The squad features five players who are set to make their Women’s T20 World Cup debuts – Eyman Fatima, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Saira Jabeen and Tasmia Rubab.
Gull Feroza, who smashed two hundreds in the recently concluded ODI series against Zimbabwe, will boost the top order in her second T20 World Cup appearance.
Experienced wicket-keeper batter Muneeba Ali and batter Ayesha Zafar are the other players expected to handle the task of getting the Pakistan top-order going.
Natalia Parvaiz, Iram Javed, Aliya Riaz, and Saira Jabeen are some of the options who can come in handy in the middle order. But as historically proven, Pakistan’s strong points remain its bowling.
Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Tuba Hassan and Rameen Shamim will lead the spin attack, whereas Fatima, Diana Baig and Tasmia Rubab will boost the pace lineup.
Squad: Fatima Sana (c), Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Iram Javed, Eyman Fatima, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Parvaiz, Saira Jabeen, Muneeba Ali, Tuba Hassan, Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig, Tasmia Rubab.
Ahead of the tournament, the same squad will feature in the tri-series involving Ireland and West Indies, starting on 28 May.
Pakistan have featured in all editions of the Women’s T20 World Cup so far, but haven’t yet reached the knockout stage, and will look to go better in this tournament.
Their very first contest in the tournament is against arch-rivals India.
