{"id":85772,"date":"2026-10-08T20:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/85772"},"modified":"2026-10-08T20:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T20:16:29","slug":"sahibzada-farhan-says-parents-prayers-helped-him-become-pakistan-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/85772","title":{"rendered":"Sahibzada Farhan says parents\u2019 prayers helped him become Pakistan captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p data-id=\"MS6Ggj\"><strong>Rawalpindi: Sahibzada Farhan, the opening batsman for the national team, claims that his father once predicted that he would lead the squad as captain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sahibzada Farhan, in conversation with the media in Rawalpindi, remarked, saying, \u201cI had never envisioned myself as a captain; when I did become one, I became convinced of the immense power of my parents\u2019 prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"LL1K2A\">He said that there is added pressure when serving as captain; he would strive to deliver his best performance for the country in that role and aim to set an example through his leadership.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"kKLeVs\">Sahibzada Farhan stated that he is greatly impressed by former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed\u2019s captaincy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DePADXBD5No\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-id=\"gaNqil\">The T20 captain expressed optimism about both his individual and the team\u2019s performance, stating that they must play better cricket with courage and that it is always a lot of fun to play in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"WZwJZe\">He said he has complete faith in the players chosen for the current squad and that Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are excellent players who can return at any time.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"KSE2M1\">Pakistan and Sri Lanka will start their three-match Twenty20 series on Friday; the second and third matches are scheduled for October 11 and October 13, respectively. Every game in the series will take place in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/sahibzada-farhan-says-parents-prayers-helped-him-become-pakistan-captain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Sahibzada Farhan, the opening batsman for the national team, claims that his father once predicted that he would lead the squad as captain. Sahibzada Farhan, in conversation with the media in Rawalpindi, remarked, saying, \u201cI had never envisioned myself as a captain; when I did become one, I became convinced of the immense power of my parents\u2019 prayers.\u201d He&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":16,"label":"Pakistan"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-content\/uploads\/FotoJet-2026-10-09T004018.035-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"frkhokhar@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/author\/frkhokhargmail-com"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":16,"name":"Pakistan","slug":"pakistan","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":16,"taxonomy":"category","description":"All about Pakistan","parent":0,"count":7353,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":16,"category_count":7353,"category_description":"All about Pakistan","cat_name":"Pakistan","category_nicename":"pakistan","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85774,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85772\/revisions\/85774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}