Showing posts with label Corona Virus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corona Virus. Show all posts

Monday, November 22, 2021

ICC comfortable with "Champions Trophy 2025" being staged in Pakistan but not India

This is a shameful act, with that India has been blabbing about Pakistan, asking for a picture perfect situation in Pakistan, although it has been confirmed that the "Fake Security" woes erupted from India, hence on which grounds, India is showing apprehensions, when Muslims and Minorities in India are in apprehension themselves, how India is supposed to be answering this?

What about Kashmir?

Pakistanis do care for the treatment India is doing in Kashmir, and blaming it to Pakistan and advertising as it is being acclaimed by Pakistan, whereas these are Kashmiris who are against India, because if we go through history pages, it was a Muslim Majority area being governed by a Hindu ruler, and at the time of partition, just because, the ruler favored India, taking no respect to what Kashmiris wanted, which IS THE MAJOR reason for apprehension in that region, not because of only supported by Pakistan, because if support is concerned, Pakistanis are unlike Indian, we as Muslims are taught never to eye on the weakness of even the foes, that's why we as Muslims doesn't eye on Indian's weaknesses unlike Indians who always eye for opportunity for mocking and to CREATE A GROUND, for giving an excuse in the mind, 

Spreading Fake News Against Pakistan and getting proud on it

Srivastava Group, as exposed by EU Disinfo Labs, The little know Srivastava Group is suddenly in news over spreading fake news against Pakistan. EU DisinfoLab, a non-governmental fact check NGO in Europe, claims that an Indian network is spreading anti-Pakistan propaganda through 265 ‘fake online portals’ in 65 countries All these ‘fake media outlets’ are connected with the Srivastava Group in New Delhi, India. This is the same Srivastava group whose International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies (IAINS) made arrangements for 23 EU MPs to visit non-official Kashmir and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October this year.
The Disinfo Lab found that many people are sharing the fake news being spread by Russia by quoting the EP Today website. After this, when the lab started investigating this website, it came to light that this website is connected to India. After this, several foreign websites were investigated and it became evident that many fake news sites were connected with New Delhi.

So didn't it mean?

India is definitely responsible for unrest in Pakistan? OK I might be patriotic, but just think for a moment, beneficiary management; who is there to take advantage of 'unrest situation' in Pakistan? Yes, you're right, it is India, furthermore if you monitor Politics in Pakistan, and their links to India, you might have connected dots, and current political unrest against ruling party in Pakistan is BEING supported and apprehended by INDIA, because I don't want to act like a blind-patriot but just follow the Indian media and their praises to opposition parties point-of-view, as they (the opposition political parties of Pakistan) were narrating Indian Point of View, because the way Pakistan have been vocal on Indian abuse to Pakistan, Opposition Parties on narrative of inflation, creating opposition in the mind of the masses, and just like a slow-poison, creating a permanent unrest in Pakistan.

Enough of this political portion but where is sports

It is requested to read last two lines of the previous paragraph, India is playing a slow-poison game, although I must admit, inflation is all time high, where 1 liter of petrol costed me 149 PKR per liter, but the way Pakistan being vocal to India unlike previous times, as these opposition political parties, the way they have been vocal, don't have guts to say the nation's narrative on international platform.

Why I am saying this?

Because even a dog sits on a new place, while wagging its tail to clean the place, so do I need to say that these opposition political parties are willing to ridicule us while degrading us being less than a wagging-dog?

I am not a blind supporter of this political party

But I am also not a supporter me being treated less than a wagging-dog, although petrol is almost 150 PKR per liter, which is more than I afford to ride bike, instead now planning to buy a mountain bicycle for going to my office, but still like I mentioned above, I do not want myself to degrade myself as to a wagging-dog, because the same is being propagated by India, degrading my nation because we're Muslims.

Now most of the Indian are going to screenshot this

But I am also assured of the same that they do not have the guts (not all Indians) to completely mention and credit this blog post, because this has been their mantra, chup kar piche se hamla (hitting from the back) like a coward.

On the basis of above mentioned

The EU DisInfo Lab mentioned how India has been hitting from the back as they have been incapable of fighting on the ground, as on 21 May, the Indian Express reported that Chinese troops had entered the Indian territory in the Galwan River valley and objected to the road construction by India within the (undisputed) Indian territory. The road under construction is a branch of the Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road (DSDBO) which leads into the Galwan valley.[k] The report also stated that "the Chinese pitched 70–80 tents in the area and then reinforced the area with troops, heavy vehicles, and monitoring equipment."[172] On 24 May, another report said that the Chinese soldiers invaded India at three different places: Hot Springs, Patrol Point 14, and Patrol Point 15. At each of these places, around 800–1,000 Chinese soldiers reportedly crossed the LAC and settled at a place about 2–3 km (1–2 mi) from the border, pitching tents and deploying heavy vehicles and monitoring equipment. The report added that India also deployed troops in the area and stationed them 300–500 metres (984–1,640 ft) from the Chinese troops.[41][42] The EurAsian Times stated that the Chinese forces "have a huge build-up including military-style bunkers, new permanent structures, military trucks, and road-building equipment".[173] On 30 May, Ajai Shukla reported that thousands of Chinese soldiers were "consolidating their positions," and that there were 18 guns at Pangong Tso and about 12 guns in the Galwan valley. Indian troops had taken up positions to block any further advance by the PLA towards the DSDBO Road.[174]

On 27 May 2020, the Chinese Ambassador to India as well as a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that the overall situation was stable.[175] However, news reports continued stating that thousands of Chinese soldiers were moving into the disputed regions in Ladakh. This move prompted India to deploy more troops.[176][177] Chinese infrastructure development was also reported in Gogra–Hot Springs. Tracks in satellite imagery suggest that PLA troops make forays into Indian territory here.[178]

Galwan Valley clash

On 15 June, at patrolling point 14, Indian[l] and Chinese troops clashed for six hours in a steep section of a mountainous region in the Galwan Valley. The immediate cause of the incident is unknown, with both sides releasing contradictory official statements in the aftermath.[179][180] Beijing said that Indian troops had attacked Chinese troops first,[181] while on 18 June The Hindu quoted a "senior government official" in the Ministry of External Affairs of India who said their troops were ambushed with dammed rivulets being released and boulders being thrown by Chinese troops.[182] The statement said this happened while they were patrolling a disputed area where Colonel Santosh Babu had destroyed a Chinese tent two days earlier.[182] While soldiers carry firearms, due to decades of tradition designed to reduce the possibility of an escalation, agreements disallowed usage of firearms, but the Chinese side was reported to possess iron rods, clubs and batons wrapped in barbed wire and clubs embedded with nails.[183][184] Hand-to-hand combat broke out, and the Indian soldiers called for reinforcements from a post about 2 miles (3.2 km) away. Eventually, up to 600 men were engaged in combat using stones, batons, iron rods, and other makeshift weapons. The fighting, which took place in near-total darkness, lasted for up to six hours.[185] The Defence Ministry of India said in its 2020 year end review that China used "unorthodox weapons"

 

 

On the basis of above

Is India is conditions, that apprehensions only in Pakistan and India is safe for staging the ICC Events? We do not want India to get rid of their ICC events, but when they have been critical of Pakistan staging 2025 Champions Trophy is unjust, keeping in mind India is staging 3 events whereas Pakistan only one but still security condition in Pakistan is much better than India, because the way intolerance erupting in India is something worth mentioning, because if they are critical towards Pakistan, than as per our elders, If You Point Finger, Rest of the Fingers Point Towards You

Slow Propaganda against Pakistan

This is a mindset of a common human being, than it looks for a common similarity, and if India is trying to use DisInfo momentum, where creating multiple similar comment web-sources to create a common narrative against Pakistan, imagine you as a third party (you're neither an Indian nor a Pakistani) if see multiple different websites advocating same narrative is something enough to change your mindset.

And I personally feel

The last line of the previous paragraph clearly elaborates Why India is creating a negative narrative against Pakistan when situation in their own graveyard backyard is not picture perfect, whether it comes to recently passing pandemic, so why emphasizing on creating negative narrative for Pakistan while passing such comments which raise eyebrows, although they (The Indians) have been found saying that they way SL team was attacked in Pakistan (although the same team re-toured in 2019), and the the way NZ and later England withdraw their tours (although Australia, NZ and England have confirmed their tour to Pakistan just before PSL 7), but my response is that when Pakistan has been granted 2025 ICC CT event and 2023 Asia Cup, so being neighbors, they should show some sane, because sanity prevails only when it has been confirmed that Srivastava Group has been responsible for creating MIS-REPORTING against Pakistan, and a person (even if he/she's an Indian), claiming insanely that Pakistan is supporting terrorists, so it cements the fact that India has been busy propagating and has been intensely propagating although they have been bluntly exposed but still continuously narrating the same point again and again with regular intervals just to stamp authority which brings a shame to whole of the Indian Nation.

Monday, April 06, 2020

IPL News | Paddy Upton on resumption of competitive cricket

I personally agree with the comment of Paddy Upton who was the former coach of IPL's Rajasthan Royals franchise coach that resuming a game like cricket ain't suitable as the mental situation of majority of players' won't be up to the mark and instead it'd at least take 2 to 3 weeks before they'd be able to compete with a competitive brand of cricket like IPL which is a T20 franchised based league associated with India. Furthermore, He was ended up quoting;


Do you see the IPL happening this year?




It's really unknown whether IPL will happen, as much of the future remains rather uncertain. Some are prophesying months of lockdown and slow down, and others suggest that this is not too far off the regular annual influenza. Time and research will tell when sporting action will resume.
But the main thing which I also agree with is human-psychology aspect when we incur a self-quarantine where we get self aware of their personal-hygiene more than ever, personally when it comes to my personal experience, the time when I enter home from my office, my wife usually orders me to take a shower on immediate, the purpose of telling this is that this disease has literally affected the psychology of every single individual human being, which we used to take for-granted, we personally have to give them their importance;


What would be your remedy to keep depression away?

Being proactive in each of the areas I mentioned, ensuring that we are productively building each facet of our life, moving towards solutions, rather than sitting and doing nothing and over-worrying about current or future problems.
Last but not the least, like he also ended up saying the same thing, that we are not ready for this mental re-modification, therefore whenever such situation occurs; we should now be ready to face such catastrophe and keep out mind calm at critical situation, which we learnt the hard way;


In your interaction with players, did you ever ask them to be prepared to handle a situation like this?

I didn't specifically prepare a player for things like this, but certainly have had a number of conversations about how they are using their downtime. For international cricketers, much of this downtime is spent in their hotel rooms, and I have always encouraged them to be productive about this time, broadening their horizons and furthering their lives, rather than simply whittling this time away by spending the majority of it watching TV series, playing TV games or being on social media.


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Sunday, April 05, 2020

Series affected by Novel CoronaVirus

World Test Championship (WTC)

Dates: Started in July 2019, currently held up
Teams participating: 9
The WTC got off the blocks immediately after the 2019 men's 50-over World Cup. A tournament to be contested between the top nine Test-playing countries, the WTC was devised by the ICC as a marquee event culminating in a final between the top two teams on the table in June 2021 at Lord's. A maximum of 120 points per series is at stake with each team playing six series - three at home and three away - in the period. However, while some teams have played a fair share of their six series, some teams are yet to get started in earnest, and many series were scheduled for the rest of this year.

The following test series' are likely to be affected in case no cricket is played in 2020
March: Sri Lanka v England - two Tests
June: England v West Indies - three Tests
July-August: England v Pakistan - three Tests
July: West Indies v South Africa - two Tests
July: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka - three Tests
August: Bangladesh v New Zealand - two Tests
November-December: New Zealand v West Indies - three Tests
December-January (2021): Australia v India - four Tests
December-January (2021): New Zealand v Pakistan - two Tests

ODI League

Dates: Scheduled to start on May 1
Teams participating: 13
Alongside the WTC, the ICC had also approved the ODI League, to be played between May 1 this year and March 31, 2022, which would serve as a qualification pathway for the 2023 men's World Cup, to be played in India. There would be 13 teams, including the 12 Test-playing countries along with the Netherlands, that play eight series over a two-year cycle on a home-and-away basis against mutually agreed opponents.
The ICC is yet to finalise the playing conditions for the league, which it is scheduled to do during the upcoming ICC Board meetings, scheduled over teleconference later this month.
India (as hosts) plus the seven next-highest-ranked sides in the league as on March 31, 2022 will qualify directly for the 2023 World Cup, while the bottom five will get a second chance to make the grade through a qualifier.

The Asia Cup

Dates: Scheduled for September
Teams participating: 6
This six-team event, contested by Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is scheduled for September. It will be played in the T20 format with the PCB playing host. Later this month, the Asian Cricket Council is likely to finalise the venue for the Asia Cup.

Men's T20 World Cup

Dates: October 18 to November 15

World Test Championship (WTC)

Dates: Started in July 2019, currently held up
Teams participating: 9
The WTC got off the blocks immediately after the 2019 men's 50-over World Cup. A tournament to be contested between the top nine Test-playing countries, the WTC was devised by the ICC as a marquee event culminating in a final between the top two teams on the table in June 2021 at Lord's. A maximum of 120 points per series is at stake with each team playing six series - three at home and three away - in the period. However, while some teams have played a fair share of their six series, some teams are yet to get started in earnest, and many series were scheduled for the rest of this year.

The following test series' are likely to be affected in case no cricket is played in 2020
March: Sri Lanka v England - two Tests
June: England v West Indies - three Tests
July-August: England v Pakistan - three Tests
July: West Indies v South Africa - two Tests
July: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka - three Tests
August: Bangladesh v New Zealand - two Tests
November-December: New Zealand v West Indies - three Tests
December-January (2021): Australia v India - four Tests
December-January (2021): New Zealand v Pakistan - two Tests

ODI League

Dates: Scheduled to start on May 1
Teams participating: 13
Alongside the WTC, the ICC had also approved the ODI League, to be played between May 1 this year and March 31, 2022, which would serve as a qualification pathway for the 2023 men's World Cup, to be played in India. There would be 13 teams, including the 12 Test-playing countries along with the Netherlands, that play eight series over a two-year cycle on a home-and-away basis against mutually agreed opponents.
The ICC is yet to finalise the playing conditions for the league, which it is scheduled to do during the upcoming ICC Board meetings, scheduled over teleconference later this month.
India (as hosts) plus the seven next-highest-ranked sides in the league as on March 31, 2022 will qualify directly for the 2023 World Cup, while the bottom five will get a second chance to make the grade through a qualifier.

The Asia Cup

Dates: Scheduled for September
Teams participating: 6
This six-team event, contested by Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is scheduled for September. It will be played in the T20 format with the PCB playing host. Later this month, the Asian Cricket Council is likely to finalise the venue for the Asia Cup.

Men's T20 World Cup

Dates: October 18 to November 15
Teams participating: 16
After the successful organisation of the women's event, Australia is set to play hosts to the men's T20 World Cup later this year too. Last November, six teams - Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Namibia, Scotland and Oman - made the cut for the tournament after finishing in the top six of the qualifiers. Those six, along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, will contest in the qualifying stage of the T20 World Cup. The top four from that will progress to join the top-eight teams to contest in the Super12s stage, where the teams have been split into two groups.
 

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Kiwis tour of West Indies in Jeopardy

New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White has cast doubts over the tour of West Indies in July in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Additionally, New Zealand's spate of limited-overs fixtures in Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands in the summer are likely to be postponed.
New Zealand's two-Test assignment against Bangladesh in August-September this year could be subjected to a delay as well.
"Clearly, this situation is extremely disappointing for everyone involved in sport but, given the bigger picture, and the terrible toll COVID-19 is taking worldwide, we need to look after not only our own people but the greater community good," White said.
Meanwhile, NZC confirmed the women's tour of Sri Lanka had been cancelled.
The potential postponement of New Zealand's series in the Caribbean could create serious financial ramifications for the host board.
The rising number of COVID-19 cases in New Zealand has compelled the government to impose a nationwide lockdown with White reiterating the fact that the priority lay in ensuring the domestic season would go ahead as planned.
"Our current focus is very much on ensuring the future sustainability of cricket in New Zealand," White claimed.


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Saturday, April 04, 2020

Pakistan cricket amid Covid-19 and Ramadan round the corner


The Pakistan Cricket Board amid pandemic situation prevail globally, has now decided not to give No-Objection-Certificate (NOC) for players to participate in foreign leagues on the eve of Holy Month of Ramadan., because of the contamination prevail on the global scale.

What I think about this decision?

I feel this is the need of the time as playing and earning is not important than looking into personal-hygienic issues because currently we human beings are like a mobile-time-bombs where any single individual could be contaminated with the said virus, therefore it is a wise decision of not giving NOC's for participation as I personally feel this pandemic is surely going to take mark in some later time.

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

CoronaVirus, Pakistan and the Cricket

Pakistan, along with the global pandemic these days, have been infected these days with the COVID-19 a.k.a. the CoronaVirus, therefore we bankers especially in Karachi city, have been masked and furthermore we are not shaking hands with our fellows, colleagues, clients and acquaintances, but the fact it, this pandemic has let us being clean and sanitized all the time. This is a cricket blog otherwise I can write for hours and dozen of pages with no ending but I'd try my level best to categorize the catastrophe impacted by this virus.

Cricket in Pakistan

Cricket had initiated in Pakistan after proper 11 years, and just after its initiation, starting from Sri Lanka's tour of Pakistan in December 2019 the world is facing this global dilemma and because of which I fear cricket won't be returning to Pakistan at least for a year, or if possible after Asia Cup 2020 and World T20, if it returns quickly.

Cricket in Pakistan and Alex Hales

I fear (and I pray it not) if Alex Hales found positively
infected with COVID-19, will haunt Pakistan Cricket for long!
Currently there have been speculations, that Alex Hales who was part of Karachi Kings in current season of the HBL PSL, supposed to be infected with CoronaVirus, and God Forbid, if found positive, will definitely haunt Pakistan Cricket for ages, if not ages it would at least haunt for years to come, because no international cricketer till date when I am writing this post i.e. March 19th, 2020, has been infected, but if a cricketer gets infected after visiting Pakistan will definitely sport no goods for Pakistan Cricket for years' to come.

Monday, March 16, 2020

As expected, Bangladesh second leg of tour to Pakistan postponed


Pakistan v Bangladesh series postponed
Bangladesh's second leg of their tour to Pakistan is postponed, which I personally feel is a sensible decision because now Coronavirus is a pendamic disease therefore The PCB did the right thing because it was a potential risk for both environment at Karachi for both Karachiites and boys from Bangladesh. The board has also indefinitely postponed the Pakistan Cup. The domestic one-day competition was initially scheduled to start on March 25. The virus, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, has resulted in the suspension of major sporting events across the world. International cricket has already seen England's tour of Sri Lanka, South Africa's tour of India, New Zealand's tour of Australia get affected as a result.

What about the PSL?

The Pakistan Cricket Board aka The PCB missed the trick by rushing to complete the HBL PSL.

Crowd was the main aspect

It was the crowd in Pakistan, which actually made the PSL as a gigantic brand which the PSL and PCB failed to capitalize, because many international leagues and series' have been postponed because their mentality is their crowd and therefore they give preference to the human aspect and when there is no crowd which makes their leagues' as leagues which the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Pakistan Super League missed the opportunity, which will definitely result in degrading the level of the league.

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Corona virus and the remainder of Bangladesh tour of Karachi? Is it on the cards?

We remember how much we pampered the Bangladeshis to visit Pakistan and now on the wake of recent outbreak of Corona Virus, would they be visiting Pakistan?

I don't think so... 

As they reluctantly agreed to visit Pakistan and hence now they have a genuine reason of not visiting as they have an argument that it is a risk of getting infected with the said virus. 

Which is ridiculous! 

As compared to other countries of the region, Pakistan still counts less than neighboring countries who're infected with this virus outbreak. Furthermore several South African Australian New Zealand and the West Indians are in Pakistan completing their remainder of the PSL. And the remainder players are no small names, Colin Ingram, Cameron Delport, Shane Watson, Phil Salt, etc are to name some, therefore it is ridiculous that they (the Bangladeshis) are producing such ridiculous excuses of not touring Pakistan. I am not going to go into history how Pakistan helped Bangladesh into cricket and supported them at every level and stage but regional countries are supposed to be helping each other instead of acting alienated 

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Corona Virus affects Karachi games


Games in Karachi affected due to Corona virus threat
I personally feel, The PCB should have had staged Karachi games to Multan instead, because already three games were played there and hence Karachi's games could have had been accommodated easily at Multan on short notice. Playing PSL games at Karachi with empty stands is a shame. I personally do not know much about this virus but the fact is this virus is all dependent on being dirty, we as Muslims who ablate five times a day, won't affect a lot. therefore stop propagating degrading news and instead concentrate on quality of games.  

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