ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban launched coordinated overnight attacks on four police stations in Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, engaging security forces in intense firefights that stretched into the early hours of Saturday.The assaults targeted Dadiwala and Pezo stations in Lakki Marwat, and Ghoriwala and Bakakhel stations in Bannu, alongside Khojri checkpost … Read more
Pakistan players walk after their loss to India in the ICC Champions Trophy. (AP Photo) Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik found a unique way to express his frustration after Pakistan’s six-wicket defeat to India in their Group A Champions Trophy clash in Dubai on Sunday. When asked for his reaction by former Pakistan pacer Shoaib … Read more
Mohammad Rizwan after losing the Champions Trophy match against India in Dubai. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan said that his team’s hopes of winning the Champions Trophy had “ended” following a devastating defeat to fierce rivals India on Sunday.Hosts Pakistan almost got eliminated from the race for … Read more
Hardik Pandya (R) celebrates with teammates the wicket of Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel during the ICC Champions Trophy match. (AP) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: For two matches in a row, there was slowburn in the middle-overs when India were bowling at the Dubai International Stadium. Against Bangladesh, on February 20, and during the Pakistan game today, the … Read more
Such is the format of the Champions Trophy that even one defeat can jeopardise a team’s chances of making it to the semifinals, and Pakistan must be licking its wounds while thinking that after their loss in the tournament opener against New Zealand on Wednesday in Karachi. But focus shifts to India’s big stars in … Read more
Pakistan’s Babar Azam reacts as he walks off the field after his dismissal. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has strongly criticised the team’s approach in the recently concluded tri-nation series, particularly questioning the decision to have Babar Azam open the innings. His comments came after Pakistan’s five-wicket loss to New Zealand … Read more
ISLAMABAD: At least three cops were killed and six injured Thursday after nearly a dozen militants stormed a police check post at Karak district in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, officials said.Although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, suspicion is likely to fall on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has frequently … Read more
Wasim Akram. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Pakistan selectors on Friday named the squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy scheduled to start from February 19.Pakistan brought back top-order batter Fakhar Zaman while Saim Ayub missed out due to injury.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Poll What Excites You the … Read more
MUMBAI: A fresh controversy has erupted over Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan and UAE in February-March. TOI has learnt BCCI doesn’t want its players to wear jerseys with the name of Pakistan, one of the host nations, displayed on it.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!BCCI is also firm that … Read more