CRICKET WORLD CUP FACTFILE ON PAKISTAN:
WORLD RANKING
2
MATCH SCHEDULE (GMT) -
Oct 06: v Netherlands at Hyderabad (0830)
Oct 10: v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad (0830)
Oct 14: v India at Ahmedabad (0830)
Oct 20: v Australia at Bengaluru (0830)
Oct 23: v Afghanistan at Chennai (0830)
Oct 27: v South Africa at Chennai (0830)
Oct 31: v Bangladesh at Kolkata (0830)
Nov 04: v New Zealand at Bengaluru (0500)
Nov 11: v England at Kolkata (0830)
SQUAD
Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim.
LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD
Babar Azam: 5409 runs; highest score 158; average 58.16; Hundreds 19; Fifties 28
LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD
Hasan Ali: 91 wickets; best bowling 5-34; average 30.36
PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
1975: Group stage
1979: Semifinals
1983: Semifinals
1987: Semifinals
1992: Champions
1996: Quarterfinals
1999: Runners-up
2003: Group stage
2007: Group stage
2011: Semifinals
2015: Quarterfinals
2019: Group stage
WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS
"We are going to play World Cup and not just going to play against India only. There are eight other teams, and it's not only India, and only if we beat them then we will make it into the final. We are not focused on only one team, we are focused on all other teams in the tournament."
Babar Azam plays down the hype of facing India