{"id":101316,"date":"2026-02-18T14:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=101316"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:20:07","slug":"pak-vs-nam-green-shirts-to-bat-first-against-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pak-vs-nam-green-shirts-to-bat-first-against-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak vs Nam: Green Shirts to bat first against Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO: Pakistan has won the toss and elected to bat against Namibia in the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/icc-t20-world-cup-anthem-unveiled-ahead-of-2026-tournament\/\">ICC T20 World Cup<\/a> in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has made two key changes for the match: Salman Mirza and Khawaja Nafat are in the batting line-up, while Shaheen Shah Afridi and Abrar Ahmed will remain out.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s match is a crucial match in the group stage between Pakistan and Namibia, which will decide who will reach the Super 8 stage.<\/p>\n<p>If Pakistan wins this match, it will secure a place in the Super 8. Even if the match is canceled due to rain, the national team will reach the next stage with 1 point. However, if Namibia wins, Pakistan will have to exit the first round of an ICC event for the third time in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO: Pakistan has won the toss and elected to bat against Namibia in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Pakistan has made two key changes for the match: Salman Mirza and Khawaja Nafat are in the batting line-up, while Shaheen Shah Afridi and Abrar Ahmed will remain out. Today&#8217;s match is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":75034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35876],"class_list":["post-101316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-pak-vs-nam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101316"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101320,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101316\/revisions\/101320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}