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Sanam Jung, Shaniera Akram and more celebrate cricket coming home with World XI series

Sanam Jung, Shaniera Akram and more celebrate cricket coming home with World XI series

The best part was Pakistan winning the first match yesterday!
Updated 13 Sep, 2017

Cricket comes home and Pakistanis are ecstatic, especially our celebrities.

Hosting the international World XI for the first time, Pakistan is going to be home to 15 players from seven countries set to play a three-match T20 series in Lahore for the next few days.

Naturally, excitement is through the roof, especially after the unfortunate attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in 2009 which hinted at an end to Pakistan hosting any international games in the future.

But this year overturned that. As Wasim Akram aptly tweeted, the World XI in Pakistan is "an epic rebirth of our country's beloved sport - Cricket!"

Especially after Pakistan's win last night, celebrities are cheering for our team and hometown. Stars took to social media to express their excitement.

Juggun Kazim shared a photo from Gaddafi stadium but she was there to root for her bud Shoaib Malik

Morning show host Sanam Jung wished the team luck before the match

Shaniera Akram gave a shoutout to Pakistan

Psst, she was also caught enjoying samosas at the match!

Wasim Akram described the night like a fairy tale

And last night's win was overwhelming for our cricketers

We even got love from a cricketer across the border

Even the German Ambassador to Pakistan joined in the merriment

Comments

Tariq siddiqi Sep 13, 2017 02:01pm
we are happy for Lahore for return of international but not for Pakistan . By depriving other cities will further dived the nation . It is not wise and short term thinking and gain .
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khabboo Sep 13, 2017 03:59pm
@Tariq siddiqi - Some people are never happy.
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Hadi Sep 13, 2017 04:23pm
Fantastic to see cricket's return! Slowly but surely iA! Very well done Sethi and co!
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Sheraz Ali Sep 13, 2017 04:33pm
As a Pakistani I would love to see Indian cricketers joined this world XI as neighbors to us despite of political differences.
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Asif A Shah Sep 13, 2017 09:55pm
@Tariq siddiqi , 2009 incident against Sri Lankan cricket team took place in Lahore which resulted in depriving Lahories and Pakistanis international cricket. Therefore, Lahore is a logical choice as a venue for the international cricket. Once the big regional issues get settled and there is a peace in the region then there can be international cricket in second tier cities as well. My hope is that one day you can go to Kabul and enjoy cricket there.
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