Amid reports of boycott of the 2026 T20 World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a 15-member team for the tournament. Former captain Babar Azam has also got a place in the Pakistan team for the T20 World Cup. Babar was out of the T20 team for a long time, but considering his experience in the World Cup, the board has given him a place in the team. The Pakistan team led by Salman Aga will play its first match in the World Cup on 7 February. T20 World Cup 2026 is going to be played in India and Sri Lanka. Whereas Pakistan team will play all its matches in Sri Lanka.

Questions were raised on Azam’s strike rate outside.

Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam also played the 2024 T20 World Cup, but after that he was criticized a lot, due to which he is being moved in and out of the team. In such a situation, Babar has once again returned to the team. Although Babar, who was out of the team, was playing the Big Bash League being played in Australia, where his strike-rate was very poor and Babar’s performance in BBL was also not special, but Pakistan Board ignored all these things and expressed confidence in him for the World Cup.

Star fast bowler is out

Pakistan’s fastest bowler Haris Rauf has not got a place in the T20 World Cup 2026 team. Although Pakistan is known only for its pace attack. Despite the absence of Rauf, the team has a pace attack like Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Faheem Ashraf, who can make the opposition batsmen sweat with their sharp bowling. But still the team may miss Rauf somewhere, because Rauf bowls continuously at a speed of more than 145, due to which the batsmen have to face problems.

6 Pakistani players will play World Cup for the first time

PCB has announced its 15-member team, which also includes many young players. In this team, not one or two but a total of 6 players are going to play the T20 World Cup for the first time. It includes Faheem Ashraf, Khawaja Mohammad Nafe, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq and Sahibzada Farhan, who will experience the World Cup for the first time. However, apart from these 6 players, all the players have played the World Cup and are also very experienced.

Pakistan team announced for T20 World Cup

Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafe (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wicketkeeper), Sam Ayub, Shaheen Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan and Usman Tariq.