{"id":182191,"date":"2026-06-18T12:22:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182191"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:52:30","slug":"pakistans-nida-dar-announces-availaibility-for-selection-after-year-long-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182191","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s Nida Dar announces availaibility for selection after year-long hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71119298\">Pakistan all-rounder Nida Dar has made herself availablle for selection to the national team after a year-long gap from cricket.<\/p>\n<p>Dar, who had taken an indefinite break in April 2025 citing personal reasons, announced the decision on Thursday in a post on        <i>X<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter taking time to focus on myself and regain my strength, I am happy to share that I am back and available for Pakistan Cricket Team once again. Ready to give my best, work hard and contribute whenever the team needs me. Thank you to everyone who supported me during this journey,\u201d she said in the post.<\/p>\n<p>The all-rounder, who is now 39-years-old, last played a game for Pakistan in October 2024 in the side\u2019s 54-run defeat against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Following Pakistan\u2019s group stage exit in that tournament, Dar was dropped from the central contract list and did not play a match for her country before she subsequently decided to temporarily walk away from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether she stands any real chance of making a comeback to the team, Dar remains one of Pakistan\u2019s most accomplished cricketers.<\/p>\n<p>Dar is the first cricketer, male or female to take 100 T20 international wickets and is also the second highest-run scorer for her country in T20Is with 2091 runs only behind Bismah Mahroof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/pakistan-womens-cricket-team-nida-dar-return-break-one-year-all-rounder-hiatus\/article71119298.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan all-rounder Nida Dar has made herself availablle for selection to the national team after a year-long gap from cricket. Dar, who had taken an indefinite break in April 2025&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2155169737.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":180248,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180248","url_meta":{"origin":182191,"position":0},"title":"IND vs PAK, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: What happened the last time India and Pakistan played at the T20 World Cup?","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"India and Pakistan will begin their Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 campaigns at Edgbaston on June 14, with history firmly favouring the Women in Blue. 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