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Pakistan’s travel to the 2025 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup was turbulent, marked by inconsistency and enactment changes. The squad struggled successful the 2022/23–2025 ICC Women’s Championship, winning lone 8 of 24 matches and finishing ninth, making qualification done rankings retired of the equation.
A ascendant show successful the Qualifier saw Pakistan triumph each 5 matches and confidently tempest backmost into the World Cup again. Fatima Sana’s enactment was cardinal to this revival arsenic she guided a broadside successful transition.
The team’s World Cup campaign, however, volition trust connected contributions from its mainstays. Sidra Amin, successful good form, has been Pakistan’s astir accordant batter, providing stableness astatine 1 down. Muneeba Ali volition beryllium expected to guarantee coagulated starts, portion Aliya Riaz and Fatima are entrusted with anchoring the mediate bid and getting competitory totals connected the board.
The skipper volition besides enarthrosis the work of starring the gait onslaught alongside Diana Baig, aiming to onslaught aboriginal and acceptable the tone. Spin volition stay Pakistan’s strength, led by left-arm orthodox spinner Nashra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal, portion Rameen Shamim volition enactment with off-spin.
Sidra Amin, the No. 3 batter and a pillar of the Pakistan side, has been successful fantabulous signifier starring up to the World Cup. Third successful the country’s all-time ODI tally list, she provides consistency and stability, often coming up with match-defining contributions
What volition payment Pakistan greatly is playing each 7 of its group-stage matches successful Colombo, allowing the squad to payment from the familiarity of pitch, bounce and boundary, and accustom itself to the subcontinental conditions. Pakistan enters the tourney with a blend of younker and expertise, though gaps stay successful the little bid and fielding. In fact, the team’s catching occurrence is simply a dismal 68.5 per cent since April 2022 — associated second-lowest among the 8 World Cup competitors — which could beryllium the deciding origin successful high-stakes games.
As the youngest ODI World Cup skipper successful Pakistan’s history, Fatima carries the work of translating imaginable into results, portion Pakistan aims to asseverate itself connected the planetary stage.
The squad: Fatima Sana (Capt.), Muneeba Ali (Vice-capt.), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Nashra Sandhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, and Syeda Aroob Shah.
Pakistan’s fixtures: Oct. 2: vs Bangladesh; Oct. 5: India; Oct. 8: Australia; Oct. 15: England; Oct. 18: New Zealand; Oct. 21: South Africa; Oct. 24: Sri Lanka. The squad volition play each its matches successful Colombo.
