Yasir Shah

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah and all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz have been picked to play the first Test against Sri Lanka as the tourists announced their XI On Friday.

TV serial 'Khwaish' is going off air but Pakistani actor Yasir Shah still wants to stay in Mumbai.

Yasir Shah hoped that he plays against India in the near future. The arch-rivals have not played a Test series since 2007 due to political tensions between the two countries in the wake of terror attacks in India.

Karachi model Yasir Shah tells TOI all about being part of the Indian television industry and how Indians and Pakistanis are one people.

Senior legspinner Yasir Shah will undergo fitness test this weekend in Lahore ahead of the tour to Zimbabwe, starting June 28.

Rameez Raja has urged the national team management to induct legspinner Yasir Shah for the remaining matches of the ongoing cricket ICC World Cup 2015.

"Yes, he (Ashwin) had said good luck so I am thankful. It's naturally motivating when a great bowler who is second fastest to 200 tweets a good luck message and it's really a great motivation for me," Shah said referring to Ashwin's tweet.

Check live cricket score, scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary of 1st Test match between England and Pakistan on Times of India.

TV actor Yasir Shah, of Pakistani origin is now a resident of Dubai.

England fast bowler Stuart Broad has been fined 15 per cent of his match earnings by referee Chris Broad, who incidentally happens to be the cricketer's father, for using "inappropriate language" after dismissing Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah in the first Test at Manchester.

Pakistan's former captain Rameez Raja is adamant that the national team management should include leg spinner Yasir Shah in the playing XI for the Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match against Australia.

Pakistan's leg-spinner Yasir Shah has made it clear that he is more comfortable working under local coaches rather than foreigners.

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah believes the googly will be his "most important weapon" in England and said he is also eyeing a century with the bat against the hosts during the upcoming Test series beginning next month.

Pakistan selectors may prefer rookie leg-spinner Yasir Shah over experienced Danish Kaneria in the upcoming One-dayers against Bangladesh, sources said.

Pakistan selectors Wednesday recalled fit-again Yasir Shah for the two Test match series against Sri Lanka next month, after the leg-spinner's career was put on hold by nagging injuries last year.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday dropped the enigmatic batsman Umar Akmal from the list of 35 players awarded new 12-month central contracts but promoted captain Sarfraz Ahmed to the top category along with Muhammad Amir and Yasir Shah.

In an apparent bid to send out the message that the party was objective in giving tickets only to winnable candidates, Samajwadi Party state chief Shivpal Yadav announced names of nine sitting ministers, including three staunch Akhilesh loyalists in the list of 68 candidates released by the party late Thursday evening.

Party general secretary and sitting MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Monday confirmed that the party had shortlisted Manoj Kumar Singh as its candidate for the general elections from Robertsganj.

Pakistani selectors have named an unchanged squad for the third cricket Test against the West Indies after another crushing victory in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

The Pakistan selectors on Sunday retained six uncapped players in the pruned 17-man squad, named for the first Test against South Africa.

The Republic Day was celebrated in the district with full patriotic fervor.The Sashashtra Seema Bal (SSB) hoisted the Tricolor on Indo-Nepal border.Cultural functions were held at different schools.

South Africa were bowled out for 220 on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Karachi on Tuesday.

The Pakistan team's tour selection committee has decided to go in with a non-regular opener either Younis Khan or Sohaib Maqsood in their opening World Cup match against India at Adelaide on Sunday.

The tour selection committee headed by head coach and chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq left out batsmen Ifthikar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Fakhar Zaman and uncapped Haider Ali, handing Fawad with a good chance to make a comeback.

Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ramiz Raja on Wednesday conceded that leg-spinner Yasir Shah being accused of aiding an alleged sexual assaulter is "not good" for the game here given that players are regularly counselled on their "ambassadorial" roles.

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah on Monday said it is "unfortunate" to have not got a chance to play red ball cricket against India since making his debut and he is now eagerly waiting to test his skills against the likes of Virat Kohli in Test matches.

Leg-spinner Yasir Shah took four wickets as Pakistan bowled England out for 219 in their first innings to seize control of the first Test at tea on day three at Old Trafford on Friday.

Kyle Jamieson struck early to have Pakistan 30 for one at stumps after a Kane Williamson century anchored New Zealand's 431 on day two of the first Test at Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Yasir Shah and Cezanne Khan have been short-listed for a big production house film for the main lead.

England quick Stuart Broad says his father, match referee Chris Broad, is off his Christmas card list after he fined him for giving Pakistan's Yasir Shah a send-off in the first test.