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Pakistan Blind Cricket Council confirms 16-man for T20 World Cup
Pakistan Blind Cricket Council confirms 16-man for T20 World Cup

Abdul Jabbar Faisal

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) has announced a 16-player team for the upcoming T20 Blinds World Cup 2024, which would be played from November 23 to December 3 in two cities Lahore and Multan.

The national selection committee headed by Masood Jan, and other members Mohammad Jameel, and Tahir Mahmood Butt finalized the squad and disclosed after the approval of the PBCC chairman Syed Sultan Shah. Nasir Ali will lead the Pakistan in the top international blinds cricket fixture while Badar Munir will act as vice-captain in the tournament.

The PBCC also named three reserve players, including Mohammad Ayaz, Moeen Aslam, and Mohammad Rashid, while the team officials included Jameel as head coach, Masood as assistant coach, Malik Abrar Hussain as team manager, Naveed Hussain Abbasi as assistant manager, and Tahir as trainer. The home side will start their Blind T20 World Cup 2024 campaign against South Africa in the curtain raiser.

Names of selected players:

B1 Category: Zafar Iqbal, Mohammad Idrees Saleem, Mohammad Shahzaib, Fakhar Abbas, MohammadAsif, and Mohammad Salman

B2 Category: Nisar Ali (c), Badar Munir (vc), Babar Ali, Nematullah, and Haroon Khan

B3 Category: Mohammad Safdar, Kamran Akhtar, Akmal Hayat Nasir, Talha Iqbal, and Matiullah

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