{"id":319525,"date":"2025-12-16T18:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/319525\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:44:19","slug":"pakistan-great-backs-bangladesh-to-shine-at-t20-world-cup-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/319525\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan great backs Bangladesh to shine at T20 World Cup | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shoaib Akhtar has thrown his weight behind Bangladesh\u2019s chances at the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026<\/a>, expressing confidence that the team\u2019s growing pace attack can help them emerge as a genuine threat on the global stage.<\/p>\n

Marking his first role in the T20 franchise circuit, Akhtar has joined Dhaka Capitals as a mentor in the Bangladesh Premier League, with an eye on nurturing the country\u2019s next generation of fast bowlers.<\/p>\n

The former pacer believes his experience can help elevate Bangladesh\u2019s pace unit as they prepare for the upcoming event in India and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope Bangladesh become a force in the coming World Cup,\u201d Akhtar said.<\/p>\n

“I want them to be one of the greatest forces to reckon with. This is one of the most exciting national teams, and I really hope they go far or somehow manage to climb up the ladder and win the World Cup.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shoaib Akhtar has thrown his weight behind Bangladesh\u2019s chances at the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,67813,67811,16326,67828,103095,67833,67814,6518,67832,103093,67815,67810,103098,101,103094,103096,67812,56,54,55,103097],"class_list":["post-319525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-headlines","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-news","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-icc-announcements","tag-sports","tag-t20-world-cup-news-updates","tag-today-cricket-match-news","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-world-cup-cricket-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}