Seasoned pacer Haris Rauf and Mohammad Rizwan have been left out of Pakistan’s 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) unveiled the squad in Lahore on Sunday, amid uncertainty regarding their exclusion.
With 133 wickets in 94 matches at an economy rate of 8.38, Rauf is Pakistan’s most successful pacer in T20Is and ranks ninth on the list of highest wicket-takers in T20I history. The right-arm pacer has been omitted from the squad despite being in excellent form with the ball in the Big Bash League.
Former captain Mohammad Rizwan has also been overlooked, with Usman Khan and Khawaja Mohammad Nafay selected as the squad’s wicket-keeper batters.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Salman Mirza and Naseem Shah form the pace trio. Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Usman Tariq and Abrar Ahmed are the specialist spinners in the squad.
A plethora of players will be featuring in their first T20 World Cup. Captain Salman Ali Agha, along with Faheem Ashraf, Sahibzada Farhan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Mohammad Salman Mirza and Usman Tariq, have received their maiden call-ups for a global mega-event.
Before the World Cup begins, Pakistan are set to face Australia in a three-match T20I series at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on January 29 and 31, and February 1.
The Men in Green will kick off their World Cup campaign against the Netherlands on February 7 in Colombo.
Pakistan squad for the T20 World Cup:
Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk) and Usman Tariq.
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