ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made a fantastic start to their Commonwealth Games 2022 as Nooh Dastgir and Hussain Shah picked up gold and bronze medal respectively.
Nooh Dastgir picked up Pakistan’s first gold medal whereas Judoka Shah was the first Pakistani to win any medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022.
Shah outplayed Breytenback 10-0 in just under three minutes in the ~90kg event category whereas Nooh Dastgir won the 109+kg weightlifting competition.
Seeing Pakistani athletes succeed on the global stage, the Pakistan cricketers jumped at the opportunity to raise their voices for them and shower them with praise.
Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam praised Nooh on his Twitter account and added that all athletes deserve proper infrastructure.
“Extremely proud of these superstars. All our athletes deserve proper structure, support and state-of-the-art facilities,” he wrote.
Pakistan’s vice-captain Shadab Khan also extended support to the athletes participating in the CWG22 and spoke highly of Nooh Dastgir.
