Pakistan unveil 'Matrix jersey' for ICC T20 World Cup 2024 as they eye second title

Pakistan, on Monday (May 6), unveiled their jersey for the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The marquee tournament is scheduled to be played from June 1 to 29 in the United States of America and the Caribbeans.

With less than a month remaining for the highly-anticipated World Cup to start, Pakistan have released the jersey they will be sporting during the competition. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) released a video, featuring skipper Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and others in the new jersey.

The new Pakistan jersey is called Matrix jersey. PCB released the video with the caption 'Lapait khud per watan ka parcham, baja de danka, macha de shoor' which roughly translates to wear the national colour and make noise.

🎵𝑳𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒌𝒉𝒖𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒌𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒎, 𝒃𝒂𝒋𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒂, 𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒓!🎵

Presenting Pakistan 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲'𝟐𝟒! Pre-order now: https://t.co/TWU32T9BHd#WearYourPassion | #WeHaveWeWill pic.twitter.com/akwWjkjZBB

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) May 6, 2024

Pakistan will be hoping that the new jersey changes their fortunes as well and they go all the way in the upcoming T20 World Cup. The last few months have been very tough for Pakistan cricket. It all started with their disappointing campaign in the Asia Cup. It was followed by a league stage exit from the ODI World Cup before Babar Azam was sacked as the captain in all the three formats.

Under new Test captain Shan Masood, Pakistan were whitewashed in the three-match Test series in Australia. It was followed by a 4-1 loss against New Zealand in T20Is under new T20I captain Shaheen Afridi. Recently, Babar Azam was reinstated as the Pakistan T20I captain and he began his new tenure with a 2-2 draw in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand at home.

Pakistan strong contenders for T20 World Cup:

While Pakistan have not really managed to impress in recent times, they will be one of the strong contenders for the T20 World Cup 2024. In the last edition of the tournament, the Men in Green qualified for the final before losing the title-decider against England. They will be looking to go all the way this year.

Meanwhile, Pakistan are yet to announce their squad for the World Cup. Before the World Cup, they will play T20I series against Ireland and England this month. They will play three T20Is against Ireland and four against England. They are scheduled to begin their campaign in the World Cup on June 6.