{"id":2016,"date":"2019-07-10T07:14:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T07:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2019-07-10T08:01:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:01:50","slug":"imad-wasim-dismisses-rumours-of-grouping-within-cricket-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/imad-wasim-dismisses-rumours-of-grouping-within-cricket-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Imad Wasim dismisses rumours of grouping within cricket team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"template__header clearfix modifier--open px-1 \">\n<h2 class=\"story__title size-ten mt-1 pb-3 border--bottom\" data-layout=\"story\" data-id=\"1492847\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"block sm-inline-block clearfix float-none sm-float-right\">\n<div class=\"social hidden sm-block social--print social--icon social--black social--flat float-left mr-1 my-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"social social--email social--icon social--black social--flat float-left mr-1 my-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"social social--comment social--icon social--black social--flat social--count font-normal float-left mr-1 my-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slideshow story__cover slideshow--main slick-initialized slick-slider slick-dotted\" data-slick=\"{&quot;dots&quot;:true,&quot;dotsClass&quot;:&quot;slideshow__pager &quot;,&quot;asNavFor&quot;:null,&quot;cssEase&quot;:&quot;ease&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:250,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:2000,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1,&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:1,&quot;fade&quot;:false,&quot;autoplay&quot;:true,&quot;infinite&quot;:true,&quot;responsive&quot;: [{&quot;breakpoint&quot;: 767,&quot;settings&quot;: {&quot;slidesToShow&quot;: 1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;: 1}},{&quot;breakpoint&quot;: 575,&quot;settings&quot;: {&quot;slidesToShow&quot;: 1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;: 1}}]}\">\n<div class=\"slick-list draggable\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"slick-track\">\n<div class=\"slideshow__slide slideshow__slide--first slideshow__slide--horizontal slick-slide slick-current slick-active\" data-slick-index=\"0\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n<figure class=\"media media--uneven media--stretch col-12 px-0 \">\n<div class=\"media__item \"><\/div><figcaption class=\"media__caption \"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"template__main clearfix modifier--open px-1 modifier--widedefault modifier--blockquote-center-narrow \">\n<div class=\"story__content pt-1 mt-1\">\n<p>All-rounder Imad Wasim on Monday dismissed rumours of grouping within the Pakistani cricket team, also saying that the players had decided to &#8220;avoid the media&#8221; after the humiliating defeat in a World Cup group stage match against India.<\/p>\n<p>Wasim was addressing a press conference in Islamabad along with teammate Shadab Khan a day after skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1492666\/days-following-defeat-to-india-were-very-tough-for-team-sarfaraz-speaks-after-return-from-world-cup\">spoke<\/a>\u00a0to the media in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>The players returned to the country from the United Kingdom after Pakistan failed to qualify for the semifinals due to net run-rate difference with New Zealand after both the teams earned 11 points each from nine league matches.<\/p>\n<p>The all-rounder, in the press conference today, said that had there been any grouping within the team, he would not have played.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of us play for Pakistan,&#8221; he declared and added: &#8220;I&#8217;ve known Sarfaraz for 15 years, he is not that type of a person. There have never been any disagreements or disputes. On field, if there are minor disagreements or if the captain says something, we should take it as a player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All-rounder Imad Wasim on Monday dismissed rumours of grouping within the Pakistani cricket team, also saying that the players had decided to &#8220;avoid the media&#8221; after the humiliating defeat in a World Cup group stage match against India. Wasim was addressing a press conference in Islamabad along with teammate Shadab Khan a day after skipper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pakistan","category-sports","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}