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Denied Visa, Pakistan's Billiards And Snooker Association Lodges Complaint

The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association has lodged a formal complaint with the sport's world governing body and the organisers after their squad was denied visas by the Indian High Commission for the IBSF U-18 and U-21 World Championships, which began in Bengaluru on Saturday. A top official of the PBSA said that they couldn't secure visas for their three players, Ahsan Ramazan, Hasnain Akhtar and Hamza Illyas. "We had applied to the Indian High Commission on time after getting all NOCs from our government and Pakistan Sports Board. But they didn't issue visas due to which our squad could not travel to Bengaluru," Alamgir Sheikh said.

Watch: Angry Shakib Al Hasan Throws Ball At Mohammad Rizwan, Gets Scolded By Umpire

Known to lose his calm in the middle of the match on occasions, Bangladesh's star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasa gave another example of his leaky temprament on Day 5 of the first Test against Pakistan. Shakib, who has caused disruptive scenes on the cricket much multiple times in the past, once again lost his cool as Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan took his team to be ready and face a delivery. Upset with Rizwan, who has also been at the center of many time-wasting tactics in the past, an angry Shakib threw ball towards the Pakistan star.

Watch: Mohammad Rizwan Takes Brilliant One-Handed Catch vs Bangladesh, Stuns Everyone

Mohammad Rizwan stunned both fans and experts with a brilliant one-handed catch to dismiss Zakir Hasan on Day 3 of the first Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh on Friday. Bangladesh openers Hasan and Shadnam Islam could add just four more runs on Day 3 before Naseem Shah provided the breakthrough for Pakistan. The delivery was pitched on good length just outside the off-stump and Hasan ended up getting a thick outside edge. Rizwan was completely aware behind the stumps and he pulled off an impressive dive on his left to complete the one-handed catch for his team.

Brilliant 191 By Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim Has Pakistan In Danger In First Test

Senior batter Mushfiqur Rahim hit a brilliant 191 on the fourth day of the first Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday, giving Bangladesh an outside chance of a maiden victory over Pakistan. The diminutive batter was the foundation of Bangladesh's first innings score of 565 -- their highest Test total against Pakistan -- and gave the visitors a first innings lead of 117. Pakistan were 23-1 at the close of play, with Abdullah Shafique on 12 and skipper Shan Masood on nine. The home team trail by 94 runs after making 448-6 declared in the first innings.

Neeraj Chopra Will Throw 93m In One Or Two Years: India Legend's Massive Claim

Legendary para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia feels it's a matter of time for star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to breach the elusive 90m mark and predicted that he can throw 93m in one or two years. Chopra won a silver medal in the Paris Olympics with a throw of 89.45m earlier this month while the gold went to Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who stunned the javelin world with an Olympic record effort of 92.97m. On Thursday, Chopra again finished second in the Lausanne Diamond League with a last round throw of 89.49m, behind two-time world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada, who produced a monster throw of 90.61m. Jhajharia, himself a para-javelin throw legend with double Paralympics gold in F46 category, said when Chopra breaks the barrier of 90m, he will do it by a big margin, going past the elusive mark by 3 to 4 metres.

Massive Blow For Pakistan Cricket: PCB Forced To Sell Broadcasting Rights For Nearly Half Of Reserve Price

The Pakistan Cricket Board has settled for nearly half of its reserve price kept for selling broadcasting rights for the international home matches between the period of August 2024 and December 2026. The broadcasting rights for the Pakistan region have been sold for PKR 1.72 billion, which is at least PKR 1.48 billion less than the initial reserve price of PKR 3.2 billion the board kept for selling the rights. However, the PCB officials, without having sharing any figures, claim that the rights were sold at more than twice the amount from the previous rights cycle (FTP 2021 to 2024).

Watch: Furious Shan Masood Talks Animatedly With Australia Great. Internet Holds Babar Azam Responsible

Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood was seen getting furious in the dressing room and having an animated discussion with the side's head coach Jason Gillespie, who is also a legendary Australian pacer, on Day 3 of the first Rawalpindi Test against Bangladesh. A video of the incident is going viral on social media. While it is evident in the surfaced clip that Masood is angry over something, the fans on internet surprisingly linked it to Babar Azam's dropped catch, an incident that took a day later. On the fourth ball of the 142nd over of the Bangladesh innings, Mushfiqur Rahim edged an Agha Salman delivery but Babar at leg slip dropped the easy chance.

Pakistan vs Bangladesh LIVE, 1st Test Day 4: Bangladesh Near Pakistan's Total

Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 1st Test Day 4, LIVE Updates: Bangladesh fought their way back into the game on Day 3, ending on 316/5 at stumps, trailing Pakistan by 132 runs. Opener Shadman Islam played a fine knock of 93 to set the tone, while half-centuries from the Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das meant that Bangladesh stayed in the hunt. Rahim and Litton stayed unbeaten overnight, and have the potential to close in on, if not overtake, Pakistan's total. Shaheen Afridi is still wicketless, but would hope to give a few breakthroughs and maintain Pakistan's lead. (Live Scorecard)

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Denied Visa, Pakistan's Billiards And Snooker Association Lodges Complaint

Watch: Angry Shakib Al Hasan Throws Ball At Mohammad Rizwan, Gets Scolded By Umpire

Watch: Mohammad Rizwan Takes Brilliant One-Handed Catch vs Bangladesh, Stuns Everyone

Brilliant 191 By Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim Has Pakistan In Danger In First Test

Neeraj Chopra Will Throw 93m In One Or Two Years: India Legend's Massive Claim

Massive Blow For Pakistan Cricket: PCB Forced To Sell Broadcasting Rights For Nearly Half Of Reserve Price

Watch: Furious Shan Masood Talks Animatedly With Australia Great. Internet Holds Babar Azam Responsible

Pakistan vs Bangladesh LIVE, 1st Test Day 4: Bangladesh Near Pakistan's Total