Amidst the talk of boycotting the T20 World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a 15-member squad for the tournament. The Salman Agar-led team includes former captain Babar Azam, but Mohammad Rizwan and Haris Rauf are missing.
Pakistan T20 World Cup squad
PCB selector Aqib Javed announced the squad at a press conference in Lahore on Sunday morning. He was accompanied by captain Salman and coach Mike Hesson.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has replaced Bangladesh with Scotland in the World Cup after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) refused to send a team to India due to security concerns.
Criticizing the ICC’s two-pronged policy in this incident, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said yesterday afternoon that Pakistan’s decision to participate in the World Cup will be reconsidered after discussing with the government. The PCB announced the World Cup squad in a formal press conference in less than 24 hours.
Captain Salman, Fahim Ashraf, Khawaja Nafi, Salman Mirza, Sahibzada Farhan and Usman Tariq, who were in the announced squad, were called up to the World Cup squad for the first time.
Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shahid Afridi, Shadab Khan and Usman Khan have played in one or more tournaments before.
Pakistan’s World Cup campaign is scheduled to begin on February 7 with a match against the Netherlands. Pakistan is in Group ‘A’ with India, Namibia and the United States.
Pakistan World Cup squad: Salman Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafi, Mohammad Nawaz, Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan and Usman Tariq.
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