Posts tagged as: Dhaka

Pakistan players get lucrative packages in Bangladesh Premier League

In what appeared to be a positive development for the sportsmen, Pakistani players received lucrative contracts to play in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).   During the auction, Pakistani players Shahid Afridi and Imran Nazir were included in the golden category which led to them receiving some of the highest paid contracts. Imran received a […]

PPP leadership rules out division of Sindh over new local body act

Ruling out division of Sind, the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) held a huge public gathering in support of much criticized Sindh Peoples Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) at Hyderabad. Former PM Yousaf Raza Gilani, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, Moula Bakhsh Chandio were among the top leaders who addressed […]

Matthew Wade undoes West Indies hard work

Matthew Wade launched up his first ever test century in the first-innings of the third test between Australia and West Indies to push the visitors up to 328 after being reduced to 169/7. The wicket keeper batsman made 106 runs from 46 balls which included 10 fours and 3 sixes. The Aussie top order failed […]

Steady Kolkata down Deccan Chargers

An all round performance from the Kolkata Knight Riders left Deccan Chargers winless at the bottom of the table as KKR climbed up to third spot with four wins after seven games. Chargers are yet to register a point in this season’s IPL and have played five games in all so far. Knight Riders won […]

Gayle’s power brings down Mohali tower

Kings XI Punjab suffered their fourth defeat of the season as they were trounced at home by the Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets. Chris Gayle scored a rapid fire 87 to continue his good form and propel Bangalore to the seventh place on the table. Winning the toss and chosing to field first, Punjab […]

74th death anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Without seeing implementation of his dream of a separate Muslim homeland, Shair-e-Mushriq (Poet of the East) and Muffakir-e-Pakistan (Inceptor of Pakistan) Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal left this world almost seven and half decades ago. Today, the nation is marking 74th death anniversary of Allama Mohammed Iqbal with respect and honor. Born in Sialkot in British […]

Kings XI Punjab record first win in IPL Five

Kings XI Punjab registered their first win of this season’s IPL after defeating the in-form Sahara Pune Warriors by seven wickets. Both sides met on Thursday, April 12, at the PCA Stadium with the home side emerging as comfortable winners. Punjab won the toss and chose to field first restricting the Warriors to 115 in […]

West Indies fight but Australia win

West Indies made a match of 192 runs but eventually succumbed to Aussie quality as the hosts lost the first of the Three-match test series by three wickets. Ryan Harris was declared the Man of the Match for his superb all-round performance. Having declared their first-innings at 449/9 West Indies failed to dislodge the last […]

Chanderpaul vigil takes West Indies past 400

Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 25th test century guided West Indies past 400 in their first innings of the first test match against Australia at the Kensington Oval. The home side eventually declared their innings at 449/9 with Chanderpaul staying not-out on 103 and Devendra Bishoo on 18. Adrian Barath and Kraigg Brathwaite opened the innings for the […]

Mumbai Indians kick-start IPL season five with a win over Chennai

Harbhajan Singh’s Mumbai Indians cruised past Mahinder Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in the first game of the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Mumbai restricted the defending champions to 112 in 19.5 overs. Only Suresh Raina managed to score 36 of 26 balls while the […]

Australia collapse on the second day of the tour match

The Australians failed to cope up with the attacking bowling of the West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI as they declared their innings at 214/9 after the home team were all out for 201 in their first innings, Only Peter Forrest and Michael Clarke showed some resistance in the Aussie innings with Forrest staying unbeaten […]

Ryan Harris and Michael Beer demolish WICB President’s XI

West Indies Cricket Board President XI were all out for 201 on the first day against the touring Australians. The home side won the toss and chose to bat first with Keiron Powell, Dwayne Smith and Jason Holder scoring notable runs for the Islanders. Powell made 42 before being cleaned up by Harris. Smith amassed […]

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