Pakistan’s all-rounder Faheem Ashraf. — PCB
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday introduced that Faheem Ashraf will lead the seven-member Pakistan squad for the upcoming Hong Kong World Sixes.
The eight-team match, after a seven-year-hiatus, can be performed from November 1 to three on the Kowloon Cricket Membership in Hong Kong.
Pakistan for the reason that inception of the match in 1993 have received the match 4 occasions, whereas it has remained runners-up of the occasion for 5 occasions, which embody qualifying for the ultimate of the final version held in 2017.
Defending champions South Africa and England lead with probably the most titles, every successful 5. Sri Lanka, Australia, India, and the West Indies have every received one title.
Among the largest names like Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, MS Dhoni, Wasim Akram, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Glenn Maxwell, Sanath Jayasuriya and others have performed the match.
“We are excited to bring back this iconic event that showcases our city as a truly world city and a sporting capital of East Asia to the world and our cricket credentials. The strategic plan is to develop the Hong Kong Sixes into a global series, culminating every year with the grand finale at home,” mentioned Chairperson of Cricket Hong Kong, China Burji Shroff.
Former Take a look at wicketkeeper-batter Saleem Yousuf will journey with the aspect as supervisor, the cricket-governing physique mentioned.
Pakistan squad:
Faheem Ashraf (captain), Aamer Yamin, Asif Ali, Danish Aziz, Hussain Talat, Muhammad Akhlaq (wk) and Shahab Khan
