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  PCB announces squads, captains for upcoming Champions cups PCB announces squads, captains for upcoming Champions Cup The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced captains and squads of the five Champions One-Day Cup teams. The tournament will be played in Faisalabad from 12-29 September. The captains were appointed by the five team mentors: Misbah-ul-Haq (Wolves), Saqlain Mushtaq (Panthers), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Dolphins), Shoaib Malik (Stallions) and Waqar Younis (Lions). Pakistan’s Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel has been appointed captain of the Dolphins, former Pakistan T20I captain Shaheen Shah Afridi will lead the Lions and the Panthers will be skippered by former white-ball vice-captain, Shadab Khan. Pakistan Shaheens’ captain Mohammad Haris will lead the Stallions, while ex-all-format vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan will captain the Wolves. The Champions One-Day Cup will feature the country’s top cricketers. This 50-over tournament will be played in a single-league forma...
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Sarfaraz Ahmed took his place behind the stumps as Abrar Ahmed came around the wicket to Shakib Al Hasan, and watched as the left-hander slapped it over cover to hit the winning runs. Pakistan had plumbed new depths, losing 2-0 to a Bangladesh side who had just achieved their greatest series win. It was Pakistan's fifth Test defeat on the bounce, and they had extended their winless run at home to 10 Test matches. Less than 24 hours later, Sarfaraz was in Lahore. He hadn't been called up for any kind of emergency meeting to discuss how to address that defeat. The PCB had, instead, sent for him because he was the only one of the  five mentors  - recently appointed at great expense - who hadn't yet talked up the current board's latest vanity project: the Champions Cup. So in case you wondered how seriously the PCB are taking their worst home run in Test cricket, here was Pakistan's most experienced Test player being asked to perform pre-competition vapidities for a wh...
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 India bashed our pacers.. secret was out to the world': Ramiz Raja blames Indian Batters for Pakistan's loss against Bangladesh in first Test Ramiz Raja blamed Indian batters for Pakistan's loss against Bangladesh. He said they have exposed the weakness of their pacers to the whole world. Story Highlights: Pakistan suffer a 10-wicket loss against Bangladesh in 1st Test. Ramiz Raja blames Indian batters for this loss. Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 10 wickets in the first Test of the ongoing two-match Test series. As soon as the team lost, it became a target of massive criticism and scrutiny with its fans and experts calling out their abysmal performance. The ex-chairman of Pakistan Ramiz Raja interestingly gave an Indian angle behind the team's defeat against Najmal Hasan Shanto and Co. The Pakistan Cricket team witnessed a new low in its cricketing history as the team led by Shan Masood was defeated by the 9th-ranked Bangladesh team for the first time ever in red-...
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