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Naseem Shah To Auction Bat With Which He Hit Two Sixes vs Afghanistan, And Do This With The Money

The Asia Cup Super 4 clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan turned out to be one of the most thrilling encounters in the history of the tournament. After numerous twists, the Babar Azam-led side was finally able to chase down the target of 130 runs in the last over. With 11 runs needed in six balls and one wicket in hand, Pakistan's pacer Naseem Shah completely turned the tide by smashing two sixes on the first two deliveries of the last over by Fazalhaq Farooqi. Naseem became the hero of the night with his knock but apart from this, a sweet gesture by him also won many hearts.

Anushka Sharma "Iron Lady", Virat Kohli "Man Made Of Steel": Shoaib Akhtar On Power Couple

After smashing his 71st century in international cricket, Virat Kohli credited his wife Anushka Sharma for having his back, especially when nothing was going right for the star batter. Kohli, who had not scored a century in nearly three years, reached triple figures against Afghanistan in the ongoing Asia Cup. He slammed an unbeaten 122 off 61 balls, hitting 12 fours and six sixes. Sharing his views on Kohli's post-match quote on his wife Anushka, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar hailed the power couple.

'Ban' Asif Ali From Asia Cup: Ex-Afghanistan Captain on Pakistan Cricketer's Spat With Fareed Ahmed Malik

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Super 4 match at the Asia Cup on Wednesday was a closely fought one with the latter prevailing in the last over of a 130-run chase. Courtesy the win, Pakistan set up a final clash with Sri Lanka on Sunday. However, the match between the Babar Azam-led Pakistan and the Mohammad Nabi-led Afghanistan was also witness to some untoward incident between Asif Ali and Fareed Ahmed Malik. It happened in the 19th over after Pakistan batter Ali was dismissed by Malik.

Asia Cup Review: More questions than answers ahead of T20 World Cup

Virat Kohli's first T20I hundred certainly means a lot but counts for little. India have exited from yet another multi-nation tournament having failed to rise up to the occasion during crunch games and with a lot of questions without answers. If Virat Kohli finally breaking the century jinx with his 71st is good news for all cricket fans, it also poses a few questions that need to be put in perspective.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup 2022, Live Updates: Dress Rehearsal Before Final As Pakistan Take On Sri Lanka

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Live Updates: Sri Lanka and Pakistan will be squaring off against each other in the final Asia Cup Super 4 match on Friday at Dubai International Stadium. This clash will act like a practice match before the final on Sunday between the two teams. Both the teams thrashed India and Afghanistan to pave their way into the summit clash of the tournament. After being out of form for some matches, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam will look to redeem himself in today's match. It will be interesting to see that which side will be putting their best foot forward. (Live Scorecard)

Asia Cup: Afghanistan Coach Condemns Behaviour Of Fans, Says Sports Should Be Treated As Sports

Afghanistan assistant coach has condemned the clash between Afghanistan and Pakistan fans after the team's defeat on Wednesday while addressing a press conference. Raees Ahmadzai expressed his disappointment over the behaviour of his players and the fans after the team's defeat against Pakistan in a last-over thriller. Speaking to the reporters, the coach also shed light on the team's learnings from the tournament. He appreciated the team for their performance in the Asia Cup and mentioned that they would apply the learnings in the next tournament they play.

"Team Could Have Been In Danger": Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Ramiz Raja on Afghanistan Fan Fury

The Asia Cup 2022 stood witness to some unsavoury incident as fans caused mayhem after the Afghanistan-Pakistan match on Wednesday. The match was a closely-contested one as Pakistan won in the last over chasing a low target of 130. There was fight between Pakistan's Asif Ali and Afghanistan's Fareed Ahmed Malik, after the former was given send-off by the latter. Latter, Afghanistan fans could be seen uprooting the stadium chairs and creating ruckus. Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ramiz Raja has taken strong exception to the unruly behaviour of the fans.

This is crunch time for Rahul Dravid with T20, ODI World Cups coming up: Saba Karim

Rahul Dravid with two big events, T20 World Cup and ODI World Cup coming up in future. Since Dravid took over as the men's head coach after Ravi Shastri left the job, India got huge success in winning bilateral T20I series against New Zealand, West Indies (twice), Sri Lanka, England and drawing against South Africa. In the Asia Cup 2022, where India entered as defending champions, they won their group matches against Pakistan and Hong Kong.

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Naseem Shah To Auction Bat With Which He Hit Two Sixes vs Afghanistan, And Do This With The Money

Anushka Sharma "Iron Lady", Virat Kohli "Man Made Of Steel": Shoaib Akhtar On Power Couple

'Ban' Asif Ali From Asia Cup: Ex-Afghanistan Captain on Pakistan Cricketer's Spat With Fareed Ahmed Malik

Asia Cup Review: More questions than answers ahead of T20 World Cup

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup 2022, Live Updates: Dress Rehearsal Before Final As Pakistan Take On Sri Lanka

Asia Cup: Afghanistan Coach Condemns Behaviour Of Fans, Says Sports Should Be Treated As Sports

"Team Could Have Been In Danger": Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Ramiz Raja on Afghanistan Fan Fury

This is crunch time for Rahul Dravid with T20, ODI World Cups coming up: Saba Karim