Tag: World Cup
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Samosa recipes, Oppenheimer and Aliza Sahar; Pakistan’s most searched topics on Google in 2023
Billions of topics are searched on Google every day and at the end of every year, the search engine releases a list of the most popular searches. Google has now released a list of the most searched topics in Pakistan during 2023. The eight different categories disclosed include cricket matches, events/occasions, how-to, news, recipes, TV…
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Cummins urges Australia to ’embrace’ India crowd challenge in World Cup final
Australia captain Pat Cummins has urged his side to “embrace” the challenge of facing a hostile crowd when they play in-form hosts India in Sunday’s World Cup final in Ahmedabad. A capacity crowd of 130,000 — which would be a record for any cricket match — is expected to roar on India, who have won…
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Bangladesh coach calls for timed-out rule change as Shakib row rumbles on
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha called for a change to cricket’s timed-out law, saying it should be a matter for the umpires only, as debate rumbled on about Shakib Al Hasan’s role in a controversial dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews. Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in a World Cup group-stage game in Delhi…
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Lockdown restrictions revised in Punjab
The Punjab government on Thursday revised the terms of the lockdown imposed in multiple districts of the province as major cities grapple with crippling fog. In its amended notification, the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department of the province notified that call centres and international information technology companies will be allowed to operate during the lockdown.…
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Punjab imposes partial smart lockdown for four days
The Government of Punjab, after approval from the Chief Minister, has ordered “restricted movement” in some areas of Punjab to combat smog. The areas of Lahore Division (District Lahore, Nankana Sahib, Sheikhupura, Kasur), District Gujranwala, District Hafizabad, and District Narowal, have the worst Air Quality Index (AQI), becoming potential hotspots for Conjunctivitis, and will go…
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‘Like living under Covid’, say Pakistan due to ‘stifling’ World Cup security
Players are not allowed to venture out of their hotel without heavy security, forcing them to spend most of time in rooms Pakistani cricketers present in India for the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 feel confined like they are back into COVID era due to the tight security that team director Mickey Arthur described as…
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Schools shut as toxic Smog engulfs India’s capital
Schools were shut across India’s capital on Friday as a noxious grey smog engulfed the megacity and made life a misery for its 30 million inhabitants. Smoke from farmers burning crop stubble, vehicle exhaust and factory emissions combine every winter to blanket Delhi in a choking haze. The public health crisis has persisted for decades…
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Pakistan’s World Cup woe — what’s gone wrong?
Pakistan’s chances of making the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup are on a knife-edge after their eight-wicket defeat to Afghanistan. AFP Sport looks at three problem areas for Babar Azam’s falterinordinary World class bowling looks ordinary Pakistan’s bowling was touted as world class before the Asia Cup and when they restricted a strong India…
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‘When you have your crowd then you get the support’: Saud Shakeel
Pakistan paid a heavy price for being “under extra pressure” in their World Cup defeat by arch-rivals India, said batsman Saud Shakeel, who Wednesday lamented the absence of the team’s passionate supporters from the tournament. Pakistan were thrashed by seven wickets on Saturday at Ahmedabad’s 132,000-capacity stadium where there was only a handful of Pakistani…
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Iphones lost, bags stolen at Narendra Modi Stadium during Pakistan-India match
The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad witnessed a high-octane World Cup clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on Saturday. The world’s biggest cricket stadium was filled to capacity as more than one lakh spectators came to watch the most anticipated match of the year. But while the majority of the fans got what they wished…