{"id":43973,"date":"2021-03-12T17:10:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43973"},"modified":"2021-03-12T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T19:08:11","slug":"rawalpindis-cricket-ground-turns-shoaib-akhtar-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43973","title":{"rendered":"Rawalpindi\u2019s cricket ground turns Shoaib Akhtar stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Akhtar.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>KARACHI: Rawalpindi&#8217;s KRL Stadium name changed to Shoaib Akhtar Stadium, former Test cricketer Rashid Latif said on Friday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taking to Twitter, Latif told his followers that first-class KRL Stadium will now be called Shoaib Akhtar Stadium. &#8220;KRL stadium name changed to Shoaib Akhtar cricket stadium,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">KRL stadium name changed to Shoaib Akhtar cricket stadium. \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shoaib100mph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shoaib100mph<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrNaumanNiaz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrNaumanNiaz<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheRealPCB<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DWERNfLayy\">pic.twitter.com\/DWERNfLayy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rashid Latif \u00ae\ufe0f<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f1f5-1f1f0.png\" alt=\"??\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.3\/72x72\/1f339.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@iRashidLatif68) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iRashidLatif68\/status\/1370334687521034240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It must be noted here that Akhtar represented Pakistan in 46 Tests, 163 ODIs, and 15 T20Is between 1997 to 2011. He was recognized as the world&#8217;s fastest bowler, having bowled a delivery\u00a0at 161.3 km\/h (100.23 mph) in an ODI against England.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, he owns a YouTube channel where he analyzes Pakistan cricket and cricket-related matters. He also appears as a cricket expert at PTV Sports.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/pakistani-pacers-reminded-me-wasim-waqar-era-akhtar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Pakistani pacers reminded me of Wasim-Waqar era\u2019 Shoaib Akhtar<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>KARACHI: Rawalpindi&#8217;s KRL Stadium name changed to Shoaib Akhtar Stadium, former Test cricketer Rashid Latif said on Friday.\u00a0 Taking to Twitter, Latif told his followers <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43973\" title=\"Rawalpindi\u2019s cricket ground turns Shoaib Akhtar stadium\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43973"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43975,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43973\/revisions\/43975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}