Sana to lead Women’s WT20

KARACHI: Sana Mir will lead the 15-member Pakistan women squad in the ICC Women’s World T20 2016 in India in March and April.

Pakistan are drawn in Group B and begin their campaign against West Indies on March 16 in Chennai. They face India on March 19 in Delhi, Bangladesh on March 24 in Delhi and England on March 27 in Chennai in the group stage.

The PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has approved the team as well as five standby players, picked up by a selection committee comprising Farrukh Zaman, Urooj Mumtaz Khan and Syed Ali Naqvi.

The training camp for the tournament will be announced shortly.

Pakistan: Javeria Wadood, Bibi Nahida, Sidra Amin, Bismah Maroof, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui, Sana Mir (captain), Nida Rashid, Iram Javed, Asmavia Iqbal Khokhar, Anam Amin, Sania Iqbal, Sadia Iqbal, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz (wicketkeeper), Nain Fatima Abidi.