{"id":5597,"date":"2025-05-14T23:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2025-05-14T23:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:21:24","slug":"bat-and-burqa-the-rise-of-karachis-female-cricketing-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=5597","title":{"rendered":"Bat and Burqa: The Rise of Karachi\u2019s Female Cricketing Star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KARACHI: A young woman from the port city of Pakistan has gone viral on social media, leaving viewers stunned by her incredible batting skills while batting at Frere Hall<\/strong>, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite being a professional banker by day<\/a>, Faiza Azam Khan\u2019s passion lies in cricket. Her impressive display of boundaries and sixes at Karachi\u2019s Frere Hall on her day off has gone viral, winning hearts across the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about her growing popularity, Faiza said, \u201cAny women who want to join us are welcome to come and play cricket with us.\u201d Her inclusive approach has added to the charm of the now viral cricket video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faiza Azam Khan expressed her dream of representing the Pakistan Women\u2019s Cricket Team, preferably while wearing a hijab. \u201cIf I get the chance to play for Pakistan with hijab, that would be wonderful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although she faced criticism when she first picked up the bat, most people have shown her immense support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Faiza plays cricket with us, it brings us joy,\u201d said her younger brother. \u201cIf she plays internationally, I\u2019ll be very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her elder sister Nazia added, \u201cI play cricket with her too, but the way Faiza plays is unmatched. I truly wish she gets selected for the women\u2019s team. I believe if given a chance, she can make Pakistan proud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The viral video has sparked conversation not just for her talent, but also for breaking stereotypes. With each share and view, Faiza\u2019s story continues to inspire women across the nation proving once again how one viral moment can lead to real-world impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, a six-year-old Pakistani girl went viral for over her exceptional batting skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The girl, identified as six-year-old Sonia Khan, went viral for her exceptional batting skills and a wide range of cricket shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video went viral after it was shared by English umpire Richard Kettleborough on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMeet Sonia, a 6-year-old batting sensation from Pakistan. Her strokes remind me of Rohit Sharma!\u201d he wrote in his social media post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian women\u2019s cricket team captain Alyssa Healy became the latest to admire the six-year-old Pakistani girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on a podcast, Healy lauded the \u2018incredibly skilled\u2019 Sonia Khan, saying that the little girl was hitting the ball better than her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe looks incredibly skilled. It\u2019s unbelievable to see such batting ability at just six-years-old,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Healy quipped, \u201cI feel like she was hitting the ball even better than me!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: A young woman from the port city of Pakistan has gone viral on social media, leaving viewers stunned by her incredible batting skills while batting at Frere Hall, ARY News reported. Despite being a professional banker by day, Faiza Azam Khan\u2019s passion lies in cricket. Her impressive display of boundaries and sixes at Karachi\u2019s Frere […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","inline_featured_image":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","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}},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multi-media"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5599,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions\/5599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}