{"id":6976,"date":"2023-08-08T17:44:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=341774"},"modified":"2023-08-08T17:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:14:35","slug":"veteran-pakistani-cricketer-fawad-alam-bids-adieu-embarks-on-new-cricketing-chapter-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/veteran-pakistani-cricketer-fawad-alam-bids-adieu-embarks-on-new-cricketing-chapter-in-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Pakistani cricketer Fawad Alam bids adieu, embarks on new cricketing chapter in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fawad Alam, an established figure in Pakistani cricket, has announced his retirement from international cricket after a 15-year career. The 36-year-old batter will now join the Chicago Kingsmen as a \u2018local\u2019 player in the Minor League Cricket T20 tournament, a part of the USA\u2019s cricket landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Alam\u2019s sporadic presence in the national team was marked by both triumphs and challenges, including a Test century on debut in 2009 and later, a resurgence highlighted by centuries against formidable teams.<\/p>\n<p>However, his unconventional technique faced scrutiny and led to his omission from the national squad. Alam\u2019s decision to transition to the USA marks the beginning of a new chapter in his cricket journey, leaving behind a legacy of consistent domestic performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fawad Alam, an established figure in Pakistani cricket, has announced his retirement from international cricket after a 15-year career. The\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":29883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3432,3424,1015],"class_list":["post-6976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-england","tag-pakistan","tag-pcb"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}