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00:00Welcome to SportsZoom. I am your host, Najeeb ul-Husmain.
00:18We have been waiting for a long time for the ICC to officially announce the Champions Trophy schedule.
00:24The date is exactly the same. The ICC Champions Trophy schedule has been officially announced.
00:31The Champions Trophy will begin on 19th February.
00:34A high-voltage match will be played between Pakistan and India on 23rd February.
00:39The Champions Trophy final is on 9th March and an additional reserve day has been set for it.
00:47The event will be played in two groups.
00:49In Group A, Pakistan, India, New Zealand and Bangladesh are included.
00:53In Group B, South Africa, Australia, Afghanistan and England are included.
00:57To talk about this, we have with us our sports correspondent, Shahid Hashmi.
01:00Shahid, Assalam-o-Alaikum. Welcome to the show.
01:02First of all, tell us that the schedule took a long time, but the date was announced.
01:08How are you seeing it? There will be 15 matches between 8 teams.
01:12Absolutely. It is an exciting tournament.
01:15After the World Cup, there will be another big tournament.
01:18And let me tell you that the schedule given by ARY News last week is exactly the same.
01:26We might get a copy of it.
01:28Absolutely. Former fast bowler Abdul Rauf has also joined us.
01:31Rauf, Assalam-o-Alaikum. Welcome to the show.
01:33The schedule is in front of you. There will be power-packed matches for the Champions Trophy.
01:37How are you seeing it?
01:39Yes, absolutely. I think the whole world was waiting for ICC to announce the schedule.
01:52And I think after the telegraph report, when they gave their authentic report,
01:58they announced the schedule in a hurry.
02:00But ICC should be aware of this first.
02:03Because when you host a big event in any country,
02:07and there is a huge amount of investment from the brand customers,
02:13and you have to provide it commercially,
02:16so I think it is better to announce these things as soon as possible.
02:19But because of India, because of a country, it was delayed at the neck of the time.
02:25And then at the last minute, when there was very little time, this schedule was announced.
02:29If there was a delay, then the schedule was announced.
02:32Absolutely right. And Rauf himself has touched on this.
02:35So let's move towards that.
02:36In the Champions Trophy, cricket is being harmed to adjust to India.
02:42This is what the telegraph has to say.
02:44They have said that in every ICC event, India is given a separate favour.
02:49Okay, Mr. Shahid, let's start with you.
02:50Tell me, the telegraph report, the things in it, all the things are right.
02:55But the point is that when there was such a deadlock, why weren't they saying it at that time?
02:59Cricket Australia also gave a similar statement earlier.
03:02Now this report is coming in the telegraph that all this is happening to adjust to one country.
03:06But what's the point now when everything is going to be solved?
03:10But in this article, I am definitely late, but in this article,
03:14a lot of things have been exposed.
03:16The World Cup of 2019 was told, the P20 World Cup of 2021 was told.
03:21People felt it, but it came in the print media for the first time.
03:24Maybe Tim Bigmore was busy in the series of New Zealand and England.
03:29But the scenario that is being made now, I was saying earlier that everything is right.
03:34Rauf, tell me, what do you think about this?
03:37Look, I present the telegraph as a neutral and clean team that is against journalism.
03:45And I think they tagged the report very well.
03:47And before that, you will remember that on October 8,
03:50they had sent a newspaper that the final of the event will be postponed to Dubai.
03:56But it was not given much seriousness.
03:58But the report that came in today, it was completely exposed.
04:03And the policy of the International Cricket Council was completely exposed to the world.
04:09And then those countries that are considered the big powers of cricket,
04:14their silence, their silence, they also have to face severe criticism.
04:20And the most important thing is that Pakistan has to stop financing.
04:24Pakistan has to stop financing the game.
04:26And to benefit India, the game has also been exposed.
04:30And India is not doing much with cricket.
04:32The International Cricket Council is working under it.
04:35And then in 2019-21-22, they have given a reference that the World Cup there,
04:40India was also tried to benefit a lot.
04:45And in all the International Cricket Council events,
04:48it is tried to benefit India.
04:52Although, as a governing body, the International Cricket Council should be famous.
04:58And it is their duty to support all the small countries.
05:03So that the game flourishes there too.
05:05So that the people of India can support this game and work with it.
05:10They should be given full responsibility.
05:12But you see, after 1996, a big event is going to be held in Pakistan.
05:16And after 28 years, Pakistan is going to conduct a champion trophy final in Pakistan.
05:26So the International Cricket Council and all the other countries should have supported Pakistan.
05:31They should have stood with Pakistan.
05:33They should have condemned India.
05:35And they should have told that we have made the International Cricket Council for the promotion of the game.
05:41We are not making the International Cricket Council for the promotion of one country's agenda.
05:46So they have been completely unsuccessful in doing this.
05:49And I think this telegraph article is outstanding.
05:54They said that the seven teams participating in this,
05:57they have no idea where their knockout matches will be held.
06:00There is only one country in India that knows where its knockout matches will be played.
06:05And before that, do you remember that there was a big loss of Pakistan in the Asian Cup
06:09when Pakistan had to fly out of the hybrid model and play matches in Sri Lanka.
06:14And Pakistan was completely defeated there.
06:16And India was completely defeated there.
06:18Absolutely right.
06:19Mr. Shahid, please tell me the last question.
06:21You said that the governance of one country is very wrong.
06:24This should not happen in any game.
06:26But what will happen in the future?
06:28It will be noted that how much of a problem this is for the other teams.
06:32Pakistan will have to unite all the countries.
06:35Associated countries will have to lobby.
06:39In 2011, Haroon Lorgat, the Associate Chief Executive,
06:43had a review done through Lord Wolves.
06:46In the review, it was said that there should be 8 independent directors.
06:51There should be at least 18 directors.
06:54That should be the first decision.
06:55And there should be a board of 8 independent directors
06:59who do not have much to do with the big players of cricket.
07:03Like China, Belgium, France.
07:05They give a little bit of cricket.
07:06But they are not such powerful cricketing nations.
07:08The review that was done in 2011,
07:11it said that the governance of three countries,
07:13at that time it was of three countries, now it is only of India.
07:16The governance of three countries is absolutely dangerous.
07:18And all the money coming from one country to cricket is also very dangerous.
07:21To get a review like that,
07:23Pakistan, Sri Lanka and other countries will have to lobby.
07:27Okay, thank you very much.
07:28Mr. Shahid Hashmi was with us.
07:30Mr. Rahul is still with us.
07:31And we will talk to him.
07:32In the one day series, Pakistan's great performance,
07:36expectations have increased a lot.
07:38And Pakistan has started preparing for the test series.
07:42Mr. Rahul, you saw how all the preparations are going on for this series.
07:47My question is that South Africa has also announced its squad.
07:52That squad will also appear on the screen.
07:55Looking at that, I have a feeling that Pakistan has a very good chance.
08:00The playing 11th.
08:01Mr. Shahid, I think Pakistan has a very good opportunity.
08:06Because if you look at the past,
08:08South Africans have mostly played their test series,
08:12the one day format.
08:14Their catcher, Narai, is a very outstanding left arm spinner.
08:17And he has had a lot of input in South African cricket.
08:21So now Pakistan is very lucky that they didn't participate in the bundles series.
08:25Because of that, Pakistan got a very big edge.
08:28Pakistan did a 3-0 whitewash.
08:29Now the test series has also been rolled out.
08:33So as long as you don't have a competent spinner,
08:36and that is a spinner who has the ability to take 10 victories and win the test match,
08:41it becomes very difficult for the other team to win the test match.
08:44And I think the South African pass attack,
08:47which includes bowlers like Rabada and Jansen,
08:49they can play a lot of parts.
08:52Because Pakistan's preparation is very good at this time.
08:56Pakistan's major players, the senior players,
08:58which include Babar Azam, Meher Edwan, Saeem Ayub and Kamran Ghulam,
09:02they are in their premier form.
09:04And fortunately, they have been in South Africa for more than a month now.
09:08And they must have had a lot of success there.
09:11So I think this is a very golden opportunity for Pakistan.
09:15Earlier, South Africa was also able to win the test series in South Africa.
09:19Yes, it is a golden opportunity.
09:21As far as conditions are concerned, do you think the format changes?
09:25I believe that one day is the closest format to the test.
09:28When we did so well there, we can do well here too.
09:31Do you think there will be no problem for Pakistan because of the conditions?
09:36See, a little bit of Russian or subcontinent batsmen have definite problems
09:40when they play on the green top pitches.
09:42There is a little extra bounce in it.
09:44But at that time, there is a lot of problem when you go straight away
09:47and play a side match there and then you have to go to the test match.
09:51But when you are there, three T20 matches or three big matches,
09:56before that a practice match, then I have played two practice matches before that.
10:00And I have been doing aggro preparation there for a month now.
10:03And then you have a majority of the batsmen who have the experience
10:07of playing in the conditions of Australia and South Africa.
10:10And luckily, Pakistan has done a tour of Australia before this
10:13and their pitches are quite different from those of South Africa.
10:17And their bowling line is also much better than that of South Africa.
10:20So, in my opinion, if Pakistan plays with a little better planning,
10:24then against South Africa, Pakistan will have a lot of advantage.
10:28Okay, secondly, Pakistan has nothing to lose.
10:30South Africa has a lot to lose because of the WTC final.
10:34They have a very good chance.
10:36So, will there be additional pressure on them for this?
10:40Of course, there will be additional pressure.
10:43Because it is very important for them to win this match.
10:46If they want to participate in the WTC final,
10:49then they will have to defeat Pakistan.
10:51And I think the pressure will also be there.
10:54And apart from that, their 3-0 whitewash has put them in a lot of compression.
11:00And this has raised the morale of Pakistan a lot.
11:03And after that, Pakistan's bowling line is also much better.
11:08Because Noman Ali, the last 2-3 test matches that you played,
11:12against England in Pakistan, he performed very well.
11:17And he gave Pakistan a baseline in winning matches against England.
11:23Then there is Abad's return.
11:25He has a lot of experience in English conditions and such scrimmage pitches.
11:29He has sold more than 700 wickets.
11:32And he has also been a part of Pakistan's very important season.
11:35And after that, Naseem Shah and other bowlers are also involved.
11:38So, according to me, this Pakistan team is much better than the South African team.
11:43Okay, thank you very much, Abdul Rauf was with us.
11:46He also believes that Pakistan's team is much stronger against South Africa.
11:54Let's take a break here.
11:55We'll be back after the break.
11:56We'll talk about the Champions T20 Cup.
11:58Don't go anywhere, we'll be right back.
12:01Glad to have you back once again to the sports room.
12:04Tomorrow is the final of the Champions T20 Cup.
12:06Two of the best teams of the event are competing against each other.
12:09The Stallions will take on Markhor.
12:11We have with us the captain of the Stallions, Mohammad Haris.
12:14Let's talk to him.
12:15Assalam-o-Alaikum, Haris. Welcome to the show.
12:17First of all, I would like to know, your team is doing a great performance.
12:20What is your goal with this performance?
12:23Yes, of course, as a team, our Stallions' performance was very good.
12:29Any team's goal is to have a good start to the tournament.
12:33Our goal is to have a good start to the tournament and finish it well.
12:37As far as the captain is concerned, he has been the captain for the last 1.5 years.
12:42He has been the captain of the emerging team, Pakistan Shaheen, and the Stallions.
12:47He is learning a lot.
12:49And the aim is to win the tradition of the Stallions.
12:52We have seen a lot of great players in the Stallions team.
12:55Which player do you think is ready to make a place in the Pakistan team?
13:02In the Stallions team, I think Sadaqat is a young, talented player.
13:07He is doing very well in all three departments.
13:10I think he can represent Pakistan very well.
13:13The reason for this is that his skill in batting, bowling, and fielding is very good.
13:19He has also played in the first class.
13:22I have seen him recently.
13:24He is the second highest scorer in the team.
13:27He is playing very well.
13:29He has also played in the first class.
13:31His performance in the T20 is very good.
13:33He has scored 50 runs and has scored 30-35 runs.
13:36I think he is a prospect.
13:41There is one more player who is very unique and amazing.
13:44He is Sman Tariq.
13:46The players who play in front of the wicket have a lot of difficulty.
13:49Is it difficult for them to catch the ball behind the wickets?
13:53The way Sman Tariq is bowling, not only the batsman, but I am also having a hard time.
13:58But it is not a problem.
14:00In the first three matches, it was difficult to judge him.
14:03But later he had a discussion.
14:05Now he will understand which ball is coming in and which is coming out.
14:10We have discussed a lot with him.
14:14The way he is bowling, I wish he becomes a top wicket taker.
14:19Thank you very much, Haris.
14:21I pray that you are successful and get to see a good final.
14:25Thank you so much for your time.
14:26That's all for today's program.
14:28Give yourself permission this time.
14:30Take care of yourself. Allah Hafiz.

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