{"id":22375,"date":"2026-06-22T16:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22375"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:22:23","slug":"former-india-test-cricketer-ks-bharat-joins-uae-domestic-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22375","title":{"rendered":"Former India Test Cricketer KS Bharat Joins UAE Domestic Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former India wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat has joined a UAE domestic team just days after announcing his retirement from international cricket.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to reports, KS Bharat has been named in the Stallions squad for the UAE Two-Day Championship, a domestic tournament designed to enhance players’ long-format cricket skills.<\/p>\n

The move comes shortly after Bharat brought an end to his international career, marking his first participation in an overseas domestic competition.<\/p>\n

Between 2023 and 2024, Bharat represented India in seven Test matches, primarily serving as the team’s wicketkeeper during the absence of Rishabh Pant.<\/p>\n

In those seven Tests, he scored 221 runs at an average of 20.09, with a highest score of 44. He has not featured for India since February 2024.<\/p>\n

While announcing his retirement, Bharat described representing India as the greatest honor of his life and said every moment of his international journey was worthwhile.<\/p>\n

He will now serve as the wicketkeeper for the Stallions in the UAE Two-Day Championship.<\/p>\n

The tournament features two-day matches with 80 overs scheduled per day, while teams can earn additional points for innings victories or winning by 10 wickets.<\/p>\n

The competition began on June 19 and will feature seven matches, with the final scheduled for July 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former India wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat has joined a UAE domestic team just days after announcing his retirement from international cricket. According to reports, KS Bharat has been named in the Stallions squad for the UAE Two-Day Championship, a domestic tournament designed to enhance players’ long-format cricket skills. The move comes shortly after Bharat brought an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,38],"tags":[4750,5245,6102,12526,5023,12524,12523,12527,8950,3782,4148,7815,12528,12525,5393],"class_list":["post-22375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-sports","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-tournament","tag-domestic-cricket","tag-first-class-cricket","tag-india-cricket","tag-indian-cricketer","tag-ks-bharat","tag-rishabh-pant","tag-sports","tag-stallions","tag-test-cricket","tag-uae-cricket","tag-uae-domestic-league","tag-uae-two-day-championship","tag-wicketkeeper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22377,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22375\/revisions\/22377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}