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Also Read | Pitch row: ICC issues clarification on Wankhede pitch, says ‘changes to planned pitch rotations are common’ "Reaching the No.1 spot in the white-ball format was a result of the collective efforts of players, coaches, and management, but I'd like to express my gratitude to passionate Pakistan cricket fans for their unwavering support during this journey," he added. "Today, I'm stepping down as the captain of Pakistan across all formats. It's a difficult decision, but I feel it is the right time for this call.

Pakistan cricket team in the 2023 Cricket World Cup, Babar Azam has decided to step down from his role as captain. Pakistan's inability to secure a spot in the semifinals, with five losses in nine matches, marked a significant setback in the tournament. Babar Azam, who himself faced challenges during the World Cup, accumulating 320 runs in nine matches, expressed his thoughts on the decision.

ICC World Cup 2023: After a below-average performance in the ICC World Cup, Pakistan's Babar Azam has decided to step down as the captain of the team from all formats of the game. In a long post on social media platform X, Babar Azam said that it is a difficult decision but he feels that this is the right time for the call. The decision comes as Pakistan couldn't perform up to its potential in ICC World Cup 2023 and the on-ground decisions of skipper Babar Azam were questioned multiple times.

Dubai International Airport this year will eclipse the pre-pandemic passenger figures in 2019, showing the strong rebound in travel after the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns that grounded aircraft worldwide, a top official said Wednesday. The airport, the world's busiest for international travel and home of the long-haul carrier Emirates, has had 64.5 million passengers pass through its cavernous concourses through the third quarter of this year. That puts it on track to reach 86.8 million passengers for the full year, which would exceed its 2019 figure of 86.3 million passengers.

ICC World Cup 2023 at Wankhede Stadium, the betting world has gained momentum too. Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team, which had been unbeaten in the ongoing World Cup tournament, so far is the current favourite for the betters. The two-time world champions will take on Kane Williamson-led New Zealand in a nail-biting semifinal clash, and the excitement is at another level.

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, another report surfaced that the Pakistan Cricket Board may sack its entire group of foreign support staff members. Pakistan head coach Grant Bradburn, team director Mickey Arthur, and batting coach Andrew Puttick will likely be released after the team's disappointing show in the World Cup 2023 in India, as per Pakistani news channel Samaa TV. Apart from this, the report added that the PCB chief Zaka Ashraf is set to hold an emergency meeting with former captain Younis Khan on Tuesday and announce the decision, quoted HT. The PCB members will review Pakistan's poor show in the ongoing ICC Men's World Cup tournament, where Babar Azam-led Pakistan managed to win only four of their nine league fixtures.

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, where they failed to book a semifinal seat, former Pakistan cricketer Abdul Razzaq stooped very low and compared with a reference to Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Razzaq, while hitting out at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)'s intentions, shelled out a bizarre example, mentioning the name of Aishwarya. Speaking at a press conference, where former players like Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi were also present, Razzaq said, “Here, I am referring to their (PCB’s) intention.

₹60,000 crore plan to upgrade the SU30 MKI fleet into lethal 4++ generation aircraft can be considered a facet of New Delhi’s current policy bent and objectives. While the ‘Super Sukhoi’ will include an array of domestic technologies, two aspects of it are especially revelatory. The induction of the Virupaksha AESA radar system, a gallium nitride derivative of India’s indigenous Uttam radar, followed by planned upgrades to AL31FP aero-engines are cases in point here.

Read our coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and the Ukraine war A concatenation of crises is hardly unprecedented. Sergey Radchenko, a historian, points to the examples of the Soviet invasion of Hungary and the Suez crisis overlapping in 1956, crises in Lebanon and the Taiwan Strait in 1958 and the tumultuous years of 1978-79, when the Chinese invasion of Vietnam, the Islamic revolution in Iran and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan unfolded in quick succession. In 1999 India and Pakistan, newly armed with nuclear missiles, waged a war over Kashmir while NATO bombed Serbian forces in Yugoslavia.

TOI stated that Kazi Nazrul Islam's grandson and granddaughter have refused to accept the apology from the makers. The rendition of ‘Karar oi louho kopat’ (Iron bars of jail) was released in the war movie ‘Pippa’ which stars Ishaan Khatter and Mrunal Thakur in the lead. The film is based on real-life events that happened during the 1971 war between India-Pakistan which led to the birth of Bangladesh.

Delhi pollution news: With Delhi's air quality deteriorating, the authorities of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, a government hospital in the city, have decided to establish a special Out-Patient Department (OPD) for pollution-related illnesses. "We have decided that a special OPD will run for pollution-related illnesses where comprehensive care can be given to the patients and will include a multi-departmental clinic because pollution affects multiple organs," Dr Ajay Shukla, Director of RML Hospital said as quoted by news agency ANI. He added that this special OPD has been made in view of the rising number of patients because of deteriorating pollution in the national capital. As per Dr Ajay, five departments including ENT, skin, respiratory tract, eye, and psychiatric departments will be there in the Special OPD.

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Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal and Abdul Razzaq, feel that skipper Babar Azam needs to give up captaincy and concentrate on his game following a dismal World Cup campaign under his leadership. Pakistan failed to qualify for the semifinals following five defeats in nine matches. They felt that Babar had got his share of chances as a leader but failed to deliver.

Pakistan are Laskhar-e-Taiba chief Hafeez Saeed's deputy and Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, Canada-based Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), close aide of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, Shahid Latif, and his brother Haris Hashim. While the government was battling for these wanted terrorists but their killings has led to accusations against the Indian government by Pakistan and Canada. The fresh controversy erupted after Nijjar was killed in Canada by two masked men in Canand outside a Gurudwara. Following Nijjar's murder a massive diplomatic row erupted between India and Canada.

India vs New Zealand, ICC World Cup 2023: Shubman Gill surpassed Pakistan skipper Babar Azam as the number 1 in the One Day International (ODI) cricket. The 24-year-old Indian opener has been great in every format of the game this year and never misses out on showing his brilliant techniques.

Afghan refugees who were deported from Pakistan following Islamabad's deadline, are struggling with cold weather amid dire conditions, Tolo News reported. The deportees said that they were forced to leave everything behind in Pakistan and are now facing dire conditions. Pari Gul, 80, was living in Pakistan for 40 years. «We have spent 40 years in Pakistan. We have done farming.

ICC Men's Cup 2023, where they finished fifth and lost a semifinal spot for the third time in a row. Apart from this, it happened for the first time Pakistan lost five matches in a single World Cup edition, including four of which took place consecutively. Though Babar received an amount of backing from former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja, who called for a 'change in the system' rather than the captain, former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Amir launched a fiery rant on Raza.

Karan Adani boasted that a newly inked $553 million US government financing deal toward a port terminal being developed by his family’s conglomerate was a “reaffirmation by the international community.” The announcement marked a welcome reprieve for India’s Adani Group following a damaging short-seller attack and a number of corporate fraud allegations leveled against it this year. It also signaled Washington’s endorsement for the port empire owned by Karan’s father and billionaire Gautam Adani — seen as a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi — that would help curb China’s maritime influence in the Indian ocean. Those waters account for more than one-third of the world’s bulk cargo traffic and two-thirds of oil shipments. Chakri Lokapriya, chief investment officer at TCG Asset Management Co. in Mumbai, called Adani’s port ambitions a “strategic” play, assisting India to counter China’s own string of ports in its backyard, stretching from Sri Lanka to Pakistan. Now Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd., seen as the conglomerate’s crown jewel, is eyeing further “opportunities in our neighboring countries,” Karan Adani, the operator’s chief executive officer, told Bloomberg News in the Sri Lankan capital. Those include potential ventures in Bangladesh, as well as East African and Southeast Asian nations, including Tanzania and Vietnam, adding to its existing Sri Lanka and Israel developments, he said. In a world that’s “looking beyond China — it is indeed a Chinese-styled expansion by Adani,” said Sanjiv Bhasin, director at Mumbai-based IIFL Securities Ltd.

World Cup. Virat Kohli scored 51 in 56 balls, with five fours and a six. His runs came at a strike rate of over 91.

Indian Army exchanged sweets with their Pakistani counterparts on the occasion of Diwali on Sunday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. However, there was no traditional exchange of sweets and pleasantries between the two sides along the International Border (IB), the officials said, attributing it to the tense situation following the recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan Rangers that left a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan dead.

ICC World Cup 2023 on November 12, the Indian batters demolished the Dutch bowling attack, as they ended up posting a mammoth total of 410/4 in 50 overs. This is the second time in the history of World Cups when India has registered a 400-plus score. The last time India posted a target of over 400 runs in a World Cup match goes back to 2007, when the team had scored 413/5 (50 overs) against Bermuda in the match played in Port of Spain.