{"id":102650,"date":"2026-04-09T13:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/cricket-doesnt-exist-ex-bdesh-cricketer-invites-all-to-witness-the-circus\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:36:37","slug":"cricket-doesnt-exist-ex-bdesh-cricketer-invites-all-to-witness-the-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/cricket-doesnt-exist-ex-bdesh-cricketer-invites-all-to-witness-the-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cricket doesn&#8217;t exist&#8217;: Ex-B&#8217;desh cricketer invites &#8216;all to witness the circus&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh cricket is facing chaos, with off-field controversies overshadowing the sport. Aftab Ahmed criticised mismanagement, political influence, and media hype, calling it a \u201ccircus.\u201d The cricket board\u2019s dissolution and a politically linked new committee added to concerns. He mocked the situation, saying it\u2019s more spectacle than sport, adding: \u201cCricket doesn\u2019t exist anymore; the circus does.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh cricket is facing chaos, with off-field controversies overshadowing the sport. Aftab Ahmed criticised mismanagement, political influence, and media hype, calling it a \u201ccircus.\u201d The cricket board\u2019s dissolution and a politically linked new committee added to concerns. He mocked the situation, saying it\u2019s more spectacle than sport, adding: \u201cCricket doesn\u2019t exist anymore; the circus does.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":102651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}