Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced the national squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India, according to which Babar Azam will captain the team.
Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq announced the 15-member squad during a press conference in Lahore, while three cricketers have been included as reserve players.
The squad includes Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Muhammad Rizwan (wicket keeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Muhammad Wasim Jr., Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafiq, Imamul Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Muhammad Nawaz. , Usama Mir, Salman Ali Agha and Hasan Ali are included, while Zaman Khan, Mohammad Haris and Abrar Ahmed have been included in the squad as reserve players.
PCB officials and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq finalized the Pakistan team selection on Wednesday, which was announced this morning.
According to PCB, the national selection committee headed by Inzamam-ul-Haq has made only one change from the Asia Cup squad keeping in mind the consistency in team selection and confidence in the existing players and that too by fast bowler Naseem Shah. As a result of these fits, Hasan Ali has been included in the squad in his place.
Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said during the press conference: ‘We have only had to make one change, which is unfortunately related to Naseem Shah’s injury. We also faced some injury issues during the Asia Cup but the good news is that all the players are fully fit and determined to perform well in the most important event like the World Cup.
He said that he has received encouraging reports from the medical panel about the fitness of fast bowler Haris Rauf. Haris Rauf has started bowling at the National Cricket Academy and will be available for selection.
Inzamam-ul-Haq expressed the belief that ‘this team can bring the World Cup trophy to Pakistan and can be a source of pride for the entire nation with its excellent performance.’
ICC World Cup 2023 According to the schedule, the Pakistani team will play its nine matches in five different cities of India during the World Cup.
The World Cup will begin on Thursday, October 5, while the final will be held on November 19 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
The first match of the World Cup will also be played in Ahmedabad between the teams of New Zealand and England.
Bad performance and tired players in the Asia Cup?
Earlier, Pakistan Cricket Board Management Committee Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Wednesday (September 20) met the coaching staff of Pakistan Cricket Team headed by Mickey Arthur, captain Babar Azam, vice-captain Shadab Khan and former captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Muhammad Hafeez. A meeting was held, in which the performance of the Pakistan cricket team in the Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka was reviewed in detail.
An ongoing one at PCB’s Lahore expression According to the meeting, the entire coaching staff of the Pakistan team, including head coach Grant Bradburn, batting coach Andrew Piotke and bowling coach Morne Morkel, were invited to give their report on the team’s recent performance.
Dr. Sohail Saleem also participated in this review session, who briefed the players about injuries and their rehabilitation.
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Former all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez was an honorary member of this committee. While announcing his resignation from the technical committee on the social networking website X, he wrote, ‘I have decided to leave the Pakistan Cricket Technical Committee, I have served as an honorary member.
I would like to thank Zaka Ashraf for giving me this opportunity. I am always available whenever Zaka Ashraf needs my honest suggestions for Pakistan Cricket. As always, my best wishes for Pakistan cricket, long live Pakistan.’
However, he did not explain the reason for this decision a day before the announcement of the national team, but it is believed that he was not satisfied with the selection of the team.
The meeting took a detailed look at the team’s recent performance, fitness of the players and future plans and discussed how to improve the team.
In the meeting, it was agreed that a better strategy should be developed regarding the workload of the players.
Pakistan Cricket Board Management Committee Chairman Zaka Ashraf says that the purpose of this review was to create an environment in which opinions can be expressed openly and consensus can be reached, problems can be identified and solutions can be found. can be done
Zaka Ashraf said that he has discussed the strengths and weaknesses and is very clear about where and what needs to be done to improve the team.
According to Zaka Ashraf, it was revealed from all these discussions that the previous administration had allowed many players to play league cricket, due to which they got tired before they could play national responsibility, but now we It has been agreed that a proactive strategy will be put in place to deal with the athletes’ workload and prioritize national duties.
Zaka Ashraf says that he is happy that the review session went positively and that they are all on the same page. “We are confident that we have learned from the Asia Cup and it will be helpful in preparation for the World Cup.”
Zaka Ashraf said that our team has the potential and we believe that this team is capable of competing at the highest level. ‘We have world class batsmen and bowlers.’
He said that the Pakistan Cricket Board is providing all necessary facilities and resources to the players and coaching staff to ensure that the team looks in top form in this mega event.
Bangladesh Technical Consultant
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that former India all-rounder Sridharan Sriram will join the Bangladesh cricket team as a technical consultant for the World Cup.
Sriram played eight one-day internationals for India between 2000 and 2004 and will join the squad in Guwahati for practice matches against Sri Lanka and England ahead of the 50-over tournament, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said in a statement. I will join.
Bangladesh will start their World Cup campaign against Afghanistan on October 7 in Dharamsala.
Sriram played similar roles with Bangladesh in last year’s T20 format Asia Cup in UAE and ICCT20 World Cup in Australia.
He was a distinguished first-class cricketer in a career spanning nearly 18 years. He was the consultant coach of Cricket Australia from 2015 to 2018 and was the assistant coach of the Australian team for the next four years.
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