Young Pakistani cricketers shine in India, do press-ups to celebrate tournament win
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KARACHI: Just when Misbah-led Pakistan was being criticised for their "press-up celebrations" at Lord's after a massive thrashing of 330 runs by Alastair Cook-led England later in the tour, country's young talent emulated their heroes to celebrate Rajiv Gandhi Under-15 tournament victory in Chennai.
Customs Cricket Academy (CCA) U-15 cricket team recorded a convincing 42-run victory against a strong Tamil Nadu during Rajiv Gandhi U-15 Cricket Trophy at Marina Beach Ground to win the 12-team tournament.
The junior cricket tournament comprised of 1o Indian state teams and one team each from Bahrain and Pakistan.
CCA put up 129-run target for Tamil Nadu after opting to bat first.
Saim Ayub and Badar Qureshi were pick of the batsmen with their scores of 52 and 18 respectively.
In the bowling department, Qureshi bagged two scalps in three overs and Adnan registered two wickets.
Chasing the target, Tamil Nadu were all-out for just 87 runs, with Shayam Sunder scoring only 38 runs.
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Jul 28, 2016 06:14pm
Good work team Pakistan and thank you India for hosting our team!
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Jul 28, 2016 06:20pm
Impressive!!
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Jul 28, 2016 06:21pm
Well done lads, keep it up.
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Jul 28, 2016 06:21pm
Replace our team in England.
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Jul 28, 2016 06:33pm
Congrats U-15 Pakistan, Work more hard in coming years to replace giants.
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Jul 28, 2016 06:38pm
Ideally Pakistan team Vs Indian State team. When there are 12 states involved that means all good players are spread into 12 teams but Pakistan had advantage of keeping all good players in one team. But still it is good that Indians and Pakistanis are playing together. Congrats Pakistan U-15 team.
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Jul 28, 2016 06:38pm
May be the younger generations from both India and Pakistan could resolve the our mutual problems. Let's give them a chance.
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Jul 28, 2016 06:43pm
games can bring two nations into friendship knot.
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Jul 28, 2016 06:48pm
Congratulations - all the best again for under 17
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Jul 28, 2016 07:04pm
well done.Play hockey also
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Jul 28, 2016 07:20pm
Good work boys! Pakistan Zindabad
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Jul 28, 2016 07:28pm
Congrats boys !!
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Jul 28, 2016 09:34pm
great news..
to find a mention here at DAWN this must be a great tournament,,
Congratulation.. Let me check ..details..
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Jul 28, 2016 10:39pm
Press ups are good. Our way of celebrating. I am too old to perform press ups but all my moral support is with Pakistani sports teams for more and frequent press ups.
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Jul 28, 2016 11:18pm
dear indians
winning is not important. what is important is that we should interact more at all levels and all different sports and activities so that we build greater ties of friendship. The more we build the ties of friendship, and jettison the past history the greater the chance for us to solve our political differences. Well done india for hosting a pakistani team.
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Jul 28, 2016 11:55pm
@Ahmad
The team was from just one academy in Pakistan; it's written quite clearly in the article. What that means is that they were in fact at a disadvantage, of ten teams to one, and still came out as the best. That's what makes the victory even sweeter - along with comments like yours. ;)
Hasan
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Jul 29, 2016 01:21am
And it is always good to see Indians supporting Pakistan in cricket.
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Jul 29, 2016 01:27am
Wow. Congratulations. I met the team on ittehad airlines flight from Karachi. All the boys were very bright, well disciplined and cheerful. Wish you all success in your future endures!
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Jul 29, 2016 01:34am
Excellent work lads.
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Jul 29, 2016 03:08am
Congratulations to Pakistan young team. There should more of this kind of events. It will be an excellent opportunity to create better understanding among youngsters from both countries, otherwise they are fed on highly biased news from across the borders.
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Jul 29, 2016 04:49am
Let the kids enjoy and for their sake let there be no politics. Well played do better. Register more wins and win our hearts too. God bless
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Jul 29, 2016 06:26am
Great going guys. Cheers!
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Jul 29, 2016 07:09am
Congratulations to Under 15 team of Customs cricket academy (club) vs chennai cricket Club
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Jul 29, 2016 07:19am
well done. i wish both the nations shall perform well in upcoming Olympics also. rather than cricket both nations are giving very less importance to other sports and games. in fact love in cricket is killing the other games.
i wish both Pak & India win better no of medals in Olympics in Rio.
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Jul 29, 2016 08:37am
Wow amazing . Proud of you kids
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Jul 29, 2016 08:56am
Customs Cricket Academy is welcome in India but not the national team of Pakistan, where is the punch line ? I didn't get it.
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Jul 29, 2016 09:34am
Shabash !!
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Jul 29, 2016 11:25am
@raheel samad Indeed Raheel, there is no platform for common citizens to interact.
If not physically since visa issues will be a problem an online forum or forums in other nations in the region will be great.
All universities and schools can have a participation program. I think it will be a good idea under SAARC.
I think even media houses should make some initiatives. Right now I do not even know how it will be funded or operated, but this is just an idea.
Im sure it will be a hit. Also have some target- e.g. 5000 students from both nations should get a chance to interact with each other. Over a period of years we will have about a lakh missionaries who can guide public perception and also positively engage.
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Jul 29, 2016 11:56am
shabash...jeetey rahou...
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Jul 29, 2016 12:16pm
@raheel samad you are right. But whenever India tries to improve relations terrorist spoils the situation. During Bajpayeeji, Kargil happened. During Manmohan Singh, Mumbai happened. During Modi, Pathankot happened. It was a very big step by Modi to visit Pakistan for the better relations inspite of pressure from indian Media. But Pakistan dont reciprocate by eliminating terrorism completely. Otherwise people of both the countries want peace.
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Jul 29, 2016 12:28pm
@Ajay , none of Pakistani athletes has been qualified for Rio ..
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