SQUADS FOR WORLD XI TOUR OF
PAKISTAN, 2017
Pakistan Squad:
Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Fahim
Ashraf , Hasan Ali, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Rumman Raees, Usman Khan, Sohail Khan
World XI Squad:
David Miller, Morne Morkel, Tim Paine, Thisara
Perera, Imran Tahir, Darren Sammy, Hashim Amla, Grant Elliott, Samuel Badree, George Bailey, Tamim Iqbal, Paul Collingwood, Ben Cutting, Faf du
Plessis(c)
Remarks of different Cricketers on world XI:
Australian
fast-bowling all-rounder Ben Cutting has praised International Cricket
Council’s (ICC) move to send a World XI team to Pakistan in order to the help
end international cricket’s hiatus in the country.
Cutting,
who is one part of the Faf du Plessis-led World XI, believes the security situation
has become better in Pakistan; one of the primary reasons the tour
materialised.
ISLAMABAD - Former
Pakistan cricket team captain and winner of 2009 World T20 Cup Younus Khan has
said that the tour of World XI team to Pakistan is a milestone and help the
country in reviving international cricket.
Talking to The Nation,
Younus termed PCB chairman Najam Sethi as saviour of Pakistan cricket and hoped
after World XI, more international teams and players would continue to come and
play in Pakistan. “It is a great omen that with the star-studied World XI is
touring Pakistan. Najam Sethi should continue to work on bringing more teams to
Pakistan, as it should not be the end of the road. More international teams
should come thick and fast as it will provide long-deprived Pakistani cricket
fans opportunities to watch international stars playing in front of them.”
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi said on Monday that 15 players
from seven countries have agreed to visit Pakistan as part of the World XI
squad set to play a three-match T20 series in Lahore next month.
Sethi, addressing a press conference, said, "Players from England,
New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have
agreed to play the World XI tournament in Pakistan. India, however, has
declined to send its players."
Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower, who will coach the World XI, has been
assigned to select the squad for the tour, which is financially supported by
the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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