India’s women’s cricket team sparked controversy after refusing to collect the Asia Cup trophy and winners’ medals from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi following their 72-run victory over Sri Lanka in Sunday’s final in Dubai. The trophy presentation was delayed by more than 30 minutes as the Indian team did not come onto the stage. Naqvi, who is also Pakistan Cricket Board chairman and the country’s interior minister, remained on stage while the ceremony was

Mike Hesson’s decision to involve Razaullah in Pakistan’s upcoming white-ball developmental squads may sound like a positive step on the surface. But it raises a much bigger question: does every talented Pakistani cricketer really need to be pushed into doing more, or should we first protect what makes him special? Razaullah is 21, has only recently broken into international cricket and has already caught attention with his raw pace and aggression. He has been clocking 145+ k

Salman Ali Agha’s stunning triple century in domestic cricket deserves appreciation. Scoring 300* with 42 fours and six sixes is an extraordinary individual achievement. But perhaps the bigger question is not about Salman, it is about the system that produced the conditions for such a performance. How do players who struggle to score runs in challenging overseas conditions suddenly find themselves piling up massive hundreds, even triple centuries, in domestic cricket? Of cour