Yes, PCB while announcing its team for the Asian Games has made it clear that Kasim Akram will be the captain of the team in this tournament. Qasim is only 20 years old and he is yet to make his international debut for Pakistan. Significantly, out of 15 members of the Pakistan cricket team selected for the Asian Games, eight have made international debuts, but despite this, instead of an experienced player, the PCB has left the responsibility of leading the team on the shoulders of a young uncapped player.
If we talk about the statistics of Kasim Akram, then this young all-rounder player has taken 960 runs and 27 wickets in 20 matches so far in his first class career. Not only this, in his List A career, Akis has 1305 runs and 35 wickets in 45 matches. In such a situation, Pakistan will have high hopes from him. As per the rules of the tournament, Pakistan teams will join the event from the quarter-final stage to be held on October 3 and 4. The semi-finals will be played on 6 October, while the final will be held on 7 October. The bronze medal match will also be played on Saturday, 7 October.
Pakistan Shaheens squad: Qasim Akram (Captain), Omar Bin Yousuf (Vice-Captain), Amir Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Arshad Iqbal, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Akhlaq (wicketkeeper), Rohail Nazir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sufiyan Mukim and Usman Qadir
Indian team selected for 19th Asian Games: Rituraj Gaikwad (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dubey, Prabhsimran Singh
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