{"id":7808,"date":"2025-05-19T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7808"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:04:09","slug":"javed-afridi-promises-major-changes-after-peshawar-zalmi-exits-hbl-psl-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7808","title":{"rendered":"Javed Afridi promises &#8216;Major Changes&#8217; after Peshawar Zalmi exits HBL PSL X"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>For the first time in HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) history, Peshawar Zalmi has failed to qualify for the playoffs\u2014and owner Javed Afridi isn\u2019t taking it lightly.<\/p>\n<p>In a heartfelt message posted on X (formerly Twitter), Afridi addressed the team\u2019s fan base after a disappointing HBL PSL 10 campaign that ended with just four wins out of ten matches.<\/p>\n<p>The Babar Azam-led side\u2019s last hope was extinguished after a rain-shortened, must-win game against Lahore Qalandars, which they lost by 26 runs in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis season\u2019s outcome hurts, but this platform remains a launchpad for national careers,\u201d Afridi wrote. \u201cMajor changes are coming\u2014we\u2019ll rebuild with grit and purpose. InshaAllah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 To our passionate Zalmi fans:<br \/>\nThis season\u2019s outcome hurts, but this platform remains a launchpad for national careers. \u201cMajor changes\u201d are coming\u2014we\u2019ll rebuild with grit and purpose. InshaAllah.<\/p>\n<p>Request to all Zalmi Fans, as a national product, let\u2019s unite to support all\u2026<br \/>\n\u2014 Javed Afridi (@JAfridi10) May 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Zalmi ended their campaign with 8 points and a negative net run-rate of -0.293, marking a significant fall for a team that had never missed the knockouts before.<\/p>\n<p>Champions in 2017 and finalists four times, Zalmi had long been one of HBL PSL\u2019s most consistent forces.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Afridi struck a hopeful tone, promising that the \u201cYellow Storm\u201d will return stronger.<\/p>\n<p>He unveiled plans to expand fan engagement, announcing new Fan Parks, a Zalmi fan zone inside stadiums, and vibrant marketing campaigns for upcoming seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just a team, it\u2019s a movement,\u201d Afridi added. \u201cAs a national product, let\u2019s unite to support all PSL teams in the spirit of cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With sweeping changes on the horizon and Afridi reaffirming his focus on player development and team rebuilding, one thing is clear\u2014Zalmi may be down, but they\u2019re not out.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) history, Peshawar Zalmi has failed to qualify for the playoffs\u2014and owner Javed Afridi isn\u2019t taking it lightly. In a heartfelt message posted on X (formerly Twitter), Afridi addressed the team\u2019s fan base after a disappointing HBL PSL 10 campaign that ended with just four wins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7808","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=7808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}