{"id":4029,"date":"2026-11-08T16:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T11:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2026-11-08T16:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T11:03:45","slug":"pakistan-ready-for-fresh-challenge-as-sri-lanka-tests-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4029","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan ready for fresh challenge as Sri Lanka Tests begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Pakistan and Sri Lanka will begin their two-match Test series in Rawalpindi on Monday, with the hosts expected to introduce three or more new faces in their playing XI as they look to build a fresh combination.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samir Minhas, Tayyab Arif, Mohammad Taha and Saqib Khan are among the players in contention for their Test debuts, with Pakistan expected to make changes to their line-up.<\/p>\n<p>The trophy for the two-match series was unveiled in Islamabad, where both captains also posed for photographs with it at Rawal Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the opening Test, Pakistan captain Babar Azam expressed confidence in his side, promising an improved and different team for the Rawalpindi encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Babar said no player or team was perfect and that learning was a continuous process.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of recognising mistakes, learning from them and moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>The skipper also said he believed continued exposure to international cricket would help him improve as a player, adding that he remained determined to lead Pakistan to victory in the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and Sri Lanka will begin their two-match Test series in Rawalpindi on Monday, with the hosts expected to introduce three or more new faces in their playing XI as they look to build a fresh combination. Samir Minhas, Tayyab Arif, Mohammad Taha and Saqib Khan are among the players in contention for their Test debuts, with Pakistan expected to make changes to their line-up. The trophy for the two-match series was unveiled in Islamabad, where both captains also posed for photographs with it at Rawal Lake. Ahead of the&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-4029","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\/4029","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=4029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}