The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), in consultation with the Women’s National Selection Committee, has announced a 15-member squad for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 to be hosted by India.
Pakistan will be led by Fatima Sana, who will be leading the side in ODIs for the first time. She led the side previously in the Women’s T20 World Cup in 2024 and also in the World Cup qualifiers in Lahore earlier this year. Pakistan women will be playing all their matches in Colombo.
If the side eventually qualifies for the semi-final and the final, those matches will also be played in Colombo. Among the eye-catching inclusions is the uncapped right-handed batter Eyman Fatima, who recently made her T20I debut against Ireland, is part of the ODI squad.
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Pakistan To Be Led By Fatima Sana
The Pakistan squad features as many as six players who are set to play their maiden ODI World Cup. Natalia Parvaiz (8 ODIs, 24T20Is), Rameen Shamim (8 ODIs, 11 T20Is), Sadaf Shamas (15 ODIs, 12 T20Is), Sadia Iqbal (27 ODIs, 50 T20Is), Shawaal Zulfiqar (3 ODIs, 9 T20Is) and Syeda Aroob Shah (2 ODIs, 15 T20Is) will all look to make an impact for the side.
The same squad which has been announced for the World Cup will take on the South Africa women’s team for a three-match ODI series in Lahore between September 16-22 before the ODI World Cup.
The members of the World Cup squad will be participating in a 14-day training camp in South Africa from August 29. The players will be trained by Muhammad Wasim and will be part of an intensive training camp looking to prepare them for the World Cup.
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Pakistan's ODI World Cup Schedule
Date | Opposition | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2 October | Bangladesh | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
5 October | India | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
8 October | Australia | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
15 October | England | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
18 October | New Zealand | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
21 October | South Africa | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
24 October | Sri Lanka | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Pakistan kick off their World Cup campaign against Bangladesh on October 2. Then they play India (October 5), Australia (October 8), England (October 15), New Zealand (October 18), South Africa (October 21) and Sri Lanka (October 24). As said above, they will be playing all their matches in Colombo.
Pakistan Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 Squad
Fatima Sana (captain), Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (vice-captain), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wicket-keeper) and Syeda Aroob Shah
Non-traveling reserves:
Gull Feroza, Najiha Alvi, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar
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