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Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi has dropped a major update regarding the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 soon after their defeat in the T20I series against New Zealand.

Pakistan suffered a 1-4 defeat away from home in a five-match series but skipper Afridi seems petty confident, stating that they have sorted out 16 to 20 players for the marquee tournament.

Notably, Shaheen took over the captaincy batter Babar Azam stepped down after their disappointing campaign in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

 

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All-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed was instrumental in Pakistan's first T20I win under Shaheen as Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 42 runs in the fifth match of the series.

“Ifti (Iftikhar) is a very experienced player and he’s always ready for bowling but we wanted to give everyone a proper chance so we were planning to give chances to youngsters this series, we sorted out 16-20 players (for the World Cup). I want to thank everyone, the crowd was fantastic,” Shaheen said after the game.

 

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Pakistan are the former World T20 Champions, having won the tournament in 2009 as they will be aiming to put an end to their trophy drought.

They have been so consistent in the last two T20 World Cup editions, having reached the semi-final in the 2021 edition and ended as runner-up in the previous edition in 2022. Pakistan will aim for another incredible show in the ICC T20 World Cup this year.

The T20 World Cup 2024 is scheduled to take place in West Indies and the USA and the tournament will begin on June 1.

Pakistan is part of group A in the tournament with teams like India, Ireland United States, and Canada in their pool.

The Men in Green will start off their campaign against the United States of America on June 6 but their marquee clash against arch-rivals India in New York on June 9.