The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday the 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, set to take place in the USA and the Caribbean.
As per the PCB’s press release, Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim, who had previously retired and returned to the game earlier this year, are included in the squad, which will be captained by Babar Azam. The final squad was decided after a two-hour selection committee meeting, attended by Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Bilal Afzal, Gary Kirsten, Mohammad Yousuf, and Wahab Riaz.
The press release also noted that Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Saim Ayub, and Usman Khan are set to make their T20 World Cup debuts. Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim last played in the T20 World Cup in 2016 and 2021, respectively.
The other eight players participated in the 2022 event in Australia, it said.
Pakistan 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
Pakistan’s schedule of matches:
June 6 — vs USA, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Dallas
June 9 — vs India, Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
June 11 — vs Canada, Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
June 16 — vs Ireland, Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida
Pakistan has been seeded A2 in the first round and if they qualify for the second round, then their Super Eight matches will be as follows:
June 19 — vs D1, Antigua
June 21 — vs C2, Barbados
June 23 — vs B1, Barbados
