Pakistan on Thursday reviewed quick bowler Haris Rauf and medium-pacer Hasan Ali for Twenty20 internationals in Ireland and Britain in the not so distant future, their last warm-ups for the World Cup. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, Azam Khan and Muhammad Irfan Khan, who all endured wounds last month against New Zealand, were additionally remembered for a 18-man crew. Pakistan's selectors have not yet named their last 15-man crew for June's T20 World Cup in the US and West Indies.
"We are having wellness issues with a couple of players however we trust that during the Britain visit we will actually want to conclude the World Cup crew," selector Wahab Riaz told a news meeting in Lahore. Each of the 20 World Cup groups needed to submit primer 15-player crews to the Global Cricket Board by May 1 cutoff time, however they can make changes until May 25.
Rauf, 30, has not played since harming his shoulder during the Pakistan Super Association in February. "Rauf has begun bowling and when we will play Britain he will be match fit," said Riaz. "As a back-up we have remembered Hasan Ali for the crew." Hasan has not played a Twenty20 worldwide for Pakistan since September 2022.
Turning all-rounder Agha Salman, who has played Tests and one-day internationals, is line for his T20 debut in the wake of being incorporated. Pakistan play Ireland in Dublin on May 10, 12 and 14. Four matches follow against Britain at Headingley in Leeds on May 22, Edgbaston in Birmingham (May 25), Sophia Nurseries in Cardiff (May 28) and the Oval in London (May 30).
Pakistan T20 crew for matches in Ireland and England: Babar Azam (chief), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.