Yasir Arafat

Chamarajanagar police on Thursday arrested two youngsters for being in possession of tiger claws. yasir arafat and Parhad-Ur-Rehman, residents of Chamarajanagar town, are currently in custody of the district police, who are contemplating transferring the case to the forest department.

Pakistan on Tuesday named former all-rounder yasir arafat as the high-performance coach for its national cricket team, marking another change in personnel for the beleaguered side after a turbulent year.

A 35-year-old man was caught by the customs officials at the Trichy airport on Friday for trying to smuggle 994g of gold, estimated to be worth over Rs 25 lakh, from Malaysia.

Pakistan's cricket team experienced a humiliating defeat in a Test series against Bangladesh, sparking criticism from fans and experts. Former fast bowler yasir arafat criticized the Pakistan Cricket Board for prioritizing one-day matches over red-ball preparation. Pakistan is scheduled to host England for a three-match Test series starting October 7.

Harbhajan Singh celebrated his recall to the Indian team with a five-wicket haul for Surrey against Kent on the first day of the four-day County Championship Division One match.

Chief selector Iqbal Qasim has defended the axing of opener Ahmed Shehzad from the Pakistan squad for the Twenty20 internationals against Australia and for the T20 World Cup.

Backward class and minorities welfare minister Antar Singh Arya reviewed preparations for Alami Tablighi Ijtema to be held on December 6 at village Intkheri near Bhopal. Arya lauded the slogan ‘Green Ijtema-Clean Ijtema’. He expressed satisfaction over preparations.

South Africa's Ryan McLaren claimed a hat-trick to help Kent defeat Gloucestershire by four wickets in the Twenty20 final at Edgbaston.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has allowed Abdul Razzaq to skip the preparatory camp for the Asia Cup and play for Hampshire in the English domestic Twenty20 championship, according to sources.

Despite being ignored by Indian selectors for upcoming One-day series against England, Harbhajan Singh emphasised his blazing form by claiming 11wickets to help Surrey stun Kent by four wickets.

Yasir will reach Lahore from London and will leave with the Pakistan white-ball players for New Zealand where five matches are scheduled from January 12.

A 1-1 draw against 10-man Bangladesh denting their confidence, India will need to quickly get their act together as they take on Sri Lanka in their second SAFF Championship match here on Thursday.

Oriana Fallaci, a dissecting interviewer of the powerful and an iconoclastic journalist who became an icon herself, died in her home city of Florence.

PCB has decided to award category A central contracts to senior players Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq, who have made a return to the national team after resigning from ICL.

BJP initiated a digital campaign against Pakistan, ridiculing their unsuccessful military response following Operation Sindoor. The party highlighted Pakistan's reliance on misinformation to fabricate victories, sharing a clip of India's 2007 T20 World Cup bowl-out win as a symbolic parallel. Amit Malviya criticized Pakistan's propaganda and Ishaq Dar's misleading statements, which were even debunked by Dawn newspaper.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has dropped test and one-day captain Misbah-ul-Haq as he wasn't in the preliminary list of 30 players for the World T20.

Renowned cricket coach Atul Gaikwad became the first-ever Indian to be certified as a specialist Level 4 Elite Coach through England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) flagship programme.

The IPL chairman Lalit Modi said no Pakistani player would be put for auction in the second edition of the twenty20 extravaganza starting from April 10.

Rohit Sharma (80) and Gautam Gambhir (52*) guided India to a thumping victory over Pakistan by 9 wickets in the ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match.

Former Pakistan all-rounder yasir arafat, who is currently the bowling coach of the UAE team in the ongoing 2026 T20 World Cup, explains why injuries are increasing among fast bowlers, how the modern calendar impacts recovery, and why there is no single formula for success in T20Is.

It was on this day, 14 years ago, when MS Dhoni-led India defeated Pakistan via a bowl-out in a group stage match of the inaugural T20 World Cup.

Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has fetched the highest base price among his compatriots for the IPL second edition players' auction to be held on February 6.

Pakistan are expected to go for a new opening pair in the T20 series in New Zealand with Muhammad Rizwan to partner young Saim Ayub instead of Babar Azam. According to reports from Auckland, the team management had Rizwan and Saim batting in the nets against the new ball bowlers while Babar and Fakhar Zaman had their knocks against mainly spinners in the other nets.

Senior batsman Younis Khan has got the highest ratings in Pakistan Cricket Board's new central system which considers aggregate of the points secured by the players in eight separate categories.

The Pakistan Cricket Board appointed former New Zealand star Grant Bradburn as the head coach of the team for a two-year term. Nevertheless, following the appointment of Mohammed Hafeez as the Director of the Pakistan men's cricket team in November last year, the PCB decided to reorganise the coaching staff's portfolios, a move that affected Bradburn's role. Former all-rounder yasir arafat was recently appointed as the Pakistan team's high-performance coach for the New Zealand T20I series.