Night street cricket trend on rise

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ISLAMABAD: With the onset of Ramzan, cricket lovers in Islamabad took to the streets and open spaces to play and enjoy the game with neighbors after Esha till Sehr.

Street cricket is one of the most loved games for Pakistani youth. Many people in Pakistan have grown up playing cricket on the streets and this trend is on rise in Ramzan. The biggest show of street cricket during Ramzan in Islamabad was spotted at Faisal Avenue where hundreds of young boys could be seen playing cricket with a tennis ball under the tall polls of street lights.

Naeem Aslam, a student of International Islamic University Islamabad, who regularly plays cricket at Faisal Avenue said that he lived at the hostel very next to the Faisal avenue. He had enough spare time after Esha to play the game because he doesn’t sleep till Sehr.

“Hostel life is one of the best phases of life. One has enough time for friends. It is no less blessing that one has time and space to play cricket with friends”,

Ahtisham Munawar, the captain of the I-8 cricket club, explained that cricket was the passion of his team and they could not live without it but in Ramzan, we could not play in the day time due to fasting.

“There are no floodlights in our club therefore we play street cricket under lights and we really enjoy it as it reminds us of our childhood memories,” he said fondly.