Pakistan at Cricket World Cup Player by Player Analysis: Pakistan has announced its 15-man World Cup squad.
Misbah-ul-Haq will be serving as the leader of the team while legendary
Shahid Afridi will be his vice-captain. There were numerous
speculations on who should be in and who should be out? The biggest
problem was the position of no. 6 and the inclusion of an all-rounder
who could fight alongside Shahid Afridi. Misbah-ul-Haq
will be serving as the leader of the team while legendary Shahid Afridi
will be his vice-captain. (Photo Source : ZeeNews.India).
Many names were in circulation which included former Pakistan Captain
Shoaib Malik and the newbie Anwar Ali and Bilawal Bhatti. Asad Shafiq
was also in contention after performing so well in the on-going
Pentangular Cup. Veteran Kamran Akmal was thought to make a comeback but
none of the mentioned made it to the final 15.
Fans of a specific country are very vigorous about their team’s
chances in mega-events. A team’s prospect to win rests in its player’s
individual performances. Like drop by drop makes a pool, player by
player makes a collective team effort. We have combined the meticulous
data of Pakistan’s representation at the World Cup. The stats include
each player’s contribution in Australia and New Zealand as well as in
previous world cups. Most experienced in Australia/New Zealand: Shahid Afridi – 41 matches Most experienced in World Cups: Shahid Afridi – 20 matches
Players
Performance in AUS/NZ
Performance in WCs
Matches
Runs
Wickets
Matches
Runs
Wickets
Misbah-ul-Haq
5
203
-
8
248
-
Ahmed Shehzad
5
188
-
5
44
-
Mohammad Hafeez
12
241
8
10
230
11
Younis Khan
15
262
-
16
306
0
Haris Sohail
First Experience
First Experience
Sohaib Maqsood
First Experience
First Experience
Shahid Afridi
41
891
45
20
209
28
Umar Akmal
11
281
-
7
240
-
Sarfraz Ahmed
1
6
-
First Experience
Ehsan Adil
First Experience
First Experience
Yasir Shah
First Experience
First Experience
Wahab Riaz
4
3
8
5
8
8
Mohammad Irfan
First Experience
First Experience
Junaid Khan
First Experience
First Experience
Sohail Khan
First Experience
First Experience
As many as 8 players will be making their World Cup Debut this year while Shahid Afridi will be playing his 5th World Cup. Younis Khan will be playing his forth World Cup and Mohammad Hafeez will be playing his 3rd WC. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal will be playing their 2nd World Cup.
Cricket’s world cup
tournament is all set to begin within next 65 days in Australia and New
Zealand. This World Cup is said to be of great significance for the
Pakistani cricket team as it will be played on the same ground where
under the captaincy of Imran Khan, Pakistan lifted its first and only
World Cup trophy.
In
honor of this occasion, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to
bring back the same jersey used in the 1992 World Cup worn by the
Green-Shirts 22 years ago.
According
to media reports, The ICC has announced that the Replica Playing Shirt
has been designed to commemorate the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup which
was hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The shirt replicates the jersey
worn by the Pakistan players during the 1992 World Cup.
Pakistan
team coach Waqar Younis has high hopes for the 2015 World Cup, saying
the green-shirts have all it needs to win the World Cup 2015.
