Overview

• PCB confirmed a 15-player roster featuring seven potential ODI World Cup debutants, including uncapped batter Eyman Fatima.
• Muneeba Ali Siddiqui was named vice-captain alongside experienced picks such as Diana Baig, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Amin and Nashra Sundhu.
• Selectors made two changes from the Qualifier squad as Eyman Fatima and Sadaf Shamas replaced Gull Feroza and Najiha Alvi, who move to the five-player reserves with Tuba Hassan, Umm‑e‑Hani and Waheeda Akhtar.
• The squad begins a 14-day training camp on August 29 and will play a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Lahore from September 16–22.
• Pakistan will play all group-stage matches at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo from October 2–24, with any Pakistan knockout games also slated for Colombo under the hybrid hosting model for the Sept 30–Nov 2 tournament.