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History does not repeat itself, but it can remind you of the past in several ways. Miandad, Shahid Afridi, and now Naseem Shah. Two enormous sixes by Naseem Shah in the final over against Afghanistan not only helped Pakistan in crossing the line but also reminded those specific Afghanistan players to never show us the middle finger. Never! My reaction when Fareed sledged Asif Ali It was a low-scoring game, Afghanistan batted first and scored decently during the powerplay, but spinners, again doing the job for Pakistan, restricted  Afghanistan to only 129-6 in their twenty overs. Ibrahim Zadran was the top-scoring player scoring 35 off 37 balls. Hazratullah Zazai scored 21 off 17 balls. In the Pakistani bowling side, Haris Rauf took two wickets, while Naseem Shah, Shadab, and Nawaz took one wicket each. The row between Fareed and Asif. Pakistan's team started off poorly, with Babar Azam out on a duck. The middle order was decent but during the final death overs, the Pakistani middle...

                                                                  I had a knack for literature. Robinson Crusoe, Oliver Twist, The war of the worlds. Dickens, Lois Stevenson, Phillip K., J.R.R. Tolkien. I wasn’t a big fan of Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, I wasn’t like the rest. It was my first day as a “monitoring guy”. The most respected educational institute in Pakistan. A healthy salary, medical and transport perks. I was satisfied. My introduction to the office was pronto. The HR had to attend an emergency meeting. In front of the office, I stood, while the HR rumbled these words, from outside the room, holding the door. “Mr. Ali, replaced with Mr. Nawaz. He will be monitoring the library” She let go of the door and it was slammed shut, causing me to reflexively jerk (the wind was equa...

Dwindling forex reserves, a struggling economy, inflation up by 25 percent, 1500 deaths, 700,000 livestock killed, 33 million people affected, 1.7 million houses damaged or destroyed, and a loss of 10 billion USD to both infrastructure and agriculture sectors due to the massive flooding in different provinces of the country. This is the current status quo of Pakistan, 9 months into 2022. Analysts are suggesting that Pakistan may have to go back to IMF again, for flood relief, even after the release of the 1.17 billion USD tranche a few weeks earlier. More than 80 million hectares of crops have been destroyed including onions, tomatoes, rice, etc. and almost all of Pakistan has been affected by rising prices of food commodities due to broken supply chains. This will not only cause massive impacts on food security but also on economic growth since Pakistan's agricultural sector contributes 23 percent of the total country’s GDP. Various proposals have been put forth for opening food c...

What a match! What an absolute nail-biting match! This is what T20 cricket is all about, intense, nail-biter, and totally unpredictable. Even during the second half of the second innings, I thought that India was going to take the lead 2-0. I am so glad that I was wrong. Lord Khushdil Shah😍😍 Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first. India made 182-7 after a flying start. Has it had not been for Nawaz and Shadab, India would have crossed the 200+ mark, judging by the powerplay of Indian batting. Naseem Shah, Muhammad Hussain, Haris Rauf, and Nawaz took one wicket each, while Shadab picked up two wickets. King Kohli performed exceptionally well, making 60 off 44 balls. Rohit Sharma and Rahul did pick up the pace for team India, resulting in a dream start of 62 runs in the powerplay, however, the exceptionally bowling of Pakistani spinners made it impossible for India to cross the 200 mark. 💗 In the second innings, Pakistan started off slowly, scoring only 44 in the powerplay. ...

 After a superb win against the opposition, Hong Kong. Pakistan has qualified for the Super four of the Asia cup 2022.  Batting first, Pakistan scored 193 with the loss of two wickets. Rizwan with his fabulous 78 off 55 balls won the man of the match award. Fakhar, too scored 53 off 41 balls, maintaining a crucial partnership with Rizwan. Khushdil Shah made sure that Pakistan crossed that 180 runs marks after hitting 4 sixes in the last over. Hong Kong fell apart in their batting side and was bowled out for just 38 runs in 10.4 overs. Naseem Shah took 2 wickets, Shadab 3 wickets, and Nawaz a whooping four wickets. What a spell it was! Nevertheless, Pakistan is back, and after beating Hong Kong with this massive margin, the Pakistan team is super confident again. Hopefully, they will give a tough time to India in the coming match this Sunday, and hopefully, Pakistan will be able to avenge the heartbreaking defeat in their last match against India. It's Pakistan vs India again ...

Pakistan is all set to play Hong Kong in the 6th match of the Asia Cup today. This will be the last match of the group stages after which the super four matches will commence. India, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan have already qualified for the super four, this last match of the group stage will decide who is going to be the fourth team. Hong Kong and Pakistan have faced off three times in the previous editions of the Asia Cup, out of which Pakistan has come out victorious every time. According to credible sources, Muhammad Hussain will be replacing Naseem Shah due to his fitness issue. Rest assured, Pakistan's playing eleven will remain unchanged. Hong Kong's playing eleven will remain unchanged too, after their last faceoff with India.  If Pakistan win's today, they will once again face off with their bitter rivals, India on the 4th of September, Sunday.