Former cricketer Basit Ali believes Pakistan's top batting star Babar Azam's position in the team will remain unaffected even if he fails to deliver in the upcoming Champions Trophy.
Mohammad Rizwan will lead the team, having done so since Babar Azam stepped down from the role after the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in 2023. This is the first 50-over ICC tournament since then.
Former cricketer Basit Ali has suggested Test captain Shan Masood's name for the opening slot if Saim Ayub is ruled out for next month's ICC Champions Trophy.
Fakhar Zaman lit up the Dubai International Stadium with a stellar knock of 67 runs in 52 deliveries to secure a five-wicket victory for the Desert Vipers against the MI Emirates in the International League T20 (ILT20) on Thursday.
Fakhar Zaman is sure about representing Pakistan again and is gearing up for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled to begin on February 19 in Pakistan and Dubai.
The families of Zaman Jan and Abul Hassan Baloch, two Baloch men allegedly forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces, have vowed to block the CPEC road at Hoship indefinitely unless their loved ones are released by tonight, the Balochwarna News reported.
For the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025, the defending champions, Pakistan, are expected to recall Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman back into the squad, according to Geo News.
In an interview with Prothomalo, General Waker-Uz-Zaman said that India and Bangladesh have a "give and take relationship" and added that the relations must be based on fairness.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Wednesday condemned the ongoing cases of enforced disappearances and targeted harassment of Baloch people in Pakistan, after the recent abductions of Zaman Baloch and Abul Hassan.
The families of abducted individuals, Zaman Jan and Abul Hasan, staged a protest on Tuesday on the M-8 CPEC highway in the Hoshab area of Kech district, Balochistan for the immediate release of the victims.
Pakistan batter Fakhar Zaman surprised a section of fans after he decided to choose Pakistan batter Babar Azam as a better Test player over Virat Kohli despite statistics favouring the Indian stalwart.