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P AKISTAN head coach Mike Hesson called on his players to focus on cricket when they face India in the Asia Cup final tomorrow (10.30pm Malaysian time), after the previous two meetings between the sides caused ten sions to run high. Pakistan set up a first-ever Asia Cup final against India with a hard-fought 11-run win over Bangladesh in a Super Four match in Dubai on Thursday. Hesson played down the bitterness that marred the past two India-Pakistan matches in this edition of the Asia Cup – their first meetings since May’s military conflict between the two countries. “Look, my message to the players is just focus on cricket and that certainly we will be doing. In terms of gestures there has always been passion in terms of high-pressure games,” said New Zealander Hesson. India refused to shake hands with Pakistan after the first game and the two sides also did not shake hands after the second.

good enough to put India under pressure for longer because there is a reason why they are ranked the top side in the world,” he said. “We have to put them under pressure and that will be our challenge.” Pakistan managed a paltry 127-9 in the first match, which India chased down for the loss of just three wickets. Pakistan fared much better in the second encounter but still lost by six wickets. “I think the way we played against India in the last match was a huge step up from the first Coach urges Pakistan to linchpin on Bangladesh win for India Asia Cup final

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game,” said Hesson, a former New Zealand coach. “The first game was a bit passive, we allowed India to control the game. “The last match

India comfortably had the better of Pakistan in the two previous matches, beating them by seven wickets in their Group A match and by six wickets at the Super Four stage. That stretched India’s unbeaten run against Pakistan to seven international matches dating back to 2022 – three one-day internationals and four T20Is. Hesson said his team needs to be relentless against world

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FO R ME R India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has shattered a long-standing barrier by signing with Sydney Thunder, becoming the first male Indian player to join Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) yesterday. His deal comes after he retired from international cricket in December and ended his Indian Premier League career last month, freeing him from the Indian board’s restrictions that bar male players from participating in global franchise leagues. While Indian women have participated in the women’s edition of the BBL, the BCCI has never allowed its male counterparts to join overseas T20 competitions, making 39-year old Ashwin’s Thunder signing a historic moment. “The Thunder Nation will welcome the THE EPIC length and difficulty of the world championship road races in the hills around Kigali this weekend favour Tadej Pogacar for the men and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in the women’s race. The pair are the reigning Tour de France champions and should thrive on the 1,500m altitude and the relentless short but steep climbs on the one-day race. The men’s race on Sunday is extremely long at 267.5km and includes 33 climbs, over 15 loops and one longer, even harder loop with an extra cobbled climb. Pogacar said the humidity and altitude were potentially decisive factors. “We’re quite high here and you can feel it, not so much walking around, but on the bike. Also, the air quality here in the city is not the best. You feel the difference,” he said. The humiliation of being overtaken on

biggest overseas signing since the League’s inception, with Ashwin set to become the first male player to have represented India to join a BBL club,” the team said in a statement. “Ashwin will enter Thunder’s lineup in early January and ignite the club’s push to play in back-to-back BBL Finals.” The crafty off-spinner will not immediately join Thunder’s campaign when the BBL season starts in December, however, as he has committed to the International League T20 tournament. Ashwin retired from test cricket with 765 international wickets in all formats, including 537 in tests. He was the IPL’s fifth highest wicket-taker with 187 wickets from 221 matches. – Reuters the same roads on the 42km time trial by Remco Evenepoel a week ago adds extra motivation for Pogacar, but also begs questions over his form. “I didn’t catch my rhythm, I didn’t catch my legs,” he said yesterday. “I don’t have any issues now this week, I feel ready.” Evenepoel, who caught the 27-year-old Slovenian after starting 2min 30sec later, won both the time trial and road race Olympic titles in 2024. If he emulates that feat tomorrow he would be the first rider to win both world titles the same year. Olympic mountain bike and Tour de France champion Ferrand-Prevot goes into today’s 167km women’s race in fearsome form both physically and mentally. These are the first cycling worlds to be held in Africa, with Kigali providing wide roads with quality surfaces. – AFP

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