Lahore (February 12, 2026): Pakistan cricket team’s opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad got emotional while talking about his long absence from cricket and not being included in the PSL during a show.

The 34-year-old cricketer expressed his pain on a private TV channel and said that he feels very sad when he sees players of his age still playing.

Ahmed Shehzad said that he still wants to play and is happy when his former teammates perform well, but he is heartbroken when he sees his current situation.

He said emotionally, “Yes, I get emotional, I feel a lot of pain, I still want to play cricket,” Ahmed Shehzad added that he gave 18 years of his life to this game, but now suddenly seeing everything getting out of hand often brings tears to his eyes.

Ahmed Shehzad became most emotional when he mentioned his 9-year-old son. He said that his son talks to him about cricket at night while sleeping and he remembers that his father played cricket.

Ahmed Shehzad said that the most painful thing is when his son asks if he will be able to remember him as a cricketer.

It should be noted that Ahmed Shehzad had announced his retirement from the PSL in 2023, but recently he severely criticized the PCB for including his name in the PSL 10 draft and called it a mere publicity stunt. Ahmed Shehzad has played 45 matches in 5 seasons of the PSL from 2016 to 2021 and has scored 1077 runs.

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Ahmed Shehzad became emotional during a live television show after going unsold in the HBL PSL auction, revealing a deeply personal reason behind his tears. The batter shared that his young son had recently told him he wanted to see his father play, a moment that hit him harder than the disappointment of being overlooked. Nukta | Nukta Pakistan | HBL PSL | PSL 11 | PSL Auction

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Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem also won a gold medal at the National Games. In the ongoing 35th National Games in Karachi, Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal with a meter throw of 81.81, Yasir Sultan won the silver, and Abrar of Pakistan Army won the bronze medal.

Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem made a total of 3 throws at the National Games. He left everyone behind by throwing 81.81 meters and won the gold medal.

عالمی شہرت یافتہ اولمپک چیمپئن ایتھیلیٹ ارشد ندیم آج سندھ کلچر ڈے کی مبارکباد دینے خصوصی طور پر تشریف لاۓ اور ہم سب کے ساتھ مل کر خوشی کے اس دن کو سیلیبریٹ کیا ہم ان کا اور ان کے دوستوں کا خصوصی شکریہ ادا کرتے ہیں ۔ @ArshadOlympian1 #SindhiCultureDay pic.twitter.com/vzbz9N1U4s

— Syed Nasir Hussain Shah (@SyedNasirHShah) December 7, 2025

On the other hand, Pakistan Air Force athletes excelled in the National Games sailing event, with Air Force’s Muhammad Suleman winning the gold medal in the Optimist Class Open.

Pakistan Navy secured second position in the team event, while Air Force’s Tehseen Qazi won the gold medal in the Optimist Girls event.

Air Force’s Josha won the gold medal in the ILCA Class Four. In the women’s category, KPK’s Umaima Imran won the gold medal.

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India won the series by defeating South Africa by 9 wickets in the third ODI. In the series decider played in Visakhapatnam, India finally won the toss after 20 matches and invited South Africa to bat first. Batting first, South Africa were bowled out for 270 in 47.5 overs.

Quinton de Kock was the top scorer for the Proteas with 106 runs. Captain Temba Bavuma made 48, Dewald Brewers 29, Matthew Britzke 24, Marco Jensen 17, Corbin Bosh 9, Otneil Baartman 3, Aiden Markram 1, Lungi Ngidi 1 and Ryan Rickelton 0 were out for individual scores.

Keshav Maharaj returned to the pavilion not out after scoring 20 runs.

Kuldeep Yadav and Prasad Krishna took 4 wickets each for India. Arsdeep Singh and Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket each.

In reply, India achieved the target of 271 runs in the 40th over for the loss of 1 wicket.

Yashasvi Jaiswal was the standout batsman with an unbeaten 116. Virat Kohli played an unbeaten innings of 65 runs while Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 75 runs. Keshav Maharaj took 1 wicket for the Proteas.

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Indian batsman Virat Kohli created history by scoring a brilliant century in the ODI match against South Africa in Ranchi.

This is Kohli’s 52nd century in his ODI career, with which he became the player with the most centuries in a single format.

Before that, this title was held by Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 51 centuries in Test cricket.

Kohli batted with great confidence in the match, initially withstanding the pressure and later giving the South African bowlers a hard time.

This is also his sixth century against South Africa, with which he came equal to AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock, who have scored six centuries each against India.

According to statistics, Virat Kohli scored 6 centuries in 32 matches against South Africa and his average was 69.86. Sachin Tendulkar is second in the list with 5 centuries and Gary Kirsten is third with 4 centuries.

This was Kohli’s third century in Ranchi, after which he also became the Indian batsman with the most centuries at a single ground in India.

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A serious security failure came to light during the first ODI between India and South Africa, when a man broke through security barriers, entered the field, and hugged Virat Kohli on the pitch.

India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli scored his 52nd ODI century by playing an innings of 135 runs in the first ODI against South Africa.

As soon as he completed his century, a fan not only broke the security and entered the field but also fell straight at Kohli’s feet.

According to cricket circles, a fan suddenly entering the field during celebrations is tantamount to endangering players’ lives, while the Indian Cricket Board has so far failed to take a clear stand on this serious issue.

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India defeated South Africa by 17 runs in the first match thanks to Virat Kohli’s record 52nd ODI century. In the first ODI played in Ranchi, Virat Kohli scored a brilliant 135 runs off 120 balls and added 136 runs in the second wicket partnership with Rohit Sharma to take India’s total to 349 for 8.

Corbin Bosch kept India on edge till the end, but the hosts get the W in a Ranchi high-scorer

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— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) November 30, 2025

South Africa’s Karbin Bosh put up a brilliant fight, scoring 67 runs off 51 balls and continued to fight until the last moment. In the 50th over, South Africa needed 18 runs to win with one wicket remaining. Karbin Bosh was dismissed on the second ball and the entire team lost courage at 332 runs.

Matthew Bretzke (72) and Marco Jansen (70) put on a 97-run partnership for the sixth wicket to bring the match back into contention. Earlier, the team was in trouble after three players returned to the pavilion for 11 runs and the fourth wicket fell for 77 runs.

Kuldeep Yadav was the standout bowler for India, taking 4 wickets for 68 runs. The consecutive wickets of Marco Jansen and Bretzke proved to be the turning point of the match, after which India took a 0-1 lead in the 3-match series.

37-year-old Virat Kohli completed his 83rd century in all three formats of international cricket, hitting a boundary off Marco Janssen.

Virat Kohli is the batsman with the most ODI centuries in the world, two

Virat Kohli's masterclass on a two-paced pitch 👏#INDvSA LIVE: https://t.co/OJm3attxYw pic.twitter.com/vBI0Py19AO

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) November 30, 2025

He is the batsman with the most ODI centuries in the world, followed by Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar with 49 centuries.
Virat Kohli, who only plays one-day format for India, and 38-year-old Rohit Sharma strengthened the team’s batting line-up. Rohit Sharma took over the innings after Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for 18 runs, but was later dismissed lbw by Jansen. Rohit Sharma hit 3 sixes in his 51-ball innings, taking his total of sixes in ODI cricket to 352, breaking Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi’s record of 351 sixes.

Kohli completed his first century since January and started playing aggressively immediately after that, taking 21 runs off spinner Perninal Subrian with two fours and two sixes in an over.

Virat Kohli was finally caught by Ryan Rickelton off Nandre Burger, having earlier hit 11 fours and 7 sixes. KL Rahul also further advanced the score by scoring 60 runs off 56 balls, while Ravindra Jadeja scored 32 runs off 20 balls.

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Pakistan achieved the target of 115 runs in the 19th over for the loss of 4 wickets in the match played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Babar Azam was the standout for Pakistan with an unbeaten 37. Saim Ayub scored 36, Sahibzada Farhan scored 23, captain Salman Agha scored 14 and Fakhar Zaman scored 3 runs.

Mohammad Nawaz remained unbeaten on 3 runs.

Pravan Ratnayake took 2 wickets for Sri Lanka. Ishan Malinga and Winandu Hasaranga took 1 wicket each.

Earlier, Sri Lanka, batting first at the invitation of Pakistan, were bowled out for 114 runs in the 20th over.

Sri Lanka did not get off to a good start, after one out, a partnership of 64 runs was established, which was broken as soon as the batting line of the Lankan team turned out to be a pile of sand and 7 players could only score 16 runs.

When Sri Lanka opened the batting, Shaheen Afridi sent Patham Nissanka to the pavilion on a total score of 20 for 11.

After this, Mohammad Nawaz broke the 64-run partnership of the Sri Lankan batsmen and sent Kusal Mendis to the pavilion on an individual score of 14 and a total score of 84.

After this, Saim Ayub dealt a blow to the Sri Lankan team by taking the big wicket of Kamil Mishra. Mishra played a brilliant innings of 59 runs off 47 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours, thus the third wicket also fell on 98 runs.

Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets each, while Abrar Ahmed took two, Saim Ayub and Salman Mirza took one wicket each. Kamil Mishra was the standout batsman with 59 runs, while 8 Sri Lankan players could not even reach double figures.

Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz was adjudged the best player of the match and the series.

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi and Sri Lankan High Commissioner Fred Srivirathne were present at the final. Before the match, players from both teams observed a minute’s silence in memory of the loss of lives due to torrential rains in Sri Lanka.

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Pakistan have won the toss and elected to field first against Sri Lanka in the sixth match of the tri-nation T20 series.

Two changes have been made to the national squad for the match being played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, with spinners Usman Tariq and Naseem Shah being rested while fast bowlers Salman Mirza and Abrar Ahmed returning to the final XI.

🚨 TOSS & PLAYING XI 🚨

Pakistan win the toss and opt to field first 🏏

Our team for today's match 🇵🇰#PAKvSL | #BackTheBoysInGreen | #CricketKiJeet pic.twitter.com/D3sON0sanp

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) November 27, 2025

Captain Salman Ali Agha said at the toss that they will try to maintain the winning streak, the pitch of Pindi Stadium seems suitable for bowling and batting.

Pakistan’s playing XI

Led by Salman Ali Agha, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan and Usman Khan are in the team. Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Wasim Junior, Salman Mirza and Abrar Ahmed are also part of the playing XI.

It should be noted that Sri Lanka will have to defeat Pakistan in the match to ensure their entry into the final. In case of defeat, the team with the better run rate between the Lincoln Tigers and Zimbabwe will face the Green Shirts in the final.

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It is common for fans to take selfies with their favorite personalities or players. A large number of cricket fans in Pakistan consider it an honor to take selfies with their national heroes.

Recently, after a tri-nation series match, when national cricketer Naseem Shah went near the stands to interact with the fans present on the field, the fans started taking pictures of him.

In such a situation, a girl fan asked to take a selfie with him, to which Naseem Shah innocently said, “You will get scolded by the family, I swear I am telling the truth, my father scolds a lot.” Their innocent manner made everyone present laugh.

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Babar Azam equals Virat Kohli’s record for scoring the most half-centuries in T20 International cricket. Batting first against Zimbabwe in the tri-series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan scored 195 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated overs, with openers Sahibzada Farhan and Babar Azam scoring half-centuries and playing a key role in helping the team reach the big score.

Sahibzada Farhan scored his second consecutive half-century in the series and played an innings of 63 runs off 41 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Fakhar Zaman faced only 10 balls in the closing overs, but scored 27 runs without being out, hitting one four and 3 towering sixes.

Babar Azam scored 74 runs off 52 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes, however this is the 38th half-century of his career, before that, former India captain Virat Kohli had set the record of the most half-centuries with 38.

Babar Azam has scored 38 half-centuries in 127 innings of 134 matches and he also has the honor of scoring the most runs in T20 cricket with 4,392 and in addition, he also holds the record for playing the most innings of 50 or more runs with 3 centuries.

Virat Kohli has scored 38 half-centuries in 117 innings of 125 matches and only one century, Rohit Sharma is in third place with 32 half-centuries, Mohammad Rizwan is in fourth place with 30 half-centuries, former Australian opener David Warner is in fifth place with 28 half-centuries.

Babar Azam also holds the record for hitting the most fours in T20 cricket with 464, Ireland’s Paul Stirling is in second place with 430 fours, Rohit Sharma is in third place with 383 fours, Virat Kohli is in fifth place with 363.

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