Bengaluru: IPS Officer from Karnataka Savita Hande, presently serving as Senior UN Security Officer in Kabul, is in a safe zone and helping in evacuation. A 1990-batch IPS officer and batch mate of ADGP (Railways) Bhaskar Rao and City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, she was deployed to Kosovo in 2000 after being relieved from cadre…
Afghanistan: A country where anarchy is for ever !
August 19, 2021Afghanistan was waiting to be taken over by the Taliban ever since the former US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw its troops. Trump’s successor Joe Biden simply endorsed the decision and implemented the pull-out of US forces. The only safeguard against the Taliban for the Afghan Government headed by Ashraf Ghani was gone. President…
Rashid Khan spins Afghanistan to famous Test victory
September 10, 2019Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan thrashed Bangladesh by 224 runs in the one-off Test match and registered their second win in Test cricket at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here yesterday. Leading from the front for Afghanistan, Captain Rashid Khan took three of the last four wickets as the visitors bowled out Bangladesh for 173 runs in the…
ICC World Cup 2019: Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 3 wickets
June 30, 2019Pak’s complete dramatic, last-over chase to down Afghanistan and pile pressure on England Leeds: An unbeaten 49 from Imad Wasim and a 9-ball 15 cameo from Wahab Riaz helped Pakistan escape a defeat against Afghanistan. In a thriller at Headingley, Pakistan yesterday managed to beat Afghanistan by 3 wickets to move to fourth place on…
ICC World Cup 2019: Shakib sends Afghan packing
June 25, 2019All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, with a half-century and a five-wicket haul came up with an inspirational performance and helped his team Bangladesh to register a 62-run win over Afghanistan in a well-contested match in the ICC World Cup 2019 encounter at Southampton and kept their semi-final hopes alive with this win. Shakib Al Hasan becomes…
ICC World Cup 2019: Bumrah, Shami bowl India to a thrilling 11-run win over Afghanistan
June 23, 2019Southampton: Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami held their nerves in crunch situation and executed their plans perfectly in the death overs to help see-off Afghanistan resistance and eventually beta them beat by 11 runs in a nail-biting encounter at The Rose Bowl Stadium in Southampton. Shami became the second Indian bowler in the history of…
ICC World Cup-2019: England beat Afghanistan with a big hitting carnival
June 19, 2019Old Trafford: England strolled to a comfortable 150-run win against Afghanistan in a World Cup 2019 league match at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. Afghanistan were never in the game once England put a mammoth total of 397/6 batting first. A total of 33 sixes were hit during the match, highest-ever in any ODI…
ICC World Cup-2019: Nuwan Pradeep, Malinga shine in Sri Lanka’s win over Afghanistan
June 5, 2019In a rain-hit low scoring match, Sri Lanka with some inspired bowling performance by fast bowlers’ Nuwan Pradeep (4 for 31) and Lasith Malinga (3 for 39), bowled them to a 34-run win over Afghanistan at Cardiff on Tuesday. The match was reduced to 41 overs with a revised target of 187 runs (DLS) after…
ICC World Cup-2019: Australia beat Afghanistan
June 2, 2019David Warner led holders Australia to a routine seven-wicket win against Afghanistan with an unbeaten 89 at the start of their World Cup defence. Chasing a below-par 208, Warner steered his side to victory with 91 balls to spare after captain Aaron Finch helped set the tone with 66 off 49. Pat Cummins and Adam…
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