ECB CEO announced that England will play two additional men’s T20s when they visit Pakistan next year. Apparently, the announcement was made after England cricket chief Tom Harrison met with his Pakistani counterpart, Ramiz Raja, in Lahore. The ECB originally planned to play five T20I matches during next year’s tour of Pakistan.
The government is planning to reveal the contents of the agreement with Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) within ten days. Following the Prime Minister’s approval of force against protesters, it has been revealed that the military leadership advised against it. Government officials have decided in principle to make public the agreement they signed with the TLP but kept it secret up until it was implemented.
Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan’s Nobel prize laureate, and a rights activist tied the knot on Tuesday in a Nikkah ceremony at her Birmingham home. A 24-year-old activist said it was one of the most special days of her life. Malala’s husband, Asser Malik, is the PCB’s general manager of the High-Performance Center. The couple is looking forward to the journey ahead together, she stated.
Rohit Sharma has been named the new captain of India’s T20 team, replacing Virat Kohli. The Indian cricket board announced the squad for the upcoming tour by New Zealand after the team crashed out of the World Cup. The Indian board announced Rohit, 34, as its T20 captain as the upcoming New Zealand tour gets underway.
Asif Ali, who has been performing well in the ongoing T20 World Cup, has been voted the ICC Player of the Month for October. Ali beat out the Bangladeshi Shakib Al Hasan and Namibian David Wiese to win the men’s award. He scored unbeaten 52 runs across three games for Pakistan at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, with a strike rate of 273.68.
Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez withdrew from Pakistan’s three-match T20 series against Bangladesh on Monday. In his opinion, young players should have the chance to play on the tour. He will play in Pakistan’s Twenty20 World Cup semifinal game against Australia in Dubai on Thursday. Following the T20Is, Pakistan’s 18-man squad will fly to Bangladesh for two Tests.
ICC plans to release a digital artwork depicting Shaheen Shah Afridi’s stunning dismissal of Rohit Sharma in Pakistan’s victory against India. This dramatic moment occurred in the first T20 World Cup 2021 match. It will release the artwork on its Faze app, a digital collectible forum that exclusively deals with Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs).
The head of English cricket’s administration visited Pakistan to try to mend relations strained by the cancellation of the Twenty20 tour in October. In 2022, England is due to play a Test series there, which is 16 years since they last visited Pakistan. Due to security concerns, ECB canceled the October tour days after New Zealand canceled its trip to Pakistan.
The Malam Jabba ski resort in Swat has closed its doors to tourists once again. The site was attacked by armed attackers who destroyed barriers and vandalized other structures. This is the third time such an incident has taken place in the past two years. Authorities reported that security guards were also injured after the attackers manhandled them.
Adnan Sami received the fourth-highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri award for his contribution to the field of performing arts. Pakistani-born Adnan Sami became an Indian citizen in 2016. The award was widely criticized when it was announced in January, with the Nationalist Congress Party calling it an “insult to 130 crore Indians.”