who was fielding at mid-off, dived but could not catch the ball properly. However, this reduced the speed of the ball. The ball did not reach the boundary and the Bangladeshi fielder ran to catch the ball. Saud Shakeel also completed four runs in the meantime. Pakistan Cricket shared its video on its official social media account and wrote in its caption, ‘This is not seen again and again… and Saud Shakeel completed four runs.’ Here is the video: Don’t see this often… An all run 4️⃣ for @saudshak, #PAKvBAN , #TestOnHai pic.twitter.com/uK1N3oU9HP — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 22, 2024 Apart from Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan has also batted very well and completed his century on the second day of the game. Both these batsmen have put pressure on Bangladesh. Talking about the first day of the game, opener Abdullah Shafiq scored only two runs in the first innings of the first Test while Shan Masood returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs. Experienced batsman Babar Azam could not even open his account. Young batsman Sam Ayub batted very well for the host and played a valuable innings of 56 runs. Pakistan has crossed the 300-run mark in its first innings till the time of writing the news and they will look to score as many runs as possible in it. If Bangladesh has to make a comeback in the match, then they will have to take wickets at regular intervals from here. Rohit Sharma does not like KL Rahul at all…! Proof found Breaking: Jay Shah will now leave BCCI and become the chairman of ICC…! List of top-5 batsmen who scored the most centuries in WTC- A film will be made on Yuvraj Singh, know who will play the character..? The most unlucky player of Team India, one over ruined his career List of batsmen who hit the most sixes for India in WTC- This captain has won the most matches for his country in Test cricket Pat Cummins is very desperate to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 In the history of IPL auction, no bid was ever made on Virat Kohli, know the reason Virat Kohli made his debut 16 years ago, today he is a star…
The first day of the game was completely in the name of Bangladesh, Sam Ayub and Saud Shakeel played important innings from Pakistan’s side
Pakistan scored 158 runs for the loss of four wickets in 41 overs on the first day of play. Pakistan Team (Picture Source-X) The first match of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh has started in Rawalpindi today i.e. 21st August. In this match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first. The first day of the game started late due to rain. Not only this, only 41 overs could be bowled on the first day. After this, the first day of the game was ended early due to poor light. Let us tell you, Pakistan scored 158 runs after losing four wickets in 41 overs on the first day of the match. Pakistan did not have a good start in this match and Abdullah Shafique was out after scoring two runs. Abdullah Shafique’s wicket was taken by Hasan Mahmud. Not only this, captain Shan Masood also failed to play a big innings against Bangladesh. Shan Masood returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs. Shoriful Islam took Shan Masood’s wicket. Experienced batsman Babar Azam also could not play a big innings and got out without opening his account. His wicket was also taken by Shariful Islam. Pakistan lost its first three wickets for just 16 runs. However, after this, young players Sam Ayub and Saud Shakeel made an important partnership of 98 runs for the fourth wicket. Both these players batted brilliantly and put pressure on the Bangladesh bowlers. Due to their partnership, Pakistan was able to make a comeback in the match. Sam Ayub played a valuable innings of 56 runs in 98 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six in the first innings of the first Test. Sam Ayub’s wicket was taken by Hasan Mahmud. At the end of the first day’s play, Saud Shakeel is batting on 57* runs in 92 balls with the help of 5 fours while Mohammad Rizwan has scored 24* runs. By the end of the first day’s play, Hasan Mahmud and Shoriful Islam took 2-2 wickets for Bangladesh Talking about Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud and Shariful Islam took 2-2 wickets from the team’s side. The second day of the first Test match is going to be very important for both the teams. While on one hand the players of the Pakistan team will look to score as many runs as possible, on the other hand Bangladesh will want to get the hosts all out as soon as possible. Both the matches being played between these two teams will be played in Rawalpindi. The best thing for the host Pakistan is that they still have many players who can play important innings for their team. We will come back stronger Inshallah☝️#BabarAzam𓃵 #PAKvBAN pic.twitter.com/WZUFS1kTFU — Najaf ali🙋♂️ (@NajafAli56) August 21, 2024 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Test runs completed ✅@saudshak is the joint-fastest Pakistan batter to this landmark 👏#PAKvBAN , #TestOnHai pic.twitter.com/hckH3qSGca — Misran Ahmad 🏏Shahzadain 🇵🇰 (@MisranAhmad19) August 21, 2024 In all the white ball, top order and keeper debates, we’ve underappreciated how good Saud Shakeel has been for our…
Honestly, the fitness level of some of our players has gone down in the last few months: Saud Shakeel
The fitness of the Pakistani player often makes headlines on social media. Saud Shakeel (Image Credit- Twitter Recently, the new vice-captain of the Pakistan Test cricket team, Saud Shakeel, has made a big statement. Shakeel says that the fitness level of the Pakistan team has fallen a lot in recent times. Due to this, the Pak team is not able to match the rest of the world teams in terms of skill and fitness. It is worth noting that recently before the start of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had sent the players to the army camp and also got them trained to improve their fitness. However, after this decision of PCB, there was a lot of criticism of Pakistani players. Especially the way wicketkeeper Azam Khan and Babar Azam were training. But now Saud Shakeel has given a big statement on this issue. Saud Shakeel gave a big statement Let us tell you that recently, before the start of the Test series against Bangladesh, Saud Shakeel was quoted by Sportskeeda as saying – To be honest, the fitness level of some of our players has gone down in the last few months and they have also accepted it. We are currently working hard on our fitness level, and we are hoping to improve it in the future as well. On the other hand, regarding Azam Khan’s fitness, Mohammad Hafeez had recently said that after 6 weeks of training, when Azam Khan appeared, his body weight and body fat level were the same as they were 6 weeks ago. Apart from this, his running capacity was also twice less than other players. If other players were running a distance of 2 kilometers in 10 minutes, then Azam was doing it in 20 minutes.
