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‘Babar kya khaak kaptani karega…’: Disappointed Ramiz Raja loses cool, tears into PCB after Pakistan’s World Cup ouster | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A fuming former Pakistan skipper and cricket board chairman Ramiz Raja lashed out at the PCB for destroying Pakistan cricket after Babar Azam and Co.'s exit from the ongoing World Cup in India.After Pakistan failed to qualify for the semis, finishing fifth in the standings, a disappointed Ramiz defended Babar and even had a slip of tongue in an ill-tempered video on his YouTube channel.“Jab naye ball se wickets nahi lenge, aap expensive hote jayenge toh Babar Azam kya khaak kapataani karega (When bowlers will not take wickets with the new ball and start getting expensive, how would Babar do captaincy then?,” Ramiz said on his YouTube channel.“And then they (PCB) would gather some ex-cricketers and ask them how to fix cricket? Who put them in charge (of the board)? Is their jo...
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‘The problem for Pakistan in this ODI World Cup is that the fast bowling is struggling’: Wasim Akram

Babar Azam’s decision to bowl first against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, backfired as the Kiwis posted a commanding 401/6 from 50 overs in their high-stakes World Cup match on Saturday. You can try your hand at solving our Cricket World Cup crossword Pace spearheads Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi were taken apart as the Pakistan bowlers did not have enough variations to counter the smooth Chinnaswamy pitch as Ravindra (108 off 94 balls) and Williamson (95 off 79 balls) ran them ragged. New Zealand made 114 runs in the last ten overs to give Pakistan a steep mountain to scale down This led to scathing criticism from former Pakitan legend Wasim Akram. “They bowled badly. Shaheen went for 90 in his ten, and Hasan Ali went for 82 in his ten overs. The problem for Pakistan in this...
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Zaka Ashraf to push for Pakistan’s World Cup matches at neutral venues in ICC meeting at Durban | Cricket News – Times of India

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) acting chairman Zaka Ashraf will push for the country's ODI World Cup matches at neutral venues at the ICC meetings in Durban this week, the Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (Sports), Ahsan Mazari, has said."Zaka Ashraf will bring up the issue of why can't Pakistan's matches in the World Cup be played at neutral venues when the Indian team can't travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup," he said.India has refused to play its Asia Cup matches in Pakistan owing to geopolitical tensions, and after months of speculation around the continental tournament, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that the event will be staged in a hybrid model with four games in Pakistan and nine in Sri Lanka from August 31 to September 17.However, the PCB recently ...