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Star batters Virat Kohli and KL Rahul recorded the highest partnership in the Asia Cup history during India's clash against arch-rival Pakistan at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday. The duo achieved the landmark in a Super Four clash. Rahul and Kohli slaughtered Pakistan bowlers as they stitched up an unbeaten 233-run partnership in 194 deliveries.
Former Pakistan captain and all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez is a front-runner to become the national team's chief selector after the conclusion of the team's ongoing Sri Lanka tour. According to a report, Hafeez is favoured by the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board's Cricket Management Committee (CMC) Zaka Ashraf, to be appointed as the chief selector — a post that is lying vacant after the pervious CMC was dissolved in June.
Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel slammed a brilliant double century during Day 3 of the first Test encounter against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. He continued his impressive run of form and thanks to his sensational innings, he became the first Pakistan batter ever to score a double century in Sri Lanka. Earlier, the record belong to Mohammad Hafeez who scored 196 in 2012. It was a special innings from the 27-year-old who slammed 19 boundaries on his way to clinching the massive record. Legendary Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar was impressed with Shakeel as he took to Twitter to praise him.
West Indies' elimination from the ICC World Cup 2023 qualifiers on Saturday has sparked a lot of debate regarding the downfall of the team. One side is criticising the West Indies Cricket board for neglecting the players and their needs while the other side is pointing fingers at the players for prioritizing the franchise leagues more than international matches. The Shai Hope-led team was thrashed by Scotland in the Super 6 match of the World Cup Qualifiers by seven wickets and got knocked-out of the race for the marquee event, for the first time in history.
Former Pakistan skipper Mohammad Hafeez feels that India are a tough side to beat in a bilateral series, but when it comes to big ICC tournaments, the team fails to perform. It is worth noting that India have not won any major ICC trophy since the 2013 Champions Trophy. They reached the final of the T20 World Cup in 2014 where they lost to Sri Lanka. In the 2015 semi-final of ODI World Cup, they lost to Australia. India faced another semi-final defeat, this time in the 2016 T20 World Cup at the hands of West Indies. After that, the side also lost the Champions Trophy final to Pakistan in 2017, before being beaten by New Zealand in the semi-final of the ODI World Cup in 2019.
Known for his explosive batting, former India cricketer Mohammed Kaif was also a gun fielder during his playing days. And even though he has retired from professional cricket way back in 2012, he has still not lost his electric abilities on the field. On Saturday, Kaif rolled back the years with two stunning catches in a Legends League Cricket match against the Asia Lions. The first one was when he dived to his right and pulled off a stunning one-handed catch to dismiss Upul Tharanga.
India Maharajas put in a brilliant performance against Asia Lions, with skipper Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa's orchestrating unbeaten 159-run opening partnership to record an emphatic 10-wicket victory, in the fourth match of the LLC Masters at the Asian Town Cricket Stadium in Doha. Uthappa was the Player of the Match for the Asia Lions side, scoring an unbeaten 88 off just 39 balls, with the help of 11 fours and 5 sixes. Three of those sixes came in a single over against Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Hafeez.
Before Pakistan's T20 World Cup was announced, fans and cricket pundits were expecting veteran Shoaib Malik would be named in the squad, but disappointment followed as he was not given a chance in the 15-member squad. Now, former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez has revealed that he told Shoaib Malik to take retirement as he knew he would not be given a chance in the World Cup squad, nor would he be respected.