Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the national squad for World Cup 2023.
PCB chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq announced the 18-member national squad during a press conference.Inzamam-ul-Haq said that in the national squad, Babar Azam will be the captain and Shadab Khan will be the vice-captain.
Fast bowler Naseem Shah is not part of the national squad due to injury while Hasan Ali has been included in the squad in his place.
Players included in the national squad for the World Cup
- Babar Azam (Captain)
- Shadab Khan (Vice Captain)
- Abdullah Shafiq
- Fakhar Zaman
- Imam al-Haq
- Haris Rauf
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Shaheen Afridi
- Muhammad Rizwan
- Mohammad Nawaz
- Muhammad Wasim Jr
- Hasan Ali
- Saud Shakeel
- Salman Agha
- Osama Mir
Reserve player
Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said that three players have been kept in reserve for the World Cup, including Mohammad Haris, Abrar Ahmed and Zaman Khan.
Inzamam-ul-Haq said that Hasan Ali has been included in the squad on the basis of experience, big events require an experienced bowler, while Naseem Shah's absence from the team is a loss for us, but we are hopeful that he will be in the team soon. I will come back.
He said that we have a lot of injuries in fast bowlers, in big matches we have tried to have bowlers who have experience who have played matches, there is more pressure on us than other teams in India, so the pressure The handle also has a problem, considering these things Hasan Ali has been included.
It should be noted that the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is starting in India from October 5, for which the teams have started arriving in India.
Pakistan's first World Cup match is against Netherlands on October 6, before which the national team will play warp matches.