{"id":58384,"date":"2024-02-10T07:07:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T07:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ian-bishop-opens-up-about-his-comment-on-pakistyan-u19-star-ali-raza\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T07:07:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T07:07:10","slug":"ian-bishop-opens-up-about-his-comment-on-pakistyan-u19-star-ali-raza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ian-bishop-opens-up-about-his-comment-on-pakistyan-u19-star-ali-raza\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Bishop opens up about his comment on Pakistyan U19 star Ali Raza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ali Raza shines in the U19 World Cup semi-final.<\/li>\n<li>Ian Bishop calls him a \u201csuperstar,\u201d sparking criticism.<\/li>\n<li>Bishop later defended his comment on Raza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ian Bishop, a former West Indian fast bowler and well-known commentator, was criticized by Pakistani sports journalist Waheed Khan for his remarks about Pakistan U19 bowler Ali Raza during the U19 World Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Raza, a 15-year-old, emerged as a remarkable player, astonishing the cricket world with his extraordinary bowling. Raza took the vital first wicket by getting Sam Konstas out and continued to pose challenges for Australia by claiming the wickets of Peake, Straker, and Beardman. Despite Pakistan\u2019s eventual loss, Raza\u2019s impressive spell of four wickets for 34 runs significantly contributed to the team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>During the game, when Ali Raza took the eighth wicket, Bishop, who was commentating at the time, labeled him a \u2018superstar.\u2019 This led to Waheed Khan criticizing Bishop for his propensity to heap high praise on young players.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the criticism, Ian Bishop staunchly defended his comments, stating that he is inspired by his seniors and is dedicated to encouraging young cricketers. He underscored his commitment to supporting and inspiring up-and-coming talents in cricket.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waheedkhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@waheedkhan<\/a> I was an ambitionless, drifting teenager when I first played senior cricket with Phil Simmons, against Marshall, Garner &amp; later, Holding. I heard they\u2019d said nice things about my game. That inspired me to believe in myself. I\u2019ll never stop passing that on to others.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irbishi\/status\/1755927020507156727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the ICC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/icc-u19-world-cup-india-defeat-england-to-win-the-title\/\">U19 World Cup<\/a> semi-final held at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, Pakistan U19 put up a valiant fight in a closely contested match against Australia U19. After being asked to bat first, Pakistan U19 were all out for 179. In response, Australia U19 managed to reach the target in the final over, with just one wicket remaining.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Saad Baig reflects on Pakistan\u2019s narrow loss in U19 World Cup semifinal<\/h5>\n<p>Pakistan lost by 1 wicket to Australia in a close match. Baig&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/02\/saad-baig-reflects-on-pakistans-narrow-loss-in-u19-world-cup-semifinal\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Raza shines in the U19 World Cup semi-final. Ian Bishop calls him a \u201csuperstar,\u201d sparking criticism. Bishop later defended his comment on Raza. Ian Bishop, a former West Indian fast bowler and well-known commentator, was criticized by Pakistani sports journalist Waheed Khan for his remarks about Pakistan U19 bowler Ali Raza during the U19 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FotoJet-24-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}