Delhi: After the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024), the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 will start from June 2. ICC's upcoming major tournament will be held in West Indies and United States of America (USA), for which most of the teams have been announced. At the same time, on June 9, a high voltage match will be played between arch rivals India and Pakistan. Powerful batsman Babar Azam has once again been made the captain of the Pakistani team, while Team India will be led by veteran opener Rohit Sharma.

Earlier, Babar Azam commented on many issues through press conference. He said, “I believe that Pakistan will definitely win this year's World Cup. We could not get the expected success in 2021 and 2022, but I hope that this time we will make the country proud with our performance. Mohammad Haris got a chance in Pakistan Super League (PSL), but he could not take advantage of that opportunity. He is a good player. But there is no place for him in the top order. Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayyub, Fakhar Zaman and me (any two players) will open the innings.”

Pakistan prepared a special strategy against Virat Kohli

At the same time, Babar praised the great batsman of the Indian team Virat Kohli and also called him a world class player. He said that he has prepared a strategy against Kohli. 29-year-old Babar Azam said, “He (Kohli) is one of the best players in the world. We have made a strategy against him and a plan will also be made against other players of the Indian team.”

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Babar further said that Hasan Ali will not be a part of the 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup, while the experience of Haris Rauf will definitely benefit the team. He is recovering from injury. He is an important part of Pakistan's T20I team. Babar also confirmed that former South African opener Gary Kirsten will be the coach of the Pakistan team.

Pakistan's T20I team against Ireland and England is as follows –

Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Aamir, Mohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayyub, Salman Agha, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Khan.

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