{"id":2573,"date":"2025-12-01T13:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/there-is-no-senior-pacer-shamis-exclusion-sparks-fresh-debate\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:16:11","slug":"there-is-no-senior-pacer-shamis-exclusion-sparks-fresh-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/there-is-no-senior-pacer-shamis-exclusion-sparks-fresh-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;There is no senior pacer&#8217;: Shami&#8217;s exclusion sparks fresh debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former cricketer Mohammad Kaif expressed surprise at Mohammed Shami&#8217;s exclusion from the South Africa ODI series. Despite strong domestic performances and being India&#8217;s joint-highest wicket-taker in the last Champions Trophy, the veteran pacer was overlooked. Kaif highlighted Shami&#8217;s wicket-taking ability and the valuable experience he could offer the young Indian pace attack, especially with Bumrah and Siraj rested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former cricketer Mohammad Kaif expressed surprise at Mohammed Shami&#8217;s exclusion from the South Africa ODI series. Despite strong domestic performances<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}