Tag: cricketers
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2020 Sports Roundup – Some losses, some gains
2020 has been a very strange year for sporting events around the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stadiums, courts and all other sporting activities were suspended as people practised social distancing and stayed away from each other. The Olympics, scheduled to be held in Japan were also cancelled along with a plethora of other…
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Shahid Afridi leaves LPL midway due to a ‘personal emergency’
Shahid Afridi, who joined the Galle Gladiators squad after he missed his flight, has left the Lanka Premier League (LPL) midway due to a “personal emergency”. In a tweet, the cricketer who his captaining his team Galle Gladiators, said that he has “a personal emergency to attend to back home”. He added that he will…
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LPL 2020: Shahid Afridi’s clash with Afghanistan’s Naveenul Haq goes viral
Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi’s clash with Afghanistan’s Naveenul Haq has gone viral over the internet. As per the details, the clash followed a heated exchange of words between Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir and Haq during a match of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) on Monday. Haq’s Kandy Tuskers beat Afridi and Amir’s Galle Gladiators by…
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Are IPL’s Mumbai Indians the greatest domestic T20 side ever?
Mumbai Indians on Tuesday defeated Delhi Capitals in the final of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 becoming the most successful IPL team in history. The defending champions lifted the trophy of IPL for the fifth time, following which the International Cricket Council (ICC) asked their followers if the team was “the greatest domestic T20 side…
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‘Among us’: ICC challenges cricket fans to spot the imposter
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday released a series of images on Twitter featuring famous cricketers alongside their Among Us avatars. Among Us is an online multiplayer game centered around a space-theme. Players are given either the role of crew mate or imposter and the objective of the game is to find the imposter…
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Fans spot ‘Virat Kohli’, ‘Usman Shinwari’ in Ertuğrul
As Diriliş: Ertuğrul fever continues to grip Pakistanis, fans have now started pointing out how two of the show’s characters look a bit too much like two South Asian cricketing stars… and to be honest, the resemblance is truly uncanny! READ: Pakistanis lose it over ‘un-Islamic’ Instagram of ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ star While many took to…
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Sindh High Court reminds PCB of players’ sheesha controversy, seeks answer
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has resent a notice to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on a petition regarding its inaction against former national team skipper Shoaib Malik and other cricketers for violating team rules, Geo News reported. Prior to a crucial match against arch-rivals India at the World Cup 2019, batsman Malik was snapped at…