Pakistan Announces Delay In T20 World Cup 2024 Squad Announcement Due To THIS Reason: Report
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have reportedly stated THESE reasons behind the delay in the announcement for the squad of Pakistan for T20 World Cup 2024. Read below.
T20 World Cup 2024: The Pakistan Cricket Board, on Wednesday, May 1, announced that the squad announcement for the T20 World Cup 2024 has been delayed until further notice. The decision comes in via a report of PTI, where they stated that in a series of latest developments, it has been speculated that the fitness of players and their performance is the major reason behind the call, and that, the final squad will be announced in late May (somewhere around May 23 or 24).
As reported by PTI, a PCB source gave an insider on the exact reasons behind the delay.
"It (delay) doesn't matter because all these teams can change their entire squad by 24th May after that changes can only be allowed on fitness or injury basis with approval of the technical committee," he said. That is why the PCB and selectors have decided to hold off until after the first match in England. For the time being we have sent a provisional squad to the ICC for public relations and promotion purposes," said the PCB source to PTI.
Pakistan Announces Squad For Ireland And England T20I Series
PCB have, though, announced the squads for the upcoming T20I series against Pakistan and Ireland, as a preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.
Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming T20I assignments against Ireland and England ahead of the #T20WorldCup is out 👇https://t.co/Bgua9upiYo
— ICC (@ICC) May 2, 2024
🚨 Pakistan's 1️⃣8️⃣-member squad announced for the T20I series against Ireland and England 🚨
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) May 2, 2024
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Here is the list of full squad:
- Babar Azam (c)
- Abrar Ahmed
- Azam Khan
- Fakhar Zaman
- Haris Rauf
- Hasan Ali
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Imad Wasim
- Mohammad Abbas Afridi
- Mohammad Amir
- Mohammad Rizwan
- Muhammad Irfan Khan
- Naseem Shah
- Saim Ayub
- Salman Ali Agha
- Shadab Khan
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Usman Khan
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