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Rana Nasir Ghafoor
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Ross Taylor hopes New Zealand batsmen counter Pakistan’s spin threat

Pakistan are all set to start their 2012 World T20 campaign with a crucial game against New Zealand – a buoyant side after beating Bangladesh comprehensively. Without a doubt, spin bowling will be Pakistan’s biggest strength in the tournament, as the Men in Green have some quality spinners, such as Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi and […]

Virat Kohli admits bowling at death overs a concern for India

India’s ‘Man of the Match’ in the first World T20 game against Afghanistan, Virat Kohli is not over-confident about his team’s chances in the mega event, and wants his teammates to learn a lesson even from an easy win. The in-form batman was not reluctant to admit that while batting department is India’s biggest strength, […]

Brendan Taylor: Zimbabwe a far better side than what we put on display against Sri Lanka

Zimbabwean captain Brendan Taylor is seriously disappointed over his team’s awful loss in the opening game of ICC World T20 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Batting first, the Lankans put a huge score of 182 on the board. Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Jeevan Mendis all batted superbly to take their side to a decent […]

Spin bowling key for India in ICC World Twenty20, says Stuart MacGill

Former Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has said that spin bowling and dynamic batting line-up will be the key elements for India in the ongoing ICC World T20 championship in Sri Lanka. He also talked about his native side’s chances, and predicted that the struggling Kangaroos would not be able to reach the final. MacGill’s comments […]

Mohammad Hafeez happy with Pakistan’s positive run-chase against India

Mohammad Hafeez happy with Pakistan’s positive run-chase against India Pakistan T20 captain Mohammad Hafeez has expressed satisfaction at the positive way his side went for run-chase against India in a crucial warm-up game on Monday. Just a day before the start of the World T20, the arch-rivals met in a tense encounter. As expected, the […]

Irfan Pathan pleased with his current form

Irfan Pathan pleased with his current form Irfan Pathan has been bowling quite well since returning from a long injury. He was India’s most successful bowler in the recently concluded One Day International series against New Zealand. The left-arm medium pacer showed a few stunning performances, including a classy five-wicket haul. Pathan himself is pretty […]

Yuvraj Singh’s comeback is incredible, says Sourav Ganguly

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has expressed satisfaction at Yuvraj Singh’s performance post serious illness, and said that it was an incredible comeback by the Punjab-born all-rounder. Yuvraj underwent chemotherapy in America earlier this year. Straight after his return to India, the left-hander started training, and made a wonderful comeback to the national setup in […]

Chris Gayle eagerly looking forward to World T20

Aggressive West Indian opening batsman Chris Gayle is all set to revive happy memories in Sri Lanka, where he played his career-best Test innings of 333 a couple of years ago. In the first Test at Galle in 2010, the explosive left-hander smashed his maiden triple-century. The sweet memories of his wonderful knock are still […]

Yuvraj Singh under no pressure now, says MS Dhoni

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that the pressure is now off Yuvraj Singh’s head, as he performed magnificently in his comeback game post a serious illness. After getting his cancer cured, the all-rounder returned to the national setup in the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand on Tuesday. Despite being under tremendous pressure, […]

Javed Miandad to give batting tips to Green Shirts

Javed Miandad to give batting tips to Green Shirts Pakistan batsmen’s terrible failure in the third and last Twenty20 International against Australia has made the team management realise that the Green Shirts certainly need some help in the batting department. In order to made things slightly better ahead of the imminent World T20 championship, Pakistan […]

James Anderson: Michael Vaughan left me ‘alone and isolated’

Michael Vaughan is widely regarded as one of the fine English skippers ever, but James Anderson has a different take on this. Recalling the sour memories of his past, the right-arm pacer slammed Vaughan for leaving him ‘alone and isolated’, adding that the former skipper lacked the ability to talk to his players. Vaughan led […]

Kevin Pietersen’s absence no concern for Stuart Broad

England Twenty20 skipper Stuart Broad has made it clear that Kevin Pietersen’s absence is not going to overshadow the upcoming big competition at Sri Lanka, where his side will defend World T20 title. Pietersen could not earn a place in the squad for the imminent World T20 championship following a text-message controversy. The South Africa-born […]

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