Dr. Nauman Niaz
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| Sports Broadcast Journalist | Author| Collector| Official Historian of Pakistan Cricket|PhD (WA)| Post Doc (Oxford)|Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
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‘If a batsman is caught on a free hit he can run and the score will be added to his total & if he is bowled with an edge then he can take runs which will be added to his total. But if he gets out bowled without an edge, he can run but the runs will go into extras’ (byes)
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How many will agree SKY is the best batsman, most destructive in contemporary T20 International cricket?
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My father Lieutenant General Hamid Niaz 19th PMA Long course has passed away, aged 86 years. Not only a father he was a man highest on integrity & honesty.A real man, he was. I am a popper without him. I can’t imagine he has left us 🙏
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A SOFT REMINDER
•CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 2022
• ODI Cricketer of the Year 2021
•ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022
• Captain of ICC ODI Team of the Year 2021
•Captain of ICC ODI Team of the Year 2022
• Only player to win Player of the Month award thrice
Babar in T20ls:
• The…
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That’s what you call a middle order batsman- that’s the middle order
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You can’t hit big, you can’t duck, you are blinded against short balls still you play regularly for Pakistan. You must be a wonder kid? 🙏
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For my fans friends & loved ones in a few hours I undergo an extensive surgery on my gut. I have the guts to sustain it but not without your prayers. I have been fighting cancer since June 2017. It’s not about living, I won’t concede. 🙏. Standing up to it. Love you all❤️
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Whatever happens is secondary. I love this Pakistan team’s spirit. They are giving everything…. Applauds.
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Dear
@babarazam258
in a world where T 20 leagues & bashes, players with weird techniques, in all shapes & sizes smack balls out of the park, you have provided us the pleasure of an attractive, elegant & regal batsmanship. We thank you for being being absolutely brilliant. 🙏🙏🙏
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I shall love to see Pakistan performing but I hate chemo. It’s taxing & tough. We both have to win. 🙏
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Ask Hafeez to open with Fakhar. Drop Imam. You’ll play the semi final
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I am breathing in hushed silence. Not a word I can utter. Feeling the heat. Exasperated. 🙏 so now we are on the fringes to be eliminated. Is our ICC World T20, 2022 over?
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I went to my dad & told him I have cancer. He said a. We shall return sooner or later, we belong to Allah b. It doesn’t matter what happens to you what matters is how you behave when it’s happening to you c. This shall also pass d. Pain shapes man into a warrior. My mentor he is
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10 wicket win. We have just done that- bravo. Hurrah 👏👏👏👏👏🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
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The only Pakistan batsman to score 2 centuries in T20 Internationals. 💪👍Poetry in motion
@babarazam258
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Some stats for
@babarazam258
haters- he is Pakistan’s captain & Pakistan ascends to number 1 on the ICC ODI rankings
This day he became the fastest to reach 5000 runs in ODIs
Has a number 1 ranking in ODI’s ICC list of batsmen
Fastest to 18 ODI hundreds in 99 matches
And tonight…
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I am on my way to London for another Bone Marrow Transplant. I have struggled for eighteen months in pain & uncertainty that malignancy brought. I had a fulfilling life, loved or hated I have no complaints. It has just been brilliant. Need your prayers. I have my honest best.
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I will soon be back on PTV Sports. I underwent a successful re-BMT in London. There were complications; With the blessings of Allah, I have been restored to full health. I thank all my followers, friends & colleagues for their prayers. God is the most merciful & beneficient. 🙏
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I sit at the Heathrow waiting to board the flight back home. My father, a benefactor, friend & someone who helped me live through my malignancy is on ventilator. I am not strong. I am a frail erring human. I beg for your prayers. Hate me. My dad has just been an impeccable man 🙏
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@imVkohli
@babarazam258
One champion to another… that’s more then cricket, the geographical divide & more. It’s between the two top players one having achieved much & going through a slump, the other astoundingly ordained & progressing without interruptions. It’s all cyclical. Amazing gestures. 💪🙏👍
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It isn’t hatred, it’s a combination of jealousy, malice, inherent insecurities & self conceit. Anyone trying to pull
@babarazam258
down must only be a fool or with the vested or supporting vested. He is the greatest thing that has happened to Pakistan cricket in recent times
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I have seen a gauntlet of Pakistan batsmen, & some of the best in the world live from the grounds since 1976. Saeed Anwar, Zaheer Abbas, Mohammad Yousaf & MJ Khan were proficient & elegant. This man
@babarazam258
is simply phenomenal. Elegant, graceful, exquisite & right up there
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Imad Wasim didn’t only win it for Pakistan. It wasn’t the match. It wasn’t even about two points or a possible semis qualification. He single handed saved Pakistan cricket so says
@iRashidLatif
& I fully endorse it.
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It wasn’t alone a century- it won Pakistan the match. Provided early reprieve by Mark Chapman, he just blew New Zealand away. It was an incredible display of batsmanship. Wow.
@FakharZamanLive
the only one from Pakistan having scored 210 not out, 193 & now 180 not out. Overall,…
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There are great batsmen or batters with attractive styles, flamboyant, filled with flair & elegance, some are technically apt, and then are the rare breeds from a different planet- then is Virat Kohli
@imVkohli
Happy birthday, many joyous returns legend 🍓🎉🎂🍰🧁
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Criticism aside, let’s look deep into the reality.
@babarazam258
in 100 T 20 internationals has posted 3 hundreds, 32 half-centuries, & 8 scores over 40s making a total of 43 innings high on both, the qualitative & quantitative analysis.
Out of the 100 T20 Is, Pakistan has won…
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@iramizraja
@DrRihabOfficial
Absolutely. We need to voice our concerns loudly. That’s how we have to ensure not being taken for granted. It’s not on. We are behind you and stand in solidarity 🙏
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160 not out from
@imabd28
should be one of the finest 4th innings efforts in history of Pakistan cricket. More power to you boy. 👍💪👌
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All my followers & loved ones. My disease is complicated. I undergo intense high dose chemotherapy for the next few days before a complicated BM re-Transplant. I need your prayers. Remember one thing I am always positive. Enjoyed every bit of my life & career. No regrets. 👍
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Diamond never loses its luster, come what may, clouds or sunshine, light or darkness, rain or dryness, nothing can hurt it.
@babarazam258
gets to his 18th ODI hundred in his 99th match. He has also scored 26 half centuries, therefore in 97 innings, 44 times he went past the fifty…
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He is an amazing young boy. A great fan of his attitude, focus, commitment & high skills. He is humble & respectful. It was a pleasure meeting him yesterday.
@HarisRauf14
More power to him. He has given was moments of joy, many more to come.
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I will say that was the way to lose TEAM PAKISTAN- we can have winners in defeat, & surely you were.
@babarazam258
@TheRealPCB
@iRashidLatif68
@Krick3r
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Is it the Pakistan vs England final at Melbourne on November 13th?
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Brave Heart Mohammad Haaris. Future beckons. That’s the way boy 💪
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Today
@babarazam258
plays his 100th ODI.
He is the best thing that has happened to Pakistan this generation. Future beckons.
@babarazam258
best of luck, keep growing and glowing. Your batting is a sight for the connoisseurs, your flowing drives make the hearts grow fonder.…
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This
@babarazam258
to some is a slow, selfish player…. Who are these people? Height of intellectual dishonesty. With my 30 years experience, I say, he is the best thing happened to Pakistan in modern times. Wrongly installed as captain, now needs to be retained. He is evolving🙏
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Babar’s innings was poetry. He came back to his own. Just brilliant
@babarazam258
whenever he bats it’s like an art of the violinist- poetic frenzy. Spectacular innings in the context of the game. More to follow. 💪💪💪💪😁🕺
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Brilliant power play batting on a not so easy pitch
@babarazam258
@iMRizwanPak
well done. Just take it now. 💪
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Impressed with this bloke Haaris. He is a Braveheart. His execution is impressive indeed.
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It’s sad. How could a touring team take a lopsided approach when the host Government ensured them of state level security. There are no evident threats. It’s strange. An abrupt reaction. Not acceptable. Such decisions have to be bilateral. Suddenly what went wrong?
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So PZ wins. I still predict PZ to win the PSL 8. Only a prediction 🤡
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Congratulations coach
@Saqlain_Mushtaq
. Well done mate. Just brilliant. Keep it up & make us proud. 👏👏👏👏👏⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️💪
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I wonder why one has to be reminded
@shoaib100mph
is a star. He has been the best of the best, he shall always be. He has brought laurels to the country is undeniable. One side of the story always attracts nonetheless having been friends for ages I’ll always wish him the best.
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Hard luck Abdullah Shafiq. If anyone deserved a century it was you. You batted amazingly. A partnership of 228 & lasting 109 overs reflects how brilliant you are. Well done
@imabd28
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For Pakistan bowlers- well done boys. You were superb. 👍💪 Nasim you are special ❤️
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Haaris Rauf is enigmatic. At times expensive & over experimental but how he delivered last night was most fascinating. More power to him. Come on Pakistan
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Sadly, to all intents & purpose Pakistan is out of the ICC Men’s World Cup T20, 2022. With such a fascinating bowling attack, we have squandered our chance. By the ways, today’s win was Pakistan’s first ever in a T20 International in Australia in7 attempts.
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PSL is over-let’s celebrate Australia coming over, the star cast- let’s have a cracker & see Pakistan evolving.
@iramizraja
@TheRealPCB
well done. Thanks for cricket Australia not to allow players leaving the tour to be part of IPL. It’s exclusive on PTV Sports HD
@PTVSp0rts
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Mohammad Younis Khan, an epitome of excellence, highest on esteem, integrity, & commitment to the cause wasn’t good enough to be given space in the recently released PCB’s documentary.
Probably he didn’t deserve to be the part.
Presumably due to his brazenness & no nonsense…
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I have been following cricket for the last 30 years. Will anyone of you tell me how LQ can win? Shaheen bowls 4 overs & 4-14, Hafeez gets 98 , IU 5 for 2 & they still lose.
@iRashidLatif68
@MuhammadWasim77
@wasimakramlive
anyone if you can do tell me🙏
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This Abdullah guy is elegant. He has the method- sprinting to fame. Babar in his mood today- played two of you 👍💪
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Afghanistan beats Pakistan by 3 wickets??? I hope reality gets to you. Centuries scored 10 in eleven matches and you lose all. Open your eyes Micky Arthur Inzi & Safi. It’s sad. It shows you all are blind & destroying Pakistan cricket
@iRashidLatif
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Congratulations Pakistan. Thanks Netherlands, Shaheen Shah, Shadab Khan, M. Haaris & Shaan Masood. Let it augur well on November 9th. Pakistan vs New Zealand first semi final at Adelaide. More power to you boys. Come on, you can do it. 👍
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Sharjeel not picked though most deserving may be due to his tainted past. However with Shoaib Malik coming in to replace injured Sohaib Maqsood, it further strengthens the team.
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I feel one can’t challenge
@iramizraja
stance if it’s about zero tolerance to fixing.
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Never seen Pakistan bowlers this hopeless in a T20 International.
I hope
@babarazam258
didn’t concede all these runs, since he is slammed by ‘distinct’ media houses & journalists.
How he has been treated even by the PCB management isn’t anything to take home.
Pakistan bowlers…
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Pakistan team for ICC T20 WC has been announced. We stand behind it nonetheless if it was Sharjeel, Fakhar, Babar,Hafeez,Malik, Rizwan, Imad,Hassan, Zahid,Shaheen, Dhani, Haaris, Sarfraz, Sohaib, Shadab I believe on UAE pitches vs top spinners it could make a difference?
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Someone with a bright future, a young boy now asked to spearhead Pakistan’s bowling in Tests, what I found was his humility, a young boy with loads of energy & clearer focus. More power to him.
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I hope Hasnain’s fourth over will be ignored. He was the one who actually started the rout & bowled with sustained hostility. More power to him. 💪👍
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When
@babarazam258
bats he does in style. Well played
@ImamUlHaq12
@imabd28
all the best
@saudshak
more power to you all 👍💪
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Well done Iftikhar & Shadab 2-41 in 8 overs. You made a match out of it. 👍💪
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Tough were the last 2 weeks. Underwent a complicated re-BMT. I am stable & recuperating. Response of the procedure we’ll get to know in another 12 weeks. In Sha Allah I should be back to Pakistan in the next 14 days. I am indebted to you all, for the love & prayers I received. 🙏
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1/2 9000 T20 runs for
@babarazam258
in 245 innings, the fastest to get to the landmark in the world outdoing Chris Gayle who acquired in 249 innings. See the PSL 8 stats & the SR. Notice the curve. The slide is for self imposed journalists, ex players, experts & commentators.
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Pakistan wins the Tri Nation. Well done
@babarazam258
. Best for the ICC WC T 20, 2022. May with
@FakharZamanLive
@iShaheenAfridi
you’ll have variety at hand. Happy for
@mnawaz94
a match winner, an impact player. Haider & Ifti may need time out whilst Asif Ali some sorting out.
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Well guarded & patronised by Babar we don’t have to forget Nasim Shah has negotiated 47 delivers in this befitting partnership. 💪👍way to go.
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Win or lose, it will be a delight to see Babar & Abdullah scoring individual hundreds. Let’s get to Lahore with some positivity. 💪
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Pakistan opening in the first match versus Australia with two openers both yet to score a Test hundred. 🙏
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Abdul Qadir is dead.
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
One of the greatest leg break bowlers, a charmer, up front & a brazen analyst. It was a pleasure having known him as a player & having worked with him in media. May Allah rests his soul in peace.
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LQ vs MS Final- LQ the likely champions. My prediction. MS the best team. LQ win because it’s not normal 💕🙏🥰😅😂🤕🤣😍🤪
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NASIM SHAH my Sir Donald Bradman now. Hurrah!!!! HERO!!!! 💪💪💪💪💪💪👍
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CWC 2019- most improved team BD Least expected performance SA Team in the wrong format WI. Luckiest NZ
Mentally strongest Aus
Best fast bowler J. Bumrah & Mitch Starc
Best spinners Afg
Most impactful Shakib Ul Hassan
Consistent Rohit Sharma
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Abdullah Shafique so far is playing his 5th Test & has already scored 512 runs, a hundred 4 half centuries- future beckons. His father Shafiq Ahmad played 26 F/c matches, a left-handed batsman & uncle Arshad Ali 4 ODIs for UAE. Cricket runs in the blood. More power to him 💪
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Mohammad Hafeez thank you for representing Pakistan with aplomb & giving us a handful moments of pure joy. You adhered to dignity & showed full commitment as Pakistan’s star cast. Every good thing comes to an end. Have a prosperous post retirement life.
@MHafeez22
well done bro💪
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With the legend 1987. I loved his humility, the up front candid style & someone who not only knew his art, he mastered it. It was s privilege working with him. إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ.
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Changing international team’s captain based on social media campaigns, pre arranged questions in the press conference, & above all building a narrative when such a change is irrelevant will leave
@TheRealPCB
devastated.
@babarazam258
is the captain thus far. 🙏
@iRashidLatif68
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Respect & preserve even pamper
@babarazam258
you don’t get such batsmen even once in a generation. Take a bow Young man. This world is yours. Keep rocking.
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Is he back. He is. Win or lose, their approach, attitude, body language & batting was simply amazing. Alex Hales must be ruing dropping Rizwan. Electric batting
@babarazam258
.
@iMRizwanPak
a routine outing in the park.
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Arshad Nadeem winning a medal could be an illusion. Hysterical fans must understand him qualifying for the final was close to a miracle due to his personal, skill & talent. The way we run our sports we shouldn’t imagine going near the victory stands. Well done Arshad. You rock👍.
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Rest assured there have been & there are a handful of Abid Alis not provided chances because of nephews sons being preferred. Well done Abid
@iRashidLatif68
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It is a momentous win. Well done Pakistan 💪👍 played Babar, Imam, Fakhar & the typical final flourish from Khushdil. The highest successful chase by Pakistan.
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The man who should have been playing in Australia retires from all cricket- I won’t hold back stating he was hard done. An outstanding number six batsman who did have torrid time moving up the order after Misbah Ul Haq & Younis Khan retired.
He had a slip in form and was readily…
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When I was sixteen years old at Lahore’s Avari with Javed Miandad one of my childhood heroes as a cricketer, little did I know I will host him as an anchor thirty years later.
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Proud of you Aamir Jamal- what a sensational last over. Rising to the occasion. Bravo. More power to you 👍💪 given a responsibility on debut and what a response.
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Ironic? If I had 12665 runs in first class cricket @ 56.78 with 34 centuries, 64 fifties, a highest of 296 not out, a hundred on Test debut, a century in Asia Cup, I would have surely smashed quite a few heads. Tell us what’s wrong with him?
@iamfawadalam25
@iRashidLatif68
🙏
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PTV Sports & ARY win the PSL VII & VIII Rights to add to PTV Sports’ robust inventory including ICC Rights 2020-23, PCB Rights 2020-23, Cricket SA 2020-24, EPL 2021-22, AEW Wrestling besides being highest on ratings & to be converted to HD in January ‘22. No: 1 we are. 💪
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Fawad Alam should walk in the office of Chairman PCB & CEO, get Misbah on call apologise for having played cricket, he should feel embarrassed for being competent & a performer, & hang his boots. Favoritism talks while bullshit runs the marathon
@shoaib100mph
@iRashidLatif68
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Congratulations
@babarazam258
well-deserved & it’s just the start. Many more awards, accolades, medallions, trophies to follow. One goes through many phases, some test our baptism others are smooth. We mustn’t bother about the bystanders. Keep rocking. Virtue stands 💪👍💐
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So today I turn 54. Thanks for the overwhelming wishes. I was 47 1/2 years old when diagnosed to have Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Stage IV .
In these six years there were trials & tribulations nonetheless beating cancer was the most satisfying feeling.
I will surely do videos & a…
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Congratulations. Stay blessed & may you have a blissful martial life
@76Shadabkhan
(damaad jee).
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Just want to ask those who ignored Fawad Alam for eleven years. Isn’t it a shame? It’s not the hundred, just see the meaning, the purpose behind it. Guts, self belief & commitment reflected. Not replying but still Fawad is asking a question. Why was he ignored?
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