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The Pakistan cricket team will open its ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign against co-host United States of America (USA) on June 6 to be played at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Texas, Dallas.

Pakistan cricket team is one time champion in the history of the tournament after winning the 2009 edition of the tournament. They finished runners-up in 2007 and 2022 losing India and England respectively. Pakistan have qualified for the T20 World Cup 2024 after finishing among top 8 teams in the 2022 T20 World Cup. Let’s take a look at Pakistan’s top 5 players to watch out for.

Babar Azam

Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s strike rate has always been questioned in the shortest format of the game. However, despite all that, Babar Azam will still be a key player to Pakistan. Babar will be able to hold on to the match if team faces collapse on a slower surface, like we have seen in T20 World Cup 2024 so far. Azam has played 119 matches and has scored 4023 runs with an average of 41.05 and strike rate of 130.15.

Fakhar Zaman

In the squad that Pakistan have picked for the T20 World Cup 2024, left-hand batter Fakhar Zaman is probably the only batter who has ability to play attacking cricket from ball 1. Zaman has played 88 T20Is and has scored 1815 runs with a strike rate of 113.46 and average of 23.57.

Imad Wasim

Pakistan cricket team certainly lacks a good spin bowler in this World Cup and Imad Wasim is likely to be their lead spin bowler in the tournament. Imad Wasim has played 72 matches and has taken 70 wickets and scored 535 runs with a strike rate of 135.

Shaheen Afridi

There is no doubt that Shaheen Afridi has been by far the best pace bowler for Pakistan in the recent couple of years and there is no doubt that he will have a big role to play in the campaign. Shaheen has 91 wickets in 66 matches with an economy rate of 7.73.

Naseem Shah

21-years-old Naseem Shah’s absence was duly felt by the Pakistan team in the 50 overs World Cup in 2023. Naseem is a young bowling sensation coming through for Pakistan and is likely to serve the country for long. Naseem has played 25 T20I matches and has taken 19 wickets.

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