“This is a very talented and balanced side with a mix of youth and experience. These players have been playing together for a long time and look well prepared and settled for next month’s event,” a statement from the selection committee said in a PCB release. said.
ESPNcricinfo has learned that the first team was finalized and sent to PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi on May 23, but controversy emerged over the due process, with some members of the selection panel feeling they were not properly approached. Naqvi asked to see the meeting minutes and voting patterns of previous meetings, which had not been recorded.
As a result, the group was rejected and sent back to the selection panel, where Naqvi insisted that the members reach a consensus in the group and the minutes of the meeting be recorded. The PCB rejects any suggestion that the chairman interfered in certain selection decisions, and that the reason the first team was rejected was the failure to follow due process as laid down by the selection committee.
Pakistan chose not to announce a provisional squad earlier this month, something other teams have done. In the end, they were the last team to officially confirm their final squad, as all 19 other teams had sent theirs in the past few days.
Pakistan begins its T20 World Cup campaign against the USA in Dallas on June 6 before playing India in New York on June 9. Pakistan will stay in New York to face Canada on June 11 and travel to Lauderhill to play Ireland on June 16 in their home game. the last game of the team.
Pakistan squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Babar Azam (capt), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan (wk), Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
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