The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced their 15-men squad for the T20 World Cup, commences from first June in the USA and the Caribbeans. Pakistan is the last team of the tournament to name the squad just before the day of the deadline given by ICC.

Haris Rauf
Star paceman Haris Rauf has been returned to the squad after an injury. The batting stalwart of Pakistan team Babar Azam will lead the runners-up of the last edition of T20 World Cup. While Hasan Ali has been omitted from the showpiece event.

"This is an extremely talented and balanced side that has a mixture of youth and experience. These players have been playing together for some time and look well prepared and settled for next month’s event.

“This is an extremely talented and balanced side that has a mixture of youth and experience," PCB said in its statement.

"These players have been playing together for some time and look well prepared and settled for next month’s event.

“Haris Rauf is fully fit and bowling well in the nets. It would have been nice if he had gotten an outing at Headingley, but we remain confident that he will continue to maintain an upward trajectory in the upcoming matches, as he will have an important role to play along with other strike bowlers in the T20 World Cup.”

Pakistan have been coined in the Group A along with their arch-rivals India, co-hosts USA, Ireland and Canada. They'll begin their journey on 6th June in Dallas against the USA.

Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.