Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced their squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 which is scheduled to take place in October in UAE. The cricket board announced speedster Fatima Sana as captain. She takes over from allrounder Nida Dar. This will be Fatima's first time leading Pakistan in T20Is and at any ICC event. Earlier, she captained Pakistan twice in ODIs, including a famous Super Over win against New Zealand at Hagley Oval when she stood in for the concussed Dar.
Apart from the new captain, the side are only with one change from the squad that toured Sri Lanka for last month's Women's T20 Asia Cup. Batter Sadaf Shamas, also part of the Women's T20 World Cup in 2023, replaced wicketkeeper-batter Najiha Alvi.
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They have added 10 players from the T20 World Cup 2023 team, including Aliya Riaz, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Tuba Hassan, Shamas, Dar and Fatima. Left-arm spinner Sadia's selection is subject to fitness while uncapped left-arm seamer Tasmia Rubab is also part of the squad.
Pakistan squad for Women's T20 World Cup
Fatima Sana (capt), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nashra Sandhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal (subject to fitness), Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan
Travelling reserve: Najiha Alvi (wicketkeeper). Non-traveling reserves: Rameen Shamim and Umm-e-Hani.
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