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On 15 November 2023, Babar Azam announced that he was stepping down as the Pakistan cricket captain in all formats.

Babar Azam was first made the T20 captain in 2019, before taking charge of the Test and ODI teams in 2020.

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Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2023

Edition: 8th

Date: 13 Feb – 18 Mar 2023

Administrator: PCB

Format: Twenty20

Venue: Pakistan

Final Venue: Lahore

Participants:6

Matches:34

Champion: Lahore Qalandars (2nd title)

Lahore Qalandars won by: 1 run

Lahore Qalandars captain: Shaheen Afridi

Runner-up: Multan Sultans

Multan Sultan caption: Muhammad Rizwan

Player of the series: Ihsanullah (Multan Sultans)

Ihsanullah took: 22 wickets

Most runs: Mohammed Rizwan (Multan Sultans)

Mohammed Rizwan scored: 550 runs

Most wickets: Abbas Afridi (Multan Sultans)

Abbas Afridi took: 23 wickets

Best Bowler Award: Abbas Afridi (Multan Sultans)

Man of the Match: Shaheen Afridi

Best Player of the Tournament: Muhammad Rizwan

Best Emerging Player of Tournament: Abbas Afridi

Best All Rounder Player award: Ammad Waseem (Karachi Kings)

Best Fielder of Tournament: Kieron Pollard

Best Wicket Keeper of tournament award: Muhammad Rizwan

Highest individual score: Jason Roy (Quetta Gladiators)

Jason Roy: 145 runs 

As per 2023, Multan Sultan made highest score in the history of PSL by making 262 runs

As per 2023, Lahore Qalandars has lowest score in the history of PSL: 59 runs
As per 2023, Wahab Riaz is the highest wicket taker in PSL history. 

As per 2023, Fakhar Zaman is the first player in PSL history to hit 100 sixes. 

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• On 8 January 2024, Pakistani shooter Kishmala Talat qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics after bagging a silver medal at the Asian Shooting Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Kishmala Talat is the first Pakistani female shooter to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024.
  
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Pakistani Weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt bagged maiden gold medal in Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022.

Nooh Dastagir Butt lifted 405kg which is also a record in CWG 2022

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On 8 November 2022, Pakistan’s legend Abdul Qadir has been inducted into the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Hall of Fame, becoming the seventh Pakistani to join the prestigious list of cricketers from all over the world

List Pakistani cricketer to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

The ICC cricket Hall of fame was launched on January 2, 2009.

International Cricket Council was formed on June 15, 1909.

Headquarters located in Dubai.

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Pakistan’s most celebrated wrestler Inam Butt added another feather to his cap when he won the gold medal in the third tournament of Beach Wrestling World Series 2021 in Greece.

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 Babar Azam Breaks Record For Scoring Most Runs In Maiden T20 World Cup 2021

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Karachi Kings have overall 43 defeats in seven editions of PSL, which is the most number of defeats. Previously, this record was with Quetta Gladiators who had lost eight matches in a single edition.

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According to PCB, Saqlain Mushtaq will continue as head coach for another 12 months, while Mohammad Yousuf will be the batting coach for the Australia series.

Updated 09-02-2022.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on 09-02-2022 appointed former Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait as the bowling coach for one year.