Photo: CollectedLAHORE, Pakistan, Jan 25, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Pakistan left out express pacerHaris Rauf from the 15-man squad named Sunday for next month's Twenty20 WorldCup jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Rauf is also the highest wicket-taker for Pakistan in T20I cricket with 133in 94 matches. Another pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi was declared fit and included in the squadwith Naseem Shah and relatively inexperienced Salman Mirza the other fastbowlers in the squad. In the final build-up for the World Cup, Pakistan will face Australia in athree-match T20I series in Lahore on January 29, 31 and February 1. Squad: Salman Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, FakharZaman, Khawaja Nafay, Mohammad Nawaz, Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, SahibzadaFarhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq
