The Pakistan Cricket Board  is getting ready to announce the team that will represent Pakistan in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India. Most of the players who were part of the Asia Cup squad are expected to make it to the World Cup team.

There are a couple of players who might not make it to the World Cup squad. Faheem Ashraf and Muhammad Haris are two of them and they might be placed in the reserves along with Abrar Ahmed.

Hasan Ali is likely to take the place of Naseem Shah in the World Cup squad. Naseem Shah got injured during the Asia Cup in 2023 and it will take some time to recover because the injury is worse as predicted.

The core of Pakistan’s World Cup team is expected to include Babar Azam, Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq.All of them are  strong batsmen and Babar Azam also became the top ODI player of the series.


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The squad will also have Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan as the wicketkeeper, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, and Haris Rauf.

Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel and Salman Ali Agha will also be part of the squad.

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All the Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the official announcement of Pakistan’s World Cup team, which is scheduled to happen today (22nd September) by Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq.

The likely squad for the World Cup is as follows:

Babar Azam (captain),Abdullah Shafiq,Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed. Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr,  Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha

And the reserves:

Mohammad Haris, Abrar Ahmed