Pakistan Cricket Board announces official squad on the brink of Asia Cup 2025
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The Pakistan Cricket Board has been under immense pressure over the current disagreement with the BCCI, and their chief's stubbornness has landed them in further trouble. Despite this, they have not backed down from their responsibilities and have named the 15-member women's squad for the upcoming Ireland series.
The squad selection was from among a pool of 24 players who were taken to the Women's Skills Camp, which is supposed to conclude on the 27th of July in Karachi. After the conclusion of the camp, the selected 15 will undergo another camp before departing for Ireland, as per the instructions of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The 15-member squad marked Fatima Sana as the skipper of the Pakistan women's side, and she will resume her role in the upcoming three-match T20I series against Ireland women. There will be 3 T20I matches to be played at the Clontarf Cricket Club ground in Dublin from the 6th to the 10th of August.
Pakistan announce squad for Ireland tour
Pakistan Women's 15-member Squad: Fatima Sana (captain), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi (wicket-keeper), Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Tuba Hassan and Waheeda Akhtar
Non-travelling reserves: Neha Sharmin, Omaima Sohail, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Nawaz and Syeda Aroob Shah
Player support personnel: Muhammad Wasim (head coach), Junaid Khan (assistant coach for bowling), Abdul Saad (assistant coach, fielding), Hina Munawar (manager), Waleed Ahmed (analyst) and Tehreem Sumbal (physiotherapist)
Pakistan name 22-year-old Eyman Fatima as uncapped star
The Pakistan Cricket Board is taking several measures to uplift women's cricket in the nation, as several national championships as well as training camps have been organized for the purpose. As a result of this, several young women cricketers from Pakistan are making it to the international level.
One such supremely talented young Pakistani player has been the 22-year-old enigmatic batter Eyman Fatima. She starred in the National Women's T20 tournament, which recently concluded in Karachi around 2 months back.
With a stellar show in the domestic league, Sana gained immediate limelight, having scored 287 runs from 8 matches at an impressive strike rate of 155.14. The Pakistan Women's side, who have been long in the search for a quick-scoring batter, immediately roped him into the national side.
She is the only uncapped player to be named in the 15-member squad for the Ireland white-ball tour.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board is still in a tussle over the Asia Cup 2025
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been in a continuous tussle with the BCCI over the upcoming continental championship, the Asia Cup 2025. Ever since the political tensions arose between India and neighbouring foes, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the game of cricket has had large-scale implications.
From the stoppage of the PSL and the IPL mid-season to the cancellation of the WCL fixture between the two teams. Despite all these, the Asian Cricket Council, currently headed by Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi, has decided to host its AGM in Dhaka, ignoring several pleas made by the BCCI to reconsider the venue.
The meeting scheduled to take place on the 24th and 25th is rightly boycotted by the BCCI and has thrown the future of the Asia Cup into some major doubt.
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