Jaffer Abbas

@RehanTCh It's hard to give a crap when they play once in 20 days. Today's performance resembles day 1 of pre season. Happy that everyone else is garbage so UCL is fairly safe.

@jaffer_abbas10 Genuinely worrying whenever he’s on the ball. And when he’s not.

Incredible from Martinez. But United been second best in every aspect this half. Back 4 completely exposed behind Ugarte-Casemiro #MUNLEE

Classic Epstein class sense of entitlement.

There was a time when they filmed our azadari like it was a curiosity in a glass box. Zoom in on the tears. Slow down the chest beating. Add ominous music. Caption it “extremism.” Now the same visuals flood timelines like a thunderstorm of devotion. Black flags ripple. Thousands move as one heartbeat. The rhythm of grief becomes a rhythm of power. The very thing mocked as “strange” is suddenly cinematic, magnetic, impossible to scroll past. That is the poetry of Karbala. 🔥 The azadari of Sayyid al-Shuhada, Imam Hussain (A.S), was never performance. It was covenant. Every strike of the chest is a declaration: ظلم will never be normalised. Every tear is political without needing a manifesto. Every latmiyah is a history lesson wrapped in melody. They thought it was weakness. It turned out to be inheritance. What they see as spectacle is actually continuity. Fourteen centuries and the flame has not dimmed. From Najaf to London, from Karachi to Dearborn, the majalis are not shrinking into nostalgia. They are expanding into defiance. And yes, there is something almost ironic about it all. The algorithm that once amplified ridicule now amplifies reverence. The same platforms that hosted mockery now host millions typing “Ya Hussain” in the comments like digital beads of a global tasbih. We plan. We organise. We gather. But Allah is the best of planners. Karbala was meant to extinguish a voice. Instead it created an echo that refuses to die. What a time to be Shia.

Those who have been giving lectures for years expressing concern about women's rights in Iran have so far managed to kill Ali khamenei's wife, daughter, daughter in law, grand daughter and more than 150 students of a girls school in minab. #IranWar #Iran

Yawn

Shut the fuck up.

#AskTheRoom - do you think India is playing as anything but the home team in a tournament that was supposed to be played in Pakistan? Isn't it making winning easy for a team that is anyway at the top of its game?

@MohammadKaif Stfu, man.

It's a shame that the Rawalpindi ground isn't fully covered. Such an important match - SA vs Aus - might go down the drain because no one addressed this issue. Was the ICC money utilised wisely by hosts?

How can Jay Shah, president of ICC, be in attendance of Ind vs Pak game with his family donning India jerseys? Absolute farcical. Cricket is fast becoming about laying down the red carpet for India as they power through every opposition while getting preferential treatment.

@kartik_kannan This is anything but a non issue. India have an unfair advantage in every ICC tournament, and it is further exacerbated in this year's Champions Trophy where the host nation feels like an outsider looking in, while India cultivate a home base in Dubai for the whole tournament.

The advantage here is being driven by a geo political situation. Pakistan also had that advantage technically in the 2023 WC, where they would be playing their semi final in Kolkata I think smaller things are being magnified. Nobody spoke about the advantage when India travelled all over the country for the 2023 WC. Most teams managed to play 2 games at the same venue. India didnt have that advantage, but did we say anything about it? I think its a non issue being picked. We expect better from Nass and Athers

Peter Banks is having a stinker. Over the past decade, refereeing standards have not improved with/without technology. Does horrible things to the game every week.

🚨🔴 Matthijs de Ligt to Manchester United, here we go! Bayern accept Man United condition to include add-ons. €45m fixed fee, €5m add-ons and also payment spread over three years. Matthijs to sign five year deal plus one year option… as soon as authorized to travel.

God’s Expectation of Parents

Thirty-one souls martyred in ongoing clashes in #Parachinar. Decades of terrorism have broken every family, leaving no heart untouched. Our graveyards overflow with red flags, each symbolizing a martyr. Thousands of widows & orphans grieve, and our mothers find solace in graveyards mourning their loved ones.

I was at the Kensington Oval for the WC finals & this is my version of what I saw at the stadium: I was seated at long on, it was 14.4 when Klaasen hit Axar for another 6, & single handedly deflated India. By the end of the over India will have conceded 34 runs in 8 balls. Scoreboard read 30 off 30 with 6 wickets in hand. Players shoulders had dropped. Intensity was gone. South African pavillion which was right besides me, was clapping and cheering, loudest of the day. Fans mostly Indians had gone quiet. Onslaught from Miller & Klaasen was so brutal, you could feel the eerie uneasiness in the atmosphere. Fans had succumbed to lost cause, shocked at what had just happened, already talking about losing 3 finals in 12 months. Some promising never to go to another game ever. Resigning to weeks of depression and sadness that was going to ensue. Ball was now given to by no means a lanky pacer. In land of Joel Garner, the big bird, this was a small bird at best. He ran in to complete the formalities, but he had other ideas. He still had 12 legal deliveries or 40% of game to make any sort of impact. South African support staff just sat a little more upright now. Their plan to score runs off spinners had worked brilliantly, hard part of the job was already done. Each ball was an event in that over, every delivery he bowled, it felt like electricity would run through entire stadium. All the deflated, undercharged fans and players were getting turbo charged by this genius, one ball at a time. That over did not bring any wicket, but it charged everyone in that ground, he instilled belief it's not fucking over yet. Dropping shoulders were more upright now, nervous energy was rushing through SA camp. I will do injustice to describe how it felt, but best I can describe is he was the pied piper of Kensington oval, a true genius, a magician was at work that afternoon. It felt like SRK was giving his 70 minute Chak De speech or was listening Nawazuddin Siddique's Bajrangi bhaijaan news report or Vicky Kaushal's URI rally. That over was nothing but a rally cry for the stadium. Some 70 year old's in first row were banging the barricade, not worrying about their weak bodies, younger ones shouting so loud, their vocal cords would fall off, clapping so hard their hands were on the verge of bleeding. Entire stadium was now turbo charged pro max. Miller and Klaasen knew they will need to work around this magician. Their skills too pale today in front of his brilliance. In comes Hardik, India's only choice at the moment. They knew this is a golden chance to score runs off this over and game will be sealed shut. Klaasen goes after it and Hardik reaps rewards. Belief even stronger now. Hardik bowls a clutch over, manages to keep the momentum in India's favor. The pied piper comes back for his last 6 balls. Stadium was already rallying behind him, it was the time to hit the hammer. Jansen who had a poor game until now was visibly under confident. First up to Miller and it was a peach. Jansen on non striker end dreading to face the magician. His turn came on ball 4. Ball flew one bounce to boundary past Rishab Pant, but only after taking one of the bails with it. Grandstand which was built only for this world cup and was a temporary fixture could collapse any minute by the sheer thumping it was taking by the fans jubilant. Dark clouds forming over with lightning in the distance. You could not tell if it was the weather system or our very own Thor's doing who was welding his hammer. Maharaj coming in next had one job now, shield Miller from this Thor. He manages to do that but only to read 20 off 2 overs. India's best ever had 6 runs, 1 wicket coming off in his 2 overs, but more importantly he had rallied his teammates, electrified an entire stadium and made SA dressing room running firmly on nervous energy now I witnessed magic, a leader, and a spell of pace bowling in the lands of Marshall and Garner which even they would be mighty proud of.

Listening to "khada hu aaj phir waheen" for maybe the last time ever during this innings break. #INDvSA

@salaarwaqar Give us more credit for defending 119 pls 🙏

India genuinely bowled 4-5 mid last 5 overs. Missing short wide Axar Patel balls, Siraj extras, etc. In the penultimate over, Pakistan played the name Bumrah rather the ball that was landing (knee height full tosses). Fragile.

Hatewatching #ChelseaFC is immense fun.

@ahsnaftab Agreed sir

@jaffer_abbas10 Pak bowling has been a let down this tournament though

You had an ODI bowling average of 30 and your career tailed off quite spectacularly....