Overview

• Pakistan will play their entire campaign in Sri Lanka, opening against Bangladesh on October 2 before facing India (Oct 5), Australia (Oct 8), England (Oct 15), New Zealand (Oct 18), South Africa (Oct 21) and Sri Lanka (Oct 24).
• Fatima Sana, 23, will lead Pakistan in an ODI World Cup for the first time and highlights building batting partnerships, playing with freedom and maintaining bowling discipline as core principles.
• The 15-player squad features Fatima Sana (capt), Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (vice-capt), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk) and Syeda Aroob Shah.
• Recent analysis points to a strong spin core and influential all-round options with Diana Baig leading the pace attack, while batting inconsistency and a lack of raw pace remain key concerns.
• Pakistan arrive unbeaten from the qualifiers but with a modest World Cup history, and media assessments suggest expectations center on competitiveness rather than title contention.