5 Surprising omissions from Pakistan's T20 World Cup squad

The biggest event that will have the cricketing world abuzz with excitement this year is the 2021 edition of the T20 World Cup. This mega tournament will take place in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and will be held in the months of October and November this year.

And, the Pakistan side has announced their squad for the event. Babar Azam will lead the side, while the two men who will don the wicket-keeping gloves are Mohammad Rizwan and Azam Khan. Asif Ali, Khushdil Shah, Sohaib Maqsood, and the experienced Mohammad Hafeez will be the men who have been picked as specialist batsmen for the multi-nation tournament.

While the likes of Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, and Shaheen Afridi will occupy the pace bowling department, Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz will be a part of the spin bowling department. However, there were some surprising omissions from the Pakistan squad for the T20 World Cup that will surely raise a few eyebrows. In this article, let us take a look at 5 such omissions.

5. Faheem Ashraf

Faheem Ashraf is a cricketer who is adept with both bat and ball. He is also an experienced player as well and has represented Pakistan in 42 T20Is. While he has scalped 35 wickets at a good strike rate of 20.54, he has also scored 259 runs at a strike rate of close to 130 in T20Is.

Ashraf has been in decent form with the ball in the T20Is that he has played this year. The right arm pacer has played 10 T20Is in 2021 and has picked up 6 wickets at a strike rate of 27.00.

Ashraf will surely be disappointed in missing out on a berth in the Pakistan squad for the most prestigious tournament in the T20I format of the game.