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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Lahore: Shahbaz greets cricket team at airport

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Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011
Shahbaz Sharif welcomed the Pakistan cricket team when they arrived at the Lahore airport on Friday.Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif congratulated the team on reaching the semi-finals and said that winning and losing was part of the game.Intikhab Alam, manager of the Pakistan cricket team, said that the team performed at their best in the tournament and that he was grateful to Shahbaz Sharif for welcoming the team at the airport. Opening batsman Muhammad Hafeez said that he made a few mistakes in the match against India which he regretted.Earlier, when the cricket team arrived at the Karachi airport, fans were gathered to see their team but the players were sneaked out of the airport for security reasons.

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