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Fakhar Zaman
Imam-ul-Haq
Babar Azam :c:
Mohammad Rizwan :wkb:
Salman Agha
Mohammad Haris
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Nawaz/Usama Mir
Shaheen Afridi
Naseem Shah
Haris Rauf

Mohammad Nawaz/Usama Mir
Abdullah Shafique
Mohammad Wasim Jr.
Iftikhar Ahmed? Haris Sohail?

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I like it. Only thing is that potentially the games would be in Chennai (from the rumours) - so might be worth going more spin heavy

1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam-ul-Haq
3. Babar Azam
4. Shan Masood (I know he has looked off colour but List A record is crazy and our top order has always looked brittle even in the recently concluded NZ series)
5. Abdullah Shafique
6. Mohammad Rizwan (play a similar role to what he done in T20's - come in around the 25th/30th over and finish off the innings or take over and finish the innings)
7. Shadab Khan
8. Imad Wasim (too goo in the batting to ignore and watching him bowl in Sharjah was exciting)/ Mohammad Nawaz
9. Shaheen Shah Afridi
10. Naseem Shah/Usama Mir (Depending on the pitch)
11. Haris Rauf

Usama Mir/Mohammad Wasim Jr/Ihsanullah/Haseebullah or Saim Ayub

I know this is quite a rogue XI and seems immbalanced but look at the last match between Aus vs India and India played 3 proper spinners and Aus ended up winning because of Agar and Zampa.
 

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4. Shan Masood (I know he has looked off colour but List A record is crazy and our top order has always looked brittle even in the recently concluded NZ series)
5. Abdullah Shafique
Disagree with this. Gotta go with specialist middle order batters.
Can play three spinners with Shadab, Nawaz and Usama Mir at 6-7-8.
 

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Fakhar Zaman
Imam-ul-Haq
Babar Azam :c:
Mohammad Rizwan :wkb:
Salman Agha
Mohammad Haris
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Nawaz/Usama Mir
Shaheen Afridi
Naseem Shah
Haris Rauf
Playing XI (generally)

Fakhar Zaman
Imam-ul-Haq
Babar Azam :c:
Mohammad Rizwan :wkb:
Salman Agha (potential :bwl:)
Mohammad Haris (potential :wk:)
Imad Wasim :bwl:
Shadab Khan :bwl:
Shaheen Afridi :bwl:
Naseem Shah :bwl:
Haris Rauf :bwl:

Bench

- Mohammad Wasim - initially I had Abdullah Shafique as the first name on the bench, but then I realized that we really don't need an opener because we've got Rizwan and Haris, who we can slot into that spot easily should there be any need for it. But we do need a backup pacer because all of our pacers in the squad are in the playing XI. Should anything happen to anyone, we'd be left holding our on Willis.
- Usama Mir - definitely our lead spinner. On pitches like Chennai, we definitely play him ahead of one of the pacers to complete the trio of Shadab-Imad-Mir.
- Mohammad Nawaz - backup for Imad, Shadab and Haris. Can biff the ball, shouldn't let a few bad games ruin his reputation. I think we all remember just how clutch he was for us in matches between T20 WC 2021 and T20 WC 2022.
- Need a proper option for the middle-order, which I believe should be Iftikhar Ahmed because October's a little far away. There's just enough time for him to get back in form and shake the stink of Quetta Gladiators' off of him. Literally only a few months ago, he hit six sixes in an over.

We DESPERATELY need a pace-bowling all-rounder. But who do we even turn to? Aamer Jamal? Faheem Ashraf?
 

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- Need a proper option for the middle-order, which I believe should be Iftikhar Ahmed because October's a little far away. There's just enough time for him to get back in form and shake the stink of Quetta Gladiators' off of him. Literally only a few months ago, he hit six sixes in an over.
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Now unfortunately, there's enough time til the World Cup for him to get his form back and then lose it again.
 

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