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March 25 17 year old Kashmiri cricketer Rasikh Salam who made his IPL debut yesterday has said that he will perform well in the next match and that he was nervous. Taking to his Twitter handle the Kulgam speedster said that he was nervous while playing his first match for the cash rich league. “I was nervous,and in sha Allah will perform good in next match,” he tweeted. Salam made his debut, in the Indian Premier League (IPL) wearing the jersey of Mumbai Indians, against Delhi Capitals. While Salam conceded 42 runs of his four overs in last night’s match, his bowling was praised by cricket pundits Salam was picked by the dugout of Mumbai Indians in recent auctions for IPL 2019. He is the second Kashmiri to play in IPL, after off-spinner Parvez Rasool, who went on to play ...

March 18 Afghanistan created history after  recording its maiden Test victory as it defeated Ireland by seven wickets in the one-off Test match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun on Monday. Ihsanullah Jannat and Rahmat Jan made important half-centuries as Afghanistan chased 147 without too much fuss. Resuming at overnight score of 29 for the loss of one wicket, Janat carried his bat through with an unbeaten 65 off 129 deliveries. Earlier, spin sensation  Rashid Khan claimed five wickets to bowl out Ireland for 288. Rahmat Shah was declared Man of the match for his 98 and 76 runs respectively in two innings of the match. Both sides were playing their second Test after making debuts in the five-day format last year. Afghanistan lost to India in...

March 09 Pakistan has demanded that the ICC take note of Indian cricketers wearing camouflage military caps during the third ODI against Australia, accusing Virat Kohli team’s of politicising the game. As a mark of respect to the CRPF jawans who lost their lives in the Pulawama terrorist attack, Indian cricketers sported the Army cap and also donated their match fee for the welfare of the families of the martyrs. Taking an exception to the gesture, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the International Cricket Council must do something about it. “The world saw that the Indian cricket team wore military caps instead of their own, did ICC not see this? We think that it is the ICC’s responsibility to take notice of this without the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) bring...

March 03 The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday rejected the proposal of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to ban Pakistan from entering the cricketing world cup, 2019. Post the Pulwama Attack, BCCI had asked the ICC to bar the Pakistan cricket team from entering the World Cup. ALSO READ: BCCI Might try to Block Pakistan’s Entry into Cricket World Cup India and Pakistan are scheduled to face-off in the World Cup in Manchester on June 16. The International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected the proposal saying it has no role to play in matters like these. The ICC chairman made it clear that the decision to ostracize a nation is taken at the government level and ICC had no rule. In the wake of the Pulwama attack, in which more than 40 CRPF personnel wer...

February 21 The Committee of Administrators (CoA) and the BCCI have not prepared any note seeking a ban on Pakistan at the upcoming World Cup and even if such a move is made, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is bound to reject it. The Pulwama attack, that claimed the lives of over 40 CRPF personnel, has escalated the diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan, the reverberations of which are also being felt in the sporting arena. Already, Pakistani shooters couldn’t make the World Cup in Delhi, starting Saturday, after not getting visas. And there is a demand for India to boycott its June 16 World Cup clash against the neighbours and the matter is likely to come up on the sidelines of the ICC meetings between February 27 to March 2 in Dubai. “There is absolutely n...

January 27 Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has been suspended for four matches for his racist outburst against South African all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo during the second One-Day International (ODI) last Tuesday. According to the International Cricket Council (ICC), Sarfraz has accepted that he was in breach of the ICC's anti-racism code for participants. "Sarfraz aimed a comment at South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo which resulted in Sarfraz being charged with an offence under the code, namely engaging in any conduct (whether through the use of language, gestures or otherwise) which is likely to offend, insult, humiliate, intimidate, threaten, disparage or vilify any reasonable person in the position of a player, player support personnel, umpire, match referee, umpire ...

December 29 Firdous Qadri Two players of J&K Gate ball Union, Ahsan Ali and Zahid Hussain both hailing from Srinagar, Kashmir showed tremendous performance at the Indian Open Gateball Tournament 2018, Bhubaneswar Odisha which was organised by Indian Open Gateball Union. The tournament saw more than 13 teams participating, four of them were foreigners. The Jammu Kashmir Gateball Union played in the doubles category played three matches against Tripura, Taiwan & Assam. Both the players were honoured with Award of Appreciation. Ahsan Ali and Zahid Hussain both are working as Sports Educators at The Legends School of Education and Kashmir Harvard School and promoting sports from grassroot level. When asked about the game, Ahsan Ali (Secretary, J&K Gateball Union) ...

October 20 The Seventh Golf Association tournament organised under the aegis of JK Golf Development and Management Authority at Lidder Valley Golf Course began in Pahalgam on Saturday. Cosponsored by Jammu Kashmir Tourism, Ahad Hotels and resorts, Khyber the tournament was organized by the president of National Conference, Farooq Abdullah and Major General Bhatt. Around 50 participants including international golfer Shiv Kapoor and other eminent golfers are participating in the event. Ghalib Mohidin, Director Tourism, Senoir Executive LVGC Aadil Khurshid and other officials were present on the inaugural ceremony along with other officials of LVGC. On this occasion Shiv Kapoor and other golfers appreciated the senior Executive and staff members for 'well' maintenance and upkeep o...

August 06 A Famous volleyball player from South Kashmir, Showkat Ahmad Dar famous with the name Jassy passed away due to a cardiac arrest on Sunday during a volleyball match against Punjab team at Harnag area of South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) District. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that he scored three brilliant points winning the set for Jammu Kashmir before he collapsed on the ground. "Showkat was celebrating the vitory when he collapsed down," Eyewitnesses said. He was immediately rushed to the District Hospital of Islamabad (Anantnag), but he died on the way to the hospital, Sources said. Showkat had played in National tournaments for four times and was the shining star of volleyballl in Jammu Kashmir, his friends told The Kashmiriyat. Showkat, 20 who was a res...

July 20 Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman became the sixth international batsman and the first Pakistani player to score a double hundred, when he smashed 210 off just 156 deliveries against Zimbabwe in the fourth ODI at Bulawayo. Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman put on a 304-run opening stand on a flat wicket, which is also a record for highest opening partnership in ODIs. Zaman completed his ton off 92 balls and then stepped on the accelerator, reaching the 150 mark off just 115 deliveries. He smashed 24 boundaries and five sixes in the innings. The opener also broke Saeed Anwar's record of highest score by a Pakistani player in ODIs. Anwar had scored 194 against India in 1997.