Yashasvi Jaiswal is 282 runs short of Sachin Tendulkar's record for most runs by an Indian during a calendar year in Test cricket.
Pakistan's T20 captain, Salman Ali Agha, remains optimistic despite his team's 1-4 series loss to New Zealand, believing the new faces tried out in the matches will eventually come through.
Pakistan captain Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam have been dropped from the T20 squad for the upcoming five-match series in New Zealand.
Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar made a comeback while senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf and dope-tainted pacer Mohammad Asif were left out of Pakistan's 30-member preliminary squad on Tuesday named for the Champions Trophy.
Sources informed Geo News that Shaheen and Yousuf exchanged heated words, but later, the pacer apologised to him.
Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf underwent a fitness test on Tuesday in a bid to revive his international career.
The train, on its maiden trial run, arrived at Srinagar station in the Nowgam area on Srinagar's outskirts from Katra in Jammu.
Pakistan has the upper hand in the Champions Trophy, winning three of the five matches against India.
An unbeaten 57-run sixth wicket stand between Yousuf Pathan and Pinal Shah helped Baroda take seven-run first innings lead over Tamil Nadu on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match in Vadodara on Friday.
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers defeated Hyderabad Toofans 3-2 in a nail-biting match
Dushan Hemantha's four-wicket haul and Ahan Wickramasinghe's sensational fifty sealed Sri Lanka A spot in the final and brought an end to defending champions Pakistan A campaign to its unforeseen conclusion in the first semi-final match of the ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024.
The Indian Cricket League has dropped its case against Mohammad Yousuf after the senior Pakistan batsman, described as a 'turncoat' by the PCB legal adviser, withdrew his counter-charges against the rebel Twenty20 venture.
Prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf on Saturday said he has ended his association with the rebel Indian Cricket League as he wants to play for the Pakistan cricket team again. Yousuf said he resigned last month.
Former Pakistan captain and senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf cleared the first hurdle in his bid to revive his international cricket career as he passed a fitness test held at the National Cricket Academy.
Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf will fill in as substitute in the English County league for Australia's Brad Hodge, who will be playing in the IPL on a five-week contract.
Indian Cricket League (ICL) on Monday filed a statement of claims before the arbiter, seeking damages of Rs 4 crore from Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Yousuf for alleged breach of contract.
Mohammad Yousuf will meet PCB chief Naseem Ashraf on September 26 and will make a decision on whether to join the Indian Cricket League or make himself available for Pakistan.
A PCB official said due to time constraints between the ICC Champions Trophy and New Zealand tour, Aaqib Javed will continue as interim head coach.
The ace batsman is believed to be upset by his omission from Pakistan's team for the Twenty20 World Cup.
The BCCI decided against playing practice games as India is already participating in a three-match ODI series against England.
The Pakistani right-hander will join the county in April next year and will play for them until mid May.
Mohammad Yousuf celebrated his return to Test cricket with a resolute 56 against England in the third Test at the Oval.
The Pakistan batsman established a a new record for the most Test runs in a calender year.
Former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik have been warned by the Pakistan Cricket Board to stop giving statements against each other in the media.
Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf has urged the fact-finding committee of the PCB to not only blame the coach, captain and players for the national cricket team's dismal performance but also make the board officials accountable. "I told the committee that it is fine they are inquiring into the team's performances and those of the captain and coach but what about the board officials who are also responsible for the steep decline in our cricket," Yousuf told PTI to from Lahore. "Every time the team performs badly, the responsibility is put on the captain, coach and the players but I have never seen anyone in the board being held responsible," he added. The fact-finding committee was constituted by the Pakistan Cricket Board to probe into the team's poor performances in Asia Cup and World T20, as well as in earlier series against England and New Zealand. The committee includes Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and senior batsman Younis Khan -- both of whom have not attended the first two days of the fact-finding committee's three-day meeting in Lahore.
'It is typical of China's strategic deception of making virtue out of necessity,' observes Rup Narayan Das.
Embattled Pakistan skipper Muhammad Yousuf has advised former players to stop criticising him over his captaincy and instead use their vast experience to help him overcoming shortcomings. 'I think that instead of criticising all the time, if former players come forward and point out to me that 'look this is where you are doing wrong', I think it would help me in improving my captaincy. I have to still learn many things about captaincy,' Yousuf said.
Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has admitted that batting remains a subject of worry for him ahead of his team's upcoming tour of Australia this month and key batsmen have to perform consistently to succeed in demanding conditions.
Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf says his players are fully prepared to handle any sledging incident during the upcoming three-match Test series against Australia, commencing on December 26 in Melbourne.
Mohammad Yousuf celebrated his return to international cricket with a century on Sunday to give Pakistan a 50-run lead on the second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka. At close, Sri Lanka were nought for no wicket in their second innings after Pakistan had been dismissed for 342.
Former captain Babar Azam, pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah returned to the Pakistan team for the upcoming white-ball series in Australia.
Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf has declared England's Joe Root as currently the best batsman in the world. Overlooking India's run machine Virat Kohli and South African Ab de Villiers, Yousuf said that he believed Root was the the best in the world at the moment after his monumental 254 against Pakistan in the second Test at Manchester.
Mohammad Yousuf set a batting record with his eighth hundred of 2006 but West Indies restricted Pakistan to 257 for seven.
Mohammad Yousuf scored his 20th Test hundred as Pakistan ended Day 2 in the first Test against the West Indies in a strong position.
Pakistan's former captain Mohammad Yousuf has found himself in trouble after being investigated by the Bangladesh intelligence agencies for allegedly submitting a fake clearance letter to play in the Dhaka league.
Pakistan cricket authorities were left in a state of shock as prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf left for New Delhi on Monday to play in the Indian Cricket League. The move certainly jeopardises his international career even as he was named in the national squad for series against the West Indies.
Former Pakistan captain, Muhammad Yousuf, is keen to get a hearing from the new chairman of the Cricket Board, as he believes the national selection committee has treated him unjustly.
Pakistan run-machine Mohammad Yousuf signed a central contract with the PCB and will play in the first Test against South Africa.
Set an improbable 444 to win the third Test against Pakistan, the West Indies were 39 for 2 in their second innings at close on day 4.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq is ranked No. 3 while Mohammad Yousuf is five in the latest ICC Test rankings.
