Amidst Pakistan’s ongoing four-match T20I series against the defending T20 champions, England, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have released Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, starting in June.
After the chairman, Mohsin Naqvi’s displeasure with the selection process and the delay in the squad release, PCB finally released their squad with just a day to go before the deadline for submitting the squads.
PCB released the squad for Pakistan via a post on X, with skipper Babar Azam leading the team in the United States and the West Indies. In the previous edition of the tournament, Pakistan came ever so close to the trophy since their win way back in 2009 but lost to the eventual champions in the final of the tournament.
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Following the 2022 World Cup, Pakistan had a string of poor performances in T20Is but seemed to have picked up their rhythm with a series win over Ireland recently.
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.
Reserves: No reserves announced
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Pakistan will be kick-starting their 2024 World T20 campaign with their first game against the USA on 6th June in Dallas. Following the clash against Ireland, Pakistan will be playing against the highly anticipated clash against arch-rivals India on 9th June, in New York.
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Rahul is a content producer for The Sporting News’ India edition.
