Pakistan’s pre-World Cup journey to Dubai cancelled as a consequence of visas delay – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s plans for a pre-World Cup crew bonding journey to Dubai have been referred to as off as a consequence of delays in acquiring their visas for journey to India on Friday, based on ESPNcricinfo.
The ‘Males in Inexperienced’ had initially scheduled a visit to the UAE for subsequent week, the place they might spend a couple of days earlier than continuing to Hyderabad for his or her first warm-up match towards New Zealand on September 29.
Nevertheless, these plans have been scrapped, and the Pakistan crew will now journey to Karachi after which fly to Hyderabad subsequent week.
This marks Pakistan’s first go to to India because the 2012-13 season.
Pakistan are set to start their World Cup marketing campaign on October 6 towards The Netherlands on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium in Hyderabad.
On Friday, Pakistan introduced their 15-player squad for the World Cup, with Babar Azam main the crew. Sadly, the squad will miss the presence of star pacer Naseem Shah, who sustained a minor damage throughout a Tremendous 4 conflict towards India within the Asia Cup. Naseem Shah needed to go away the sphere through the center of an over and was subsequently dominated out of the competitors.
As a alternative for Naseem, Hasan Ali has been included within the squad. Pakistan’s formidable tempo assault shall be spearheaded by Shaheen Shah Afridi, with help from Haris Rauf, Mohammed Waseem, and Hasan Ali.
Pakistan squad for the upcoming World Cup:
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Wasim.