Pakistan Announces More Changes in Their Squad For ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021- Know New Confirmed Squad Here

By WEB DESK Last updated Oct 9, 2021

The national selectors of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the country’s squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, set to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from October 17 to November 14, on Friday.

Pakistan made three changes in their T20 World Cup squad.
Pakistan will play their first match of the tournament against India.

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Pakistan are placed in Group 2 and will begin their campaign against arch-rivals India on October 24 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The group will also have Afghanistan, New Zealand and two qualifiers from Round 1.

The updated squad has three changes. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Haider Ali have replaced Azam Khan and Mohammad Hasnain respectively, while Fakhar Zaman, who was initially named as a travel reserve, has swapped places with Khushdil Shah.

“After reviewing player performances in the highly-competitive National T20 and in consultation with the team management, we have decided to include Haider Ali, Fakhar Zaman and Sarfaraz Ahmed in the squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021,” said national selector Muhammad Wasim.

Pakistan’s revised squad for T20 World Cup 2021:

Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jr, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shoaib Maqsood