Pakistan captain Fatima Sana celebrates after dismissing India’s Harmanpreet Kaur throughout the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2026 match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain, June 14, 2026. — Reuters
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday unveiled its Girls’s T20 World Cup 2026 Staff of the Event, with Pakistan captain Fatima Sana incomes a spot within the prestigious choice after producing a sequence of influential performances with each bat and ball throughout the competitors.
The Staff of the Event comprised 12 gamers, and featured representatives from eight nations.
World champions Australia led the choice with 4 gamers, whereas runners-up England had two representatives.
Australia’s sturdy presence mirrored their dominant marketing campaign, which culminated in a seventh Girls’s T20 World Cup title.
Pakistan, India, South Africa, Eire and Sri Lanka every had one participant within the squad, whereas Scotland’s Darcey Carter was named because the twelfth participant.
Pakistan’s captain Fatima Sana (L) hits the ball to be caught out throughout the ICC Girls’s T20 cricket World Cup 2026 Group A stage, Match 6 match between the India and Pakistan at Edgbaston cricket floor in Birmingham, central England on June 14, 2026. — AFP
The gamers embody Australia’s Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner and captain Sophie Molineux, alongside England’s Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Nat Sciver-Brunt.
The remaining choices included Pakistan’s Fatima, India’s Sree Charani, South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp, Eire’s Orla Prendergast and Sri Lanka’s Nilakshika Silva, whereas Scotland’s Darcey Carter was named because the twelfth participant.
For Pakistan, Fatima’s inclusion was among the many main highlights of the ICC announcement.
Though the Inexperienced Shirts might win just one match within the 12-team event, which got here of their final group-stage fixture in opposition to Netherlands, their captain Fatima delivered constant all-round performances all through the mega occasion.
The all-rounder completed the event with 11 wickets in 5 matches at a formidable common of 11.27 and in addition contributed 85 runs, establishing herself as some of the efficient performers in her facet’s marketing campaign.
Pakistan’s crew captain Fatima Sana (entrance L) poses for a selfie with supporters throughout The Captains’ Carnival, the activation occasion for the ICC Girls’s T20 cricket world cup 2026, in central London on June 7, 2026. — AFP
The ICC described Fatima because the “beating heart” of Pakistan’s crew, highlighting her impression in essential matches.
Towards South Africa, she struck an unbeaten 55 after Pakistan had slipped to 50-8 earlier than returning figures of 3-16 with the ball, almost guiding her facet to a well-known victory.
She additionally claimed 3-12 in opposition to the Netherlands and helped Pakistan safe a 37-run win of their remaining group-stage match.
England opener Wyatt-Hodge completed because the event’s main run-scorer with 302 runs, whereas India’s Sree Charani ended because the main wicket-taker with 14 wickets.
Australia’s Mooney, who scored 238 runs and performed decisive knocks in each knockout matches, was named Participant of the Event.
