Pakistan announce 15-member squad for T20 World Cup

Pakistan on Friday announced its 15-player squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup with Babar azam leading the side.

Of the 15 players, Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Saim Ayub and Usman Khan have been picked for their maiden T20 World Cup, while Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim last appeared in the 2016 and 2021 tournaments, respectively. The other eight players participated in the 2022 event in Australia.

“Haris Rauf is fully fit and bowling well in the nets. It would have been nice if he had gotten an outing at Headingley, but we remain confident that he will continue to maintain an upward trajectory in the upcoming matches, as he will have an important role to play along with other strike bowlers in the T20 World Cup,” the Pakistan Cricket Board release stated.

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A few weeks ago, the Pakistan Cricket board had announced three key personal to take charge of the Pakistan men’s cricket team: Jason Gillespie took charge of the Pakistan cricket team for the red-ball format while Gary Kirsten will manage the team in white-ball games.

Pakistan will start their T20 World Cup campaign on June 6 against hosts USA at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas.

They will then move on to Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York to take part in the high voltage clash against India on June 9.

They’ll then take on Canada and Ireland on June 11 and 16 respectively.

Full squad: Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan

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