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Australia to tour Pakistan for first time in 24 years

Australia to tour Pakistan for first time in 24 years

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Australia will tour Pakistan for the first time in nearly 24 years when it plays three Test matches, three one-day internationals, and a Twenty20 international next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board said Monday. Karachi, Rawalpindi, and Lahore are scheduled to host the three Tests in March and the limited-overs portion will be played in Lahore from March 29 to April 5. The Test matches will be part of the World Test Championship, while the ODIs will be counted toward World Cup Super League. Mark Taylor led Australia to a 1-0 victory in the last Test series it played in Pakistan in 1998. Since then Pakistan has hosted Australia four times at neutral venues in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. “Australia are one of the high-performing sides and them playing in our backyard f...

Inspired by J&K players in IPL, 8-year-young Kid Practices Six Hours to Become International Bowler

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As the J&K players are being selected for Indian Premier League (IPL) and national team level for the past few years, there is cricket fervor among the youth in J&K who want to make their future in sports as well. With a bowling speed of over 150kmph, cricketer Umran Malik from Jammu Kashmir set a record in the Indian Premier League. Adnan Bashir Dar (08) a 4th primary student who is resident of Halmulla in Sangam area of Anantnag district besides spending time on his studies is spending around six hours daily for bowling practice to become an international bowler. Adnan said that he has passion towards sports and from the last two years he is continuously spending six hours practicing. Adnan said that his idol is Jasprit Bumrah and wants to bowl yorkers with high speed at...

Students of SKIMS Did not Celebrate Pakistan Victory- SKIMS Probe Finds

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A fact finding panel at the Sher e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has given a clean chit to students at the institute booked for allegedly cheering for Pakistan cricket team in a T20 World Cup match against India. According to a report by News 18, the 5-member panel, which had been tasked by Director SKIMS to probe the allegations has concluded that "neither its premises was used nor students of the institute had participated in the celebrations", the News 18 report said. The students at SKIMS along with those at GMC Srinagar were booked after purported videos showed them 'cheering' for Pakistan cricket team in the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match in the UAE the preceding day. Pakistan won that match by 10 wickets. "The central hall or the recreation mess in the u...

Tajamul Islam from Kashmir Wins Gold Yet Again in Kickboxing

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Tajamul Islam has won a gold medal in the Under-14 category at the Kickboxing Championship in Cairo, Egypt yet again.buy lipitor online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/lipitor.html no prescription In 2016 too, Tajamul had won gold in the same competition, but as an eight-year-old in the Under-9 category. According to a news reports, Tajamul played two matches against the local players, and the other two against the players from France and Argentina. Back in 2016, the youngster had won gold in the same competition, but in the U-9 category, when 90 countries had participated. “I can’t express how proud I feel. It was seriously like ‘kya ye mai hi hun?’ (is it really me?). By doing hard work you can do anything,” Islam said in an exclus...

Muzamil Premier League concludes with the victory of Beerwah Bulls

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Sensational Peerzada Mohd Shafi and Social activist Amir Rashed were chief guests Lone Imran Chairman Mooj Kasheer Welfare Trust Jammu and Kashmir and young social activist from Kashmir Mr. Amir Rasheed Wani on Sunday was honored with the "guest of honor" on the finals of Muzamil Premier League T20 cricket tournament. The Grand Finale Of Muzamil Premier League (MPL) T20 Cricket Tournament was played between Rising Star Chewdara v/s Beerwah Bulls at Gulshan Ground Manchhama. Beerwah Bulls won the toss and decided to bat first, and got all out on 143 runs. Mr. Umer was the highest scorer from Beerwah Bulls, who scored 43 runs. While chasing the said target, Rising Star Chewdara only took 14 overs and won the grand finale. Mudasir who took 4 wickets won the title of the Man of ...

LG Manoj Sinha Inaugurates ‘Brigadier S S Kahlon’ Artificial Sports Climbing Wall in Pahalgam

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Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today inaugurated the Brig. S S Kahlon Artificial Sports Climbing Wall at Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports (JIM&WS) at Pahalgam. Congratulating JIM&WS for being the first institute for building an IFSC standard Sports Climbing Wall in North India, the Lt Governor said that the artificial wall will not only cater to athletes from the UT but will have sufficient provisions in place to train athletes coming from other states/UTs. While speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor observed that the UT administration has been continuously promoting different activities of sports across J&K. He remarked that the construction of the Sport Climbing wall has added a new dimension to the training standards, besides giving a boost t...

In Kashmir, Students Who Celebrated Pakistan’s Victory in Cricket Match Booked Under Anti-Terror Law

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The Jammu Kashmir police have registered two separate cases against those who celebrated the Pakistan cricket team’s win against India in the T20 World Cup Match, being played in Dubai on Sunday. Official sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that the police have taken notice of two incidents particularly – one at the hostel of the SKIMS hospital in Soura and another at the hostel of the Government Medical College (GMC) in Karan Nagar – both in Srinagar district of central Kashmir. As per an FIR filed at Soura police station (under FIR No. 104/2021), “during intervening night of 24 and 25 October 2021 after Pakistan win one day cricket match, students pursuing MBBS and other degrees residing in the un-married hostel of SKIMS Soura raised slogans and burst fire...

India’s defeat aftermath: J-K Students Association condemns thrashing of Kashmiri students in Punjab

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The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association on Monday condemned the attack on over a dozen Kashmiri students by students from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana in Sanguru Punjab and Kharar Mohali after the India-Pakistan match, said a press release from the Association. In a statement, spokesperson of the Association Nasir Khuehami urged Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to take action against the accused and provide security to Kashmiri students studying and working in Punjab state. He said students were mercilessly thrashed and punched on their faces. They were beaten to pulp by other state students who barged in their rooms, thrashed them, vandalized their rooms and damaged belongings. The spokesperson said that these incidents have increased the sense of insecurity an...

Mohammed Shami subjected to online abuse after India suffer defeat against Pak

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India pacer Mohammed Shami is being subjected to online abuse after the Men in Blue suffered a defeat against arch-rival Pakistan in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. As soon as India was defeated was Pakistan on Sunday, fans took to Instagram and Twitter to pass derogatory statements on Mohammed Shami. Pakistan defeated India by ten wickets and none of the Men in Blue bowlers were able to leave an impact as Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan took the bowling to the cleaners. Indian skipper Virat Kohli also saw some unruly fan behaviour and the trolls have also not been kind to him, as he is also being criticised for his captaincy during the game. Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Babar Azam put on a remarkable show on Sunday as Pakistan thrashed India by 10 wickets at the Dubai International C...

Pakistan Beat Strong Indian Side by Ten Wickets in T-20 World Cup

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Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in Dubai to get off to a winning start in the tournament. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, at the start of the chase got Pakistan off to a brisk start in Dubai. The duo guided the side to 46/0 after 7 overs. They brought up yet another 50 run stand between them as continue to push India onto the backfoot. At the halfway mark, they took Pakistan to 71/0. Eventually Rizwan also brought up his fifty and remained unbeaten on 79, alongside Babar's 68 not-out, as Pakistan romped home with 2.1 overs to spare. India had set Pakistan a target of 152 in 20 overs. After being put in to bat, Team India got off to the worst start possible. Rohit Sharma was trapped LBW on 0 by Shaheen Afridi in the first over. He was gone for a golden duck. In his next ov...