{"id":2321,"date":"2026-10-08T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:04:06","slug":"pakistan-sri-lanka-hold-training-sessions-ahead-of-t20i-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2321","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Sri Lanka hold training sessions ahead of T20I opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Pakistan and Sri Lanka have begun preparations for their three-match T20I series, with both teams holding training sessions at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson briefed the players on the team\u2019s plans before the training session.<\/p>\n<p>Bowling coach Shaun Tait worked with the bowlers in the nets and provided them with different plans, while batting coach Mike Smith and fielding coach Mansoor Amjad also put the players through their drills.<\/p>\n<p>The Sri Lankan team also held a practice session at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium as preparations continued for the series.<\/p>\n<p>The first T20I will be played in Rawalpindi on October 9, with the remaining two matches scheduled for October 11 and 13 at the same venue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and Sri Lanka have begun preparations for their three-match T20I series, with both teams holding training sessions at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson briefed the players on the team\u2019s plans before the training session. Bowling coach Shaun Tait worked with the bowlers in the nets and provided them with different plans, while batting coach Mike Smith and fielding coach Mansoor Amjad also put the players through their drills. The Sri Lankan team also held a practice session at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium as preparations continued&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}