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Sarfraz appointed
Pakistan T20 captain
Lahore, Apr 5: Wicketkeeper batsman Sarfraz
Ahmed has replaced
Shahid Afridi as the
captain of the Pakistan
Twenty20 team.
Sarfraz, who was
appointed vice-captain
of Pakistan's One-Day
International (ODI)
and T20 teams last year,
took over the captaincy
of the shortest form of
the game after Afridi
stepped down following a poor campaign at
the World Twenty20 in
India.
"I spoke to Sarfraz this morning
and conveyed to
him that he was
our
natural
choice for this
position. His
appointment is
open-ended. I
wish him good
luck in his new
role," Pakistan
Afridi welcomed
Ahmed's appointment,
congratulating the new
captain on social media
platform Twitter. "Good
decision to see @SarfarazA_54 leading PAK
T-20 he is energetic, passionate and a fighter!"
Afridi tweeted.
Ahmed has a good
record in the longer
versions of the game
as well. He has played
21 Tests, scoring 1,296
runs at a healthy average of 46.28. He has also
featured in 58 One-Day
Internationals (ODI), in
which he has notched
up 1,077 runs at an average of 29.91.
Pakistan are scheduled play only three
T20 Internationals this
year, one against World
T20 runners-up England
and two against newlycrowned world champions West Indies. IANS
Cricket Board (PCB)
chairman Shaharyar
Khan said in a statement on Tuesday.
Ahmad played in all
four of Pakistan's group
matches at the World
Twenty20. The men in
green lost three of those
matches -- including to
arch-rivals India -- to
crash out of the tournament.
Ahmed has a good
strike rate of 120.24 in
21 Twenty20 internationals, but was underutilised by the Pakistan
team management at
the World T20 as he was
used as a lower-order
batsman.
The 28-year-old had
a successful stint at
the inaugural Pakistan
Super League, leading
the Quetta Gladiators to
the final where they lost
to the Misbah-ul-Haqled Islamabad United.
Bilques is chairman Canoe Slalom committee
Srinagar, Apr 5: Kayaking
and canoeing coach, Bilques
Mir has been appointed as
chairman Cane Slalom promotion committee by Indian
Kayaking and Canoeing Association (IKCA) from 2016-18.
The IKCA has forced
various committees and in
which Bilques heads the
Canoe Slalom. The appointed chairman has been tasked
for arranging organizing of
coaching camps, grass root
level training, development
of basic infrastructure and
various other measures in
all parts of the Country. They
have also been tasked with
raising funds and sponsorships for the Association.
“It is big responsibility and I
will try my best to fulfill them.
It is the responsibility through
which I have not only to develop game in my State but across
Country,” Bilques said.
PCB chief apologises to Waqar
for leakage of report
Karachi, Apr 5: Pakistan's
outgoing coach Waqar
Younis has received an apology from the Cricket Board
(PCB) for the leakage of his
confidential report on the
national team's poor performance in the just-concluded ICC World Twenty20 in
India.
PCB chairman Shaharyar
Khan has confirmed that he
had met Waqar yesterday and
apologised to him. "Waqar
might not have been able
to produce desired results
with the national team but
he remains one of our top
players and has big status in
cricket. It was unfortunate
that his confidential report
was leaked to the media from
the board," Shaharyar said.
"I apologised to Waqar and
wished him the best after he
informed me and had decided
to resign as head coach. But
the meeting was held in a good
environment and I have promised him the board will hold an
inquiry to find out how a confidential report was leaked,"
he said.
Waqar's two-year coaching stint was due to expire in
May and sources aware of the
developments said that he was
keen to continue until the tour
to England this summer.
"But apparently it was conveyed to Waqar that the board
has decided to act on the recommendations of the fact-finding
committee and hunt for a new
coach," one source said.
Gulmarg to host SnowShoe
championship on Sunday
in any part of the Country. Gulmarg will get the distinction of
hosting that. It is more of introducing Snowshoe activity in
State and Country rather than
a championship,” said SSFI
President Mir Mudassar.
“We have chosen around
24 athletes from all over the
Valley who will participate
in the event. They are going
to compete in the qualifying
rounds and only top eight
among them will take participate in the final run,” he said.
He said that for the event
Tourism officials at Gulmarg
will prepare track in the Gulmarg bowl so that everyone
can see athletes running using
the Snowshoe equipment.
“SnowShoe is simply running using snowshoe equipment. It is not much different
from normal running except
the equipment use. We have
only eight pairs of the equipment available with us that
were provided to us by TSL outdoors while we were in Italy.
The equipment is not available anywhere in India and
we are trying to import more
in coming year,” he added.
“I have already been
trying hard to develop water
sports in the state and now
I have I have to do same at
national level. It will also
help me to learn lot of things
which in turn will help me to
give something back to home
State,” Bilques added.
Spectators to
get chance to
play third umpire
in this IPL
JK bags 3 bronze medals
in National Wushu C’ship
Mumbai, Apr 5: IPL chairman
Rajiv Shukla today said that in
this season of the popular T20
tournament, the viewers too
would get a chance to air their
views on decisions referred to
the third umpire.
"They will be given a placard, and whatever they say, out
or not out, that will be caught
by the camera and shown on
the screen....But the decision
of the third umpire will be final,"
he added.
"This opinion will not matter
to the third umpire, he will go
as per whatever he sees on the
(TV) screen," he told reporters at a function here. This will
increase the involvement of the
viewers, he said. Bollywood
stars Ranveer Singh, Katrina
Kaif and the singer Yo Yo Honey
Singh, among others, would be
performing in the IPL opening
ceremony on April 8 at Worli in
Mumbai, Shukla said.
"To strengthen (anti-corruption measures) BCCI President has spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister to ask if the
services of Mumbai Police
can be availed of; then anticorruption unit, ICC anti-corruption unit, Mumbai police
can together seek information
and act on it," he added.
Jammu, Apr 5: Jammu
and Kashmir Wushu team
bagged three bronze medals
in 15th Sub-Junior National
Wushu championship held
at Patanjali Yog Ashram,
Haridwar in Uttrakhand
from March 27 to 31.
The championship, organized by Utrakahand Wushu
Association under the aegis
of Wushu Association of
India, witnessed participation of pugilists from 35
affiliated units of Wushu
Association of India.
During the national
championship, Ayesah
IGP Lohia felicitates medalists
Hayat bagged bronze in 20
kg girl’s category whereas
Raghav Soni and Govind Pal
clinched bronze medals in 30
Kg and 48 kg Men’s events
respectively.
IGP Technical Services
Police Headquarters, J&K, H
K Lohia, who is also the honorary Chairman of Wushu Association of Jammu and Kashmir
(WAJK) today felicitated the
National games medalists at
a function organized at Police
Headquarters here in Jammu.
Speaking on the occasion,
IGP lauded the performance
of pugilists during the cham-
pionship. He said that J&K
State has been able to produce quality pugilists who
had brought laurels to the
state.
Among others, the
felicitation function was
attended by office bearers
of Wushu Association of
J&K that included Ranjeet
Kalra, Vice President and
member BCCI, Vijay Saraf,
Vice President and Kuldeep Handoo, Chief Coach
of India in Wushu, Kamal
Kishore , and Ashi Jamwal
as Coach and international
medalist Rajinder Singh.
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Hope Brathwaite
can carry forward
confidence into
IPL: Zaheer
New Delhi, Apr 5: Delhi Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan is hoping
that West Indies' World T20 hero
Carlos Brathwaite would be his
usual attacking self when they
take on Kolkata Knight Riders in
their IPL match on Sunday.
"Everyone knows that IPL is
all about momentum. Every guy's
contribution will be crucial. And
after his performance in the World
Cup final, Brathwaite is coming in
with that kind of confidence. I am
hopeful that he will carry forward
that confidence in the IPL," Zaheer
told mediapersons, here today.
For 37-year-old Zaheer, the
biggest positive will be working with youngsters from India
as well as overseas. "I am looking forward towards work with
young energy. That will be visible on the field. These are guys
who have been performing consistently in the Indian domestic
season. Shreyas (Iyer) has had
a great season. Karun, Sami is
coming back from injury. Everyone is excited," he said.
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Srinagar, Apr 5: Winter
sports resort of Valley, Gulmarg is going to host first ever
Snow Shoe championship on
Sunday.
The competition would be
organized by SnowShoe Federation of India in collaboration
with Directorate of Tourism,
Kashmir. In the event SSFI
keeping limited number of
equipment available in State
in mind has only allowed
selected athletes of Valley to
participate.
“It will be first time that
SnowShoe event would be held
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