Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif revealed his Men in Green playing XI for the match against the United States on June 6 in Dallas during the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Latif named two frontline spinners in the Pakistan team in the shape of Abrar Ahmed and Shadab Khan. However, there was no place for pacer Naseem Shah.
The former wicketkeeper-batter also stated that he would have picked one of Salman Ali Agha and Mohammad Haris if they were part of the squad.
Rashid Latif’s Pakistan playing XI:
Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
Earlier, Latif had also stated that the senior player, Rizwan, should be Pakistan's wicketkeeper as he has been leading the game from behind the wickets and removing him all of a sudden would not serve the team well.
"The team has two wicketkeepers, Usman Khan and Rizwan. I suggest that wicketkeeping should be done by a senior player," Latif said.
"Rizwan was running the game from behind for the last four years [but] now you have removed that guard," he added.
He then talked about the reason why Pakistan have been suffering recently saying that their combination isn’t right and the players should be ready to play according to the match situation.
"They are not getting their combination right, which is their biggest problem. Not only shuffle, but players need to be prepared to play at floating roles now in T20 cricket as per the match situation," Latif added.
Pakistan's T20 World Cup squad
Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Azam Khan, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf.
Pakistan's T20 World Cup schedule
June 6: Pakistan vs USA, Dallas
June 9: Pakistan vs India, New York
June 11: Pakistan vs Canada, New York
June 16: Pakistan vs Ireland, Lauderhill
