{"id":618368,"date":"2026-04-20T03:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618368\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:21:08","slug":"form-dip-no-concern-as-rizwan-vows-to-win-back-pakistan-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618368\/","title":{"rendered":"Form dip no concern as Rizwan vows to win back Pakistan spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rizwan was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/news\/pakistan-pick-four-uncapped-players-for-bangladesh-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">named in Pakistan&#8217;s squad<\/a> for next month&#8217;s two-match Test series against Bangladesh as part of the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/tournaments\/world-test-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ICC World Test Championship<\/a> where the side currently sits in fifth place on the standings.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan also have three Tests scheduled in England across August and September that Rizwan will be eyeing off, while the veteran will also be hoping to take part in next year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/tournaments\/cricketworldcup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ICC Men&#8217;s Cricket World Cup<\/a> in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, cricket is a passion,&#8221; Rizwan continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I play T20, Test, and ODI. I love cricket. That is why I play it. I don\u2019t know anything else in my life. I don\u2019t have a business. I don\u2019t play any other sport. I only play cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I am losing now. My performance is not good. But by the will of God, my hard work is never less. I have worked hard. By God\u2019s will, I will stand in front of you again, after my hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rizwan was recently named in Pakistan&#8217;s squad for next month&#8217;s two-match Test series against Bangladesh as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,95832,95830,95836,95846,95842,95845,95843,1950,95844,95841,95847,95853,95852,95833,7301,95851,95835,95834,90626,95839,95840,95849,85,95848,95850,95838,95831,95837],"class_list":{"0":"post-618368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-cricket-breaking-news","12":"tag-cricket-headlines-today","13":"tag-cricket-live-score","14":"tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","15":"tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","16":"tag-cricket-match-result-today","17":"tag-cricket-match-today-live","18":"tag-cricket-news","19":"tag-cricket-results-today","20":"tag-cricket-scorecard-live","21":"tag-cricket-series-updates","22":"tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","23":"tag-cricket-world-cup-news","24":"tag-cricket-world-news","25":"tag-icc","26":"tag-icc-cricket-updates","27":"tag-international-cricket-live-score","28":"tag-international-cricket-news","29":"tag-latest-cricket-news","30":"tag-latest-cricket-scores","31":"tag-live-cricket-match-update","32":"tag-odi-cricket-live-score","33":"tag-sports","34":"tag-t20-cricket-live-score","35":"tag-test-cricket-live-score","36":"tag-today-cricket-live-score","37":"tag-today-cricket-news-update","38":"tag-todays-cricket-match-score"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}