{"id":249791,"date":"2022-03-17T08:47:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=249791"},"modified":"2022-03-17T08:47:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:47:37","slug":"hafeez-continues-playing-cricket-amidst-enjoyment-and-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/hafeez-continues-playing-cricket-amidst-enjoyment-and-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafeez continues playing cricket amidst \u2018Enjoyment and passion\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nMohammad Hafeez is playing in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League in Bangladesh for his \u201cown enjoyment and passion\u201d and to \u201cinspire youngsters\u201d, revealed Cricinfo Wednesday.<br \/>\n\u201cI am playing for my own enjoyment and passion, and to inspire and help youngsters around the world,\u201d Cricinfo reported Muhammad Hafeez as saying, who remained Man of the Match in the PSL final last month.<br \/>\n\u201cMy motivation is to enjoy the cricket. I am retired from international cricket but, personally, I still have something in me to give to cricket. I try to inspire the youngsters, so that they can learn from me. I always try to be helpful to everyone, whoever wants me in their game,\u201d Hafeez said.<br \/>\nHafeez\u2019s heroics helped Lahore Qalandars lift the PSL trophy for the first time this season, and he is now with a team that is looking for their first DPL title since 2009-10. And they are missing Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed and Abu Jayed, who are all in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Mohammad Hafeez is playing in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League in Bangladesh for his \u201cown enjoyment and passion\u201d and to \u201cinspire youngsters\u201d, revealed Cricinfo Wednesday. \u201cI am playing for my own enjoyment and passion, and to inspire and help youngsters around the world,\u201d Cricinfo reported Muhammad Hafeez as saying, who remained Man of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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