
PCB Announce Squad for ICC World Cup 2023
As the (ICC) Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 approaches, the PCB Friday announced the team’s participating squad featuring star players in the line-up. PCB Goes with the same Captain and vise captain. Hasan Ali has been called in to replace injured pacer Naseem Shah.
Ali, however, will be returning to one-day international (ODI) cricket after a year-long hiatus following his last appearance against West Indies in Multan in 2022.
Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq unveiled the squad at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
Three travelling reserves have been named which include young talented spinner Abrar Ahmed, fast bowler Zaman Khan and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Haris.
Pakistan squad
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), M Wasim Jnr, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usama Mir