Asia Cup 2018: Pakistan Probable Squad For 14th Edition

As the world cricket body International Cricket Council (ICC) has already released its schedule for the Asia Cup 2018, many cricketing pundits talk about the combinations and permutations. The forthcoming biennial tournament will be back in its original avatar. Before talking about the Pakistan probable squad for its 14th edition, we will also take you into the slice of its history.

India is the defending champion of Asia Cup:

Virat Kohli-led India will enter into the tournament with a tag of reigning champions. Men in Blue displayed an upper hand on the rest of the teams in the previous cup that was held in a Twenty20 format.

In the Asia Cup 2018, eleven teams will participate to clinch the coveted title and to earn the badge of being ‘best in Asia.’

Out of the eleven, five nations will get direct entry whereas, and the rest six needs to go through the qualification phase. So much so, only one team will qualify from those six teams, and that will lock horns further with the directly qualified teams.

Teams participating in the tournament

Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are the five Full Member Nations. But the teams who will join in the qualification phase are the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Nepal, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia respectively.

The victorious squad among the these six will join the hands with the permanent five later on in this tournament.

All the teams are trying different people to find a perfect team combination. The players who will put better performances will eventually see their names in the Asia Cup roster thereon.

As for now, no team has announced the team yet. It is brainy that as we will move little closer to the tournament, distinct management would announce their respective teams who will participate in the competition.

Right now, some teams are busy with the preparations, and for that matter, they are on the tour of different countries.

For instance, India is on the journey of England while as Pakistan will be playing against New Zealand. In the same time, Sri Lankan players will gear up themselves in Sri Lanka Premier League (SPL).

As we await the final announcement of Asia Cup 2018, it will be interesting to see who will feature and who will face an axe.

As of now, depending upon the momentum and best possible combinations, we will present the best squad available that will likely participate in the tournament.

The probable squad of Pakistan for the 14th edition of the Asia Cup 2018:

Here is our probable squad of Asia Cup 2018 squad for Pakistan:

(1) Sarfraz Ahmed(c) (wk)
(2) Azhar Ali
(3) Fakhar Zaman
(4) Imam-ul-Haq
(5) Babar Azam
(6) Shoaib Malik
(7) Mohammad Hafeez
(8) Haris Sohail
(9) Faheem Ashraf
(10) Shadab Khan
(11) Asif Ali
(12) Mohammad Amir
(13) Hasan Ali
(14) Usman Shinwari
(15) Rumman Raees