All eyes on Pak vs Ind clash in Asia Cup 2022 today

The high-octane clash between arch-rivals Pakistan and India in the T20 Asia Cup 2022 is all set to take place today (Sunday) at the Dubai Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at 7pm PST.

Both teams are well prepared for the major cricket event. Pakistan has finalised its playing eleven but the names of the team will be revealed before the toss.

The green shirts will have batting powerhouses like captain Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali and Hyder Ali. Both Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz will showcase their spinning skills along with their batting prowess.

Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf will join the team as fast bowlers. Either Shahnawaz Dhani or Muhammad Hasnain will be in the playing eleven.

The Indians will feature big names like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul who will be aided by talented pacers and spinners. The two major bowlers of the two teams -- Shaheen Shah Afridi and Jasprit Bumrah -- will not be available for this match. Cricket fans will miss both of them.

The Asia Cup 2022 will feature six teams from the Asian continent divided into two groups. Pakistan is in Group A along with India and Hong Kong. Group B has the other three Asian teams -- Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Following the group matches, two top teams from each group will qualify for the Super Four stage, which will begin on September 3.

The final between the top two teams of the Super Four will be played on September 11. The cricket action will continue in Dubai and Sharjah till the final on September 11.

Pakistan playing XI (probables):

Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani.

India:

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

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Cycle race held in Islamabad by Tactical Gears

Tactical Gears.Pk celebrated it's 75th Independence at F-9 Park Islambad by arranging "AZADI CYCLE RACE" that drew attention of 100s of people directly on the track.

Several talented athletes that were being seen in complete action with displaying their best skills at accuracy and speed so as to earn the ultimate title of this event.

According to organizers, this event aimed at spreading awarness how bicycles are important for our physical health, and to encourage people especially youngsters to use cycles for travelling small distances instead of cars.

This also shows how bicycle are just part of bigger picture, our global efforts to achieve truely sustainable environment, Our challenge is to get Pakistan to use renewable energy sources more broadly , we need a cleaner, greener approach to development, organizers added.

Cycling is a healthy and pollution-free leisure and sporting activity that Tactical Gears.pk is keen to encourage. We thank all the partners who have made this event possible. We wish to continue spreading awarness about cycling, and we hope you all cope with us in our mission, they added.

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Pak vs Ind: Can Green Shirts repeat last year’s World Cup feat against India?

The Green Shirts, with strong T20 cricket credentials over the years, can repeat last year’s World Cup feat against India with their opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who will be a real threat to the Indians.

 There is no bigger game in cricket than the clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan, and one is due on Sunday (tomorrow).

The two neighbouring nations, with a bitter cricketing history, will lock horns in the Asia T20 Cup. Having being whipped by a whopping margin of ten wickets by the Green Shirts in the T20 World Cup game on October 24, 2021, last year in Dubai, India will be very cautious in the much-anticipated showpiece.

And indeed it would not be easy for India to dent Pakistan’s hopes. The Green Shirts, with strong T20 cricket credentials over the years, can repeat last year’s World Cup feat against India with their opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who will be a real threat to the Indians.

With Babar having stamped his authority as the most reliable batsman in all three formats with enormous consistency, Rizwan is undoubtedly the most dangerous T20 player which the world has produced in recent years.

Having played together for quite some time while opening the innings in the T20 forma,t both know the art of handling any top attack with an enviable ease. With Babar elegant in his approach, Rizwan is brutal when it is his day. The contracting characters will be a real threat to India, which are hot favourites of the six-nation event.

If both bat for a few overs, they may take the game away from India. Besides being highly reliable, both also know each other and can put a lot of pressure on the Indians with their singles and twos which are at times needed in T20 cricket.

Irrespective of his fluctuating fortunes in the longer format, Rizwan always has shown a killer instinct in T20 cricket. And his recent stint with Sussex shows this.

Rizwan had a wonderful 2021, amassing 1,326 runs in 26 innings with 12 fifties and one century. He also scored the most runs in the format in a calendar year than any other batter to date.

And the Peshawar-born wicket-keeper batsman will look to build on his heroics from the previous match in the 2021 T20 World Cup.

After Rizwan, Babar was the second-highest run-scorer in T20 cricket in 2021. And he has not shown any signs of shifting gears at any stage, having ruled the world’s cricket for the previous two years or so.

 

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Asia Cup: Muhammad Waseem is likely to be injured

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is on its toes with bowler Mohammad Wasim Jr's complaint of back pain after a bowling session coming in just a few days after pace ace Shaheen Afridi was benched due to a knee injury ahead of Asia Cup 2022.

As the rest of the team gets ready for its crucial opening encounter set for Sunday, August 28, against India in Asia Cup 2022, the board management decided Wasim should get an MRI scan. The report is expected to be in by today (Friday) evening.

As per media report, a decision on whether Wasim will play in the Asia Cup will be taken based on the report.

The team management is hopeful that the pacer's back pain will not exacerbate and the immediate MRI was just a precaution.

Wasim's back ache comes after Shaheen was ruled out of Asia Cup as he suffered a knee injury during the Test series against Sri Lanka in July.

Although Shaheen will not be playing in the tournament, he is still on the trip with the team. He is undergoing rehabilitation.

After the match against India, Pakistan's second Group A fixture will be against a qualifier (UAE, Kuwait, Singapore or Hong Kong) in Sharjah on Friday, 2 September. The Super Four matches will be played from 3-9 September.

 

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Hong Kong beats UAE to qualify for Asia Cup

Hong Kong National Cricket Team have qualified for the Asia Cup 2022 group stage round after defeating the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 8 wickets.

The Asia Cup 2022, which is the 15th edition of the tournament, is scheduled to be played from August 27 to September 11. The entire tournament is set to be held in United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the hosts Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan in the opening clash.

The tournament was originally set to be played in Sri Lanka but was shifted to United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the economic and political crisis in the country. The matches of the tournament will be played across two venues, including Dubai International Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Notably, the Asia Cup, which was last played in 2018, will be played in the T20 format with 6 teams fighting for the title. The 5 teams that will be fighting for the championship were already confirmed. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were the confirmed teams.

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How many times India has been deafeated by pakistan in Asia cup?

In the one-day international (ODI) format of the Asia Cup, Pakistan and India have faced each other 13 times, with India winning on seven occasions and Pakistan on five. One game ended in a no result.

It is the time of the year when once again cricket fans will remain glued to their TV screens to watch arch-rivals Pakistan and India face off against each other at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on August 28 during the T20 Asia Cup 2022.

Any cricket match between the two nations is one of the most watched events on the global sporting calendar .

Let’s take a look at the history of these two rivals in the Asia Cup.

The Asia Cup 2022 will be played in the T20 format. This is the second time the tournament will be played in the shortest format. It was last held in the T20 format in Bangladesh in 2016, where India lifted their seventh Asian title by defeating the host by eight wickets in the final.

Consequently, Pakistan and India faced each other only once during the said tournament.

Last time, when the Men in Green met the Blue Shirts, they handed a meagre target of 83 runs — becoming the only Test nation to score double figures in T20 Asia Cup — which was easily achieved by the neighbours in 15 overs.

 

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Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera ruled out of Asia Cup 2022

Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera, ruled out of Asia Cup squad as he has picked up a left leg injury during training.

In a statement, Sri Lanka Cricket said the selection committee added Nuwan Thusharawa who bowls in a similar fashion to Lasith Malinga as an additional player to the squad named for the Asia Cup.

However, only 17 players from the 20-player squad will leave for the tour on August 24.

Dinesh Chandimal, Nuvanindu Fernando, and Nuvan Thushara have been included in the squad for the Asia Cup but they will not travel with the team as extras.

 

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PCB declares schedule for England's Pakistan tour

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday confirmed details of England’s tour of Pakistan for three Tests, which will be played in December.

This, the PCB said in a statement, will be England’s second half of the tour, following seven T20 Internationals in Karachi and Lahore from 20 September to 2 October.

Ben Stokes’ side will open the tour with the first Test in Rawalpindi from 1-5 December, before both sides move to Multan for the second Test from 9-13 December.

Karachi will host the third Test from 17-21 December.

This will be the first time England will play a Test in Rawalpindi, which has previously staged 12 matches with the home side winning five and losing three.

When England last toured Pakistan in 2005, they lost the Multan Test by 22 runs. The venue has staged five Tests, with Pakistan winning three and losing one.

National Stadium was considered Pakistan’s happy hunting ground until Nasser Hussain’s side in 2000 ended Pakistan’s 34-Test unbeaten record, winning the third Test in near darkness by six wickets.

Pakistan’s only other loss in 44 matches in Karachi was against South Africa, who won the 2007 Test by 160 runs.

Nonetheless, with 23 Test wins, the National Stadium remains Pakistan most favourite Test venue.

The three Tests will count towards the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. No.4 ranked England are presently sitting in the seventh position on the Test championship table, while sixth-ranked Pakistan are fifth.

Schedule of Tests
1-5 December – 1st Test, Rawalpindi
9-13 December – 2nd Test, Multan
17-21 December – 3rd Test, Karachi
Schedule of T20Is
20 September – 1st T20I, Karachi
22 September – 2nd T20I, Karachi
23 September – 3rd T20I, Karachi
25 September – 4th T20I, Karachi
28 September – 5th T20I, Lahore
30 September – 6th T20I, Lahore
2 October – 7th T20I, Lahore

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Shaheen Afridi ruled out of Asia Cup 2022

Pakistani pacer Shaheen Afridi has been ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup 2022, dealing a major setback to the Pakistan side, who were banking on his bowling in the upcoming international tournament.

Shaheen had suffered a right knee ligament injury while fielding during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle last month.

In a statement, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Shaheen has been advised four to six weeks of rest by the body's medical advisory committee and independent specialists following the latest scans and reports.

"This means Shaheen has been ruled out of the ACC T20 Asia Cup and home series against England," the board announced about the pacer, who routinely serves as a crucial part of Pakistan's bowling attack.

The young pacer is expected to return to competitive cricket in October with the New Zealand T20I tri-series, which will be followed by the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022.

Shaheen will stay with the squad to complete his rehabilitation. His replacement for the ACC T20 Asia Cup will be announced shortly. 

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Pakistan move up in World Cup Super League points table

Pakistan have overtaken Afghanistan to secure the third spot in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League.

Playing a bilateral series against the Netherlands in Rotterdam, Pakistan have sealed the series 2-0, with one match left scheduled to take place on August 20.

Following their back-to-back wins, Pakistan have 110 points after playing 17 matches in the current cycle with a net run rate of +0.221, as per the latest ICC standings.

England are on top with 125 points, Bangladesh are placed second with 120 points, and India are placed on the seventh spot on the list with 89 points after losing four matches out of nine played.

Each team earns 10 points for a win, five for a tie/no result/abandoned match, and zero for a loss.

In case Pakistan clean sweep the Netherlands in the ongoing series, it will lift their points to 120 and assure them of a place in next year’s event proper, irrespective of how their remaining two series against New Zealand and Afghanistan pan out.

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PCB rejects Azam Khan's request for NOC to participate in CPL

Cricketer Azam Khan has been denied no-objection certificate for participation in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) by the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Azam, who is currently representing Overseas Warriors in the second edition of the Kashmir Premier League (KPL), requested for an NOC from PCB.

According to media reports, that PCB rejected Azam's NOC request. Meanwhile, other requests were approved and players got NOC for CPL.

 

As per PCB's policy, national players are allowed to participate in three international leagues apart from Pakistan Super League (PSL).

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Ireland nail down the five -match Twenty series 3-2 Against Afghanistan

Ireland clinched the five-match Twenty20 international series 3-2 against Afghanistan by sealing a narrow win in the last and fifth rain-affected faceoff at Stormon on Wednesday.

George Dockrell hit the winning run with two balls to spare after Ireland had been set a revised target of 56 in seven overs, with a seven-wicket victory giving the hosts the five-match contest 3-2.

Ireland paceman Mark Adair removed openers Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz in his first over after home skipper Andy Balbirnie won the toss.

And when Adair dismissed Ibrahim Zadran, he had figures of 3-16, with Afghanistan 26-3 inside four overs.

Usman Ghani, however, led an Afghanistan counter-attack after Josh Little had Najibullah Zadran and captain Mohammad Nabi caught behind by Lorcan Tucker off successive deliveries.

But having made an unbeaten 44, off just 40 balls -- including three fours and two sixes -- Ghani´s innings was curtailed by rain, with Afghanistan 95-5 off 15 overs.

A lengthy delay left Ireland chasing a revised target.

Off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman had Balbirnie lbw for nine and when he had Paul Stirling (16) caught at midwicket, Ireland were 38-2.

That became 45-3 when Tucker fell to leg-spinner Rashid Khan for 14.

But Harry Tector and Dockrell then held their nerve as Ireland won with three wickets down.

 

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Ronaldo soon reveal "the truth" about his future

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has said he will soon reveal "the truth" about his future after reading so many "lies" this summer.

Although the Portuguese wants to leave United, new manager Erik ten Hag said he is "not for sale".

But it is now thought United could let the 37-year-old leave before the transfer window shuts on 1 September.

"They [will] know the truth when they interview in a couple weeks," Ronaldo said on Instagram.

Ronaldo liked a post on a fan account which referred to a report that Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone was interested in signing him.

But in a reply to the post, the ex-Real Madrid forward added: "The media is telling lies.

"I have a notebook and in the last few months of the 100 news [stories] I made, only five were right. Imagine how it is. Stick with that tip."

Ronaldo has a year left on the contract he signed when he rejoined United from Juventus a year ago.

Despite his return, United missed out on Champions League qualification last season after finishing sixth in the Premier League.

They are now bottom of the table for the first time since 1992-93 after losing their opening two games of the season.

Ronaldo's former United team-mate Gary Neville said on social media: "Why does the greatest player of all time (in my opinion) have to wait two weeks to tell Manchester United fans the truth?

"Stand up now and speak. The club is in crisis and it needs leaders to lead. He's the only one who can grab this situation by the scruff of the neck!"

Ronaldo was United's top scorer last season with 24 goals in all competitions, but missed their pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia.

After being replaced at half-time of United's final friendly against Rayo Vallecano, Ronaldo and several players left the game early, which Ten Hag said was "unacceptable".

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We need to make ourselves better before criticising politicians: Rizwan

Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Rizwan sent a meaningful message out to his fans, urging them to practice some self-reflection before pointing fingers at others.

Speaking during a Twitter Space hosted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the star wicketkeeper-batter said: "We should look at ourselves first and what we're doing instead of looking towards our prime minister, MNAs, and MPAs. We need to make ourselves better."

He added that as a nation, Pakistanis need to change their lifestyles and keep following Islam's order as a priority.

"People need to be sincere to Pakistan and then question others," he maintained.

Speaking about Pakistan's match against India at the T20I World Cup, he said: "During our match against India, I wasn't feeling anything as it was just a normal match. I can't express the love and support that the nation gave me.

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Amir Khan answers question about returning to boxing ring

British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan said that he is done with the sport and has no plans to return to the boxing ring.

Khan, during his latest interview, refused to return to the game even if he was offered a handsome amount for a fight.

"No, I’m done. Honestly, I’m done [with] the sport," responded Khan.

The boxer went on to say that normally he would be nervous while walking into the ring, however, this time he felt nothing. "I had no butterflies in my stomach. I just wanted to get it over with. I didn’t want to be there, I’d lost love for the sport, to be honest with you. I love the sport, don’t get me wrong, but me as a fighter in boxing, I can’t do it anymore," he maintained.

"Boxing is one of the hardest sports in the world and [you should know] when to call it a day. It was difficult to walk away from boxing but the signs were there, it was time to say goodbye," he said.

Britain's former light-welterweight world champion announced his retirement from boxing in May this year.

Khan (34-6, 21 KOs), Olympic lightweight silver medallist at the 2004 Athens Games when he was 17 years old, won the WBA light-welter belt from Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnyk in 2009 and added the IBF title in 2011 when he beat American Zab Judah.

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IPL franchise owner slapped me for getting out on duck: Ross Taylor

Former New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor has claimed that one of the owners of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) franchise, Rajhastan Royals, had slapped him for getting out on a duck.

Taylor, in his autobiography, said that one of the Royals owners slapped him while having a laugh, but he wasn't sure if the latter was serious or not.

"Rajasthan played Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. The chase was 195, I was lbw for a duck, and we didn't get close," Taylor was quoted in his autobiography.

"Afterwards, the team, support staff and management were in the bar on the top floor of the hotel. Liz Hurley was there with Warnie,

"One of the Royals owners said to me, 'Ross, we didn't pay you a million dollars to get a duck' and slapped me across the face three or four times," the New Zealand cricketer claimed.

"He was laughing and they weren't hard slaps but I'm not sure that it was entirely play-acting. Under the circumstances, I wasn't going to make an issue of it, but I couldn't imagine it happening in many professional sporting environments," the ex-cricketer shared confusing thoughts.

The New Zealand veteran, who played 450 international matches, hung his boots earlier this year in April.

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Pakistan cricket team arrives in Amsterdam for Netherlands series

The Pakistan cricket team touched down in Amsterdam for their three-match one-day international (ODI) series against the Netherlands.

The squad will reach Rotterdam shortly.

The three-match series will take place under the lights of Hazelaarweg Stadium in Rotterdam from August 16, where Pakistan will eye to conquer and take the winning momentum to the Asia Cup.

The first match will take place on August 16, while the other two are scheduled for 18 and 21.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, and Zahid Mehmood

Netherlands: Stephan Myburgh, Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Vikramjit Singh, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Ryan Klein, Shariz Ahmad, Clayton Floyd, Teja Nidamanuru, Vivian Kingma, Aryan Dutt.

 

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Naila Kiani becomes first Pakistani woman to scale Gashebrum-I

A Dubai-based Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani, became the first Pakistani woman to summit the world's 11th highest mountain, Gasherbrum-1, at 8080m, on Friday morning.

Naila climbed to the top of G-1 around 7:45 am Pakistan time.

"Summit, Alhamdulilah," she texted from her satellite phone.

"Unbelievable, only three weeks after K2. It was harder than K2. No rope on most technical sections," she added.

This is her third peak of over 8,000 metres, all within Pakistan, making her the first Pakistani woman to summit three of the world's fourteen such peaks.

Naila, a mother of two, had previously summited 8034m, the world's 13th highest mountain, Gasherbrum-1, in 2021 before ascending 8611m, K2, the world's second tallest mountain, last month.

She had climbed K2 shortly after Samian Baig, the first Pakistani woman to do so, and was the second to do so on the same day.

Samina has also climbed Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.

While on her way to scale Gasherbrum-1, Naila informed Geo.tv that G-1, also known as K-5, proved to be more difficult for her than K2, owing to extreme wind conditions.

"It's definitely more difficult than K2, for sure," she said via satellite device from C3 before pushing for the final summit.

Naila is also the first Pakistani woman to complete a 20-day double-header by summiting K2 and Gasherbrum-1.

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Arshad Nadeem to flex his mussels in Islamic Solidarity Games today

Pakistan's star athlete Arshad Nadeem will be in action at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games on Friday.

Arshad Nadeem hopes to bag a medal for Pakistan in the games being currently held in the Turkish city of Konya.

The Javelin Throw competition is scheduled at 7:25 pm today.

Arshad Nadeem has recently won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games. Türkiye is hosting the 5th edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya.

The Games that started on August 9 will continue till August 18, according to the TRT World website. At least 4,000 athletes from 56 Muslim countries are competing in 24 different games while vying for a total of 355 medals.

Before Türkiye, the Games had been staged in Saudi Arabia (2005), Iran (2010), Indonesia (2013) and Azerbaijan (2017). The Tehran edition, however, had to be called off following a dispute between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

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Biography of Sarfaraz added to fourth-grade syllabus

The biography of wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed has been added to the fourth standard Urdu book.

The primary school students will read about Sarfaraz, who led Pakistan towards victory in the Champions Trophy in 2017. The cricketer's wife Khushbakht proudly announced the news on her Twitter handle by sharing the picture of fourth-grade Urdu book.

"Thrilled! Just by imagining when my kids would read about their father along with friends [and] teacher! Can’t be more proud! Alhamdulliah," she wrote.

Sarfaraz is considered one of the most successful captains in Pakistan's cricket history. He had won two ICC Trophies; U19 Cricket World Cup 2006 and the Champions Trophy.

Along with Sarfaraz, the biography of Pakistan's celebrated woman sprinter Naseem Hameed has also become a part of the syllabus book.

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