The who's who of Pakistan cricket turned out for a peace match organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) in the city on Sunday with former captain and the PTI founder, Imran Khan making his presence at the jam packed stadium as the chief guest.
On October 13, 1987, England put up one of the worst displays of chasing a target under pressure after being well on course towards an emphatic victory against Pakistan at Rawalpindi in the Reliance World Cup. Aayush Puthran recounts the story of the match.
Pakistan's former captain Saleem Malik, who is serving a life ban for match-fixing, has come out of hibernation to lambast the current national team by comparing it to the Indian side of the '90s which, according to him, "didn't play as a unit".
On May 31, 1999, Bangladesh pulled off an incredible triumph over Pakistan in a World Cup match at Northampton. The joyous scenes after the conclusion of the match gives adrenaline rush to the Bangladesh cricket aficionados, even today. Sarang Bhalerao revisits the watershed moment in the history of Bangladesh cricket.
On April 29, 1997, Sri Lanka’s Aravinda de Silva became the first man to score two unbeaten hundreds in a Test — a record he alone holds till date. The innings didn’t result in victory for his side, but it emphasised the incredible form he was in the middle of. Karthik Parimal summarises the Test that homes de Silva’s heroics.
Saleem Malik was all flair and grace while batting; he was one of the greatest Pakistan batsmen of the eighties and nineties, and was Pakistan’s emergency attendant on many an occasion. Unfortunately, people remember him more in context of the slimy cricketing underbelly of bookmakers and match-fixing.
On April 2, 1996, Sanath Jayasuriya sustained his awesome exploits in the World Cup with a carried on by blazing his way to a hundred off 48 deliveries — a One-Day International record at the time — against Pakistan on the first day of international cricket in Singapore. Karthik Parimal revisits the blitzkrieg that broke many a record.
81 runs were plundered while Saleem Malik pulverised the Indian bowlers. He scored 72 of them from just 36 balls.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Zaka Ashraf is confident that the death of India's firebrand leader Bal Thackeray will not affect their national team's upcoming tour to India even though the late leader's party has strongly opposed the revival of bilateral cricket ties.
This is Part 3 of a series in which two different cricketers are paired who could easily be mistaken for siblings in the way they went about their game. Read on for more on the soul-siblings of the gentleman's game! In this episode, Arunabha Sengupta writes about the two men related by fortune and finesse are Mohammad Azharuddin and Saleem Malik.