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After saying India gets different balls from ICC, former Pakistani cricketer Hasan Raza now says DRS is manipulated to help India

OpIndia Staff - 6 November, 2023

While admitting that there was no tampering with the ball, Hasan Raza did cast aspersions on the ‘weight’ of the ball given to India.

Cricket

ICC’s number 1 ranked bowler Shaheen Afridi creates a record, concedes Pakistan’s most expensive World Cup spell in the match against New Zealand

OpIndia Staff - 4 November, 2023

The dismal performance by the much-hyped left-arm pacer who currently happens to be the Number 1 ODI bowler has revived the debate that players' game performance at the biggest platform and at crucial stages of games against top-seated teams should be given precedence over cumulative wicket/run tallies that include weaker sides (minnows).

News Reports

Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 Football World Cup, emerges as sole bidder after Australia dropped out

ANI - 1 November, 2023

Saudi Arabia has emerged as the only bidder for 2034 football World Cup and it will be officially awarded the tournament soon

News Reports

It could have injured my eye: Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan reveals he was hit with an iron nail by the crowd in Peshawar...

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2023

Irfan Pathan revealed that he was hit with an iron nail below his eye during the India-Pakistan match in Peshawar in February 2006

News Reports

Pakistani cricketers threaten to not wear sponsor logos, boycott promotional events at World Cup over non-payment of match fees

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2023

Pakistan cricketers yet to get paid for 4 months, likely to boycott sponsor logos & ICC World Cup promotions in protest

News Reports

Pakistan cricket team cancels team bonding trip to Dubai due to visa delays for ICC World Cup in India

OpIndia Staff - 23 September, 2023

The Pakistan cricket team originally planned a brief bonding session in Dubai before heading to Hyderabad. However, visa delays have disrupted their plans.

News Reports

‘Monumental disaster’, ‘cringeworthy’: Cricket fans slam ICC over the newly released World Cup anthem

OpIndia Staff - 20 September, 2023

Cricket fans took to social media to express their disappointment over the Ranveer Singh-starrer World Cup anthem released by the ICC.

Opinions

Not just maths, Priyanka Chaturvedi needs to take lessons on cricket and English too as she asks BCCI to regard Indo-Pak match at WC...

Amit Kelkar - 15 September, 2023

Priyanka Chaturvedi today tried to conflate bilateral series with multinational tournaments in her attempt to attack Anurag Thakur over scheduled clash between India and Pakistan in the upcoming world cup.

News Reports

Jenni Hermoso and several others refuse to play after she was forcibly kissed by chief of Spanish football Luis Rubiales: Details

OpIndia Staff - 26 August, 2023

On August 20, Sunday, the Spanish women's football federation chief Rubiales came under fire for kissing Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso on her lips during the trophy celebration

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