Pakistan Ladies drop Diana Baig for Asia Cup and Asian Games

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Pakistan have disregarded tempo bowler Diana Baig from the Asia Cup and Asian Games squads. Aliya Riaz is the opposite skilled participant to overlook out on choice for the Asia Cup, however will return to the combo for the Asian Games.

Both Baig and Riaz have been dropped for the three-match T20I collection in Sri Lanka following their poor returns within the latest T20 World Cup. Baig struggled for rhythm in opposition to Australia and Netherlands after being benched for the primary three matches and Riaz had scored solely 37 runs throughout 4 matches, but it surely was the latter’s fielding which got here underneath scrutiny probably the most as she dropped catches at essential junctures.

Saira Jabeen, Tasmia Rubab, and Waheeda Akhtar make Pakistan’s fast-bowling contingent together with captain Fatima Sana, who returns to the aspect to steer in each tournaments after being allowed to skip the Sri Lanka T20Is to take part within the girls’s Hundred, within the two squads. While Jabeen is a part of each squads, Waheeda is known as within the squad for the Asia Cup in Dubai and Tasmia replaces her in the primary squad within the Asian Games in Japan. This offers a powerful indication that Pakistan are considering past Baig, who made her T20I debut in 2015.
There are three adjustments within the 15-player squads for the Asia Cup and Asian Games. Wicketkeeper Najiha Alvi and left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal are the opposite two gamers solely chosen for the Asia Cup. In the media launch to announce the squads, the PCB defined that the squad for the Asian Games was submitted in June. It signifies that Pakistan are additionally contemplating transferring on from Riaz, who was axed after the T20 World Cup however is simply among the many 15 gamers for the Asian Games because the record was submitted earlier than her poor run within the T20 World Cup.

Pakistan have received solely two of their final 10 accomplished matches within the format. They misplaced 4 of their 5 matches within the T20 World Cup with their solely win coming in opposition to Netherlands and secured a comfort win within the latest T20I collection in Sri Lanka after shedding the primary two matches. Prior to the T20 World Cup, they misplaced to West Indies and Ireland within the preparatory tri-nation collection in Dublin.

Pakistan are joined by India, Hong Kong, and Thailand of their group for the Asia Cup. They start their marketing campaign on September 1 in opposition to Thailand and play India on September 5. Their final group-stage match can be two days later in opposition to Hong Kong.

In the Asian Games later that month, they’re seeded to play the fourth quarter-final in opposition to Thailand, on September 17.

Pakistan girls’s squad for Asia Cup

Fatima Sana (capt), Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Momina Riasat, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (wk), Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani, Waheeda Akhtar.
Reserves: Tasmia Rubab, Humna Bilal, Maham Anees, Sadaf Shamas

Pakistan girls’s squad for Asian Games

Fatima Sana (capt), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Humna Bilal, Momina Riasat, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan and Umm-e-Hani.
Reserves: Natalia Parvaiz, Waheeda Akhtar, Sadia Iqbal, Syeda Aroob Shah, Rameen Shamim


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