{"id":1154698,"date":"2026-02-01T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/?p=1154698"},"modified":"2026-02-01T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:20:56","slug":"pakistan-announces-squad-for-acc-womens-asia-cup-rising-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/pakistan-announces-squad-for-acc-womens-asia-cup-rising-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan announces squad for ACC Women\u2019s Asia Cup Rising Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
LAHORE, Feb 01 (APP):The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced the Pakistan Women\u2019s \u2018A\u2019 squad for the upcoming ACC Women\u2019s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026.<\/div>\n
The 20-over tournament was scheduled to take place from 13 to 22 February in Bangkok, Thailand.<\/div>\n
Pakistan \u2018A\u2019 are placed in Group A alongside India \u2018A\u2019, UAE and Nepal, while the Group B comprises of Bangladesh \u2018A\u2019, Sri Lanka \u2018A\u2019, Malaysia and hosts Thailand. Top two sides from each group will play semi-finals after playing three games each.<\/div>\n
Off-spinning all-rounder Umm-e-Hani was set to lead the 15-member Pakistan \u2018A\u2019 squad in the tournament and will be aided by the experience of her fellow capped players including pacer Waheeda Akhtar and batter Shawaal Zulfiqar.<\/div>\n
Among other players, Pakistan Women\u2019s U19 captain Eman Naseer and batter Komal Khan have also received call-ups to Pakistan Women\u2019s \u2018A\u2019 after demonstrating quality skills during the recent 3-2 T20 series win over Bangladesh Women\u2019s U19.<\/div>\n
Gull Rukh, Hafsa Khalid, Huraina Sajjad are the other batters in the squad, while Yusra Amir is set to take the wicket-keeping duties.<\/div>\n
Left-arm spinners Anosha Nasir and Momina Riasat form a four-pronged spin attack with Hani and all-rounder Noreen Yaqoob. Meanwhile, experienced Waheeda will lead the pace attack comprising Lubna Behram, Neha Sharmin Nadeem and Syeda Masooma Jafri.<\/div>\n
In the eight-team tournament, UAE, Nepal, Malaysia and Thailand will field their national women\u2019s teams, while the other four teams are participating with \u2018A\u2019 teams.<\/div>\n
A total of 30 players were called up to Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre for a week-long probables camp from 25 January after which the 15-member squad has been shortlisted. The Thailand-bound squad will now take part in a pre-tournament camp at the same venue before departing on 10 February.<\/div>\n
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Pakistan Women\u2019s \u2018A squad:<\/div>\n
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Batters: Eman Naseer (Islamabad), Gull Rukh (Dera Ghazi Khan), Hafsa Khalid (Karachi), Huraina Sajjad (Karachi), Shawaal Zulfiqar (Lahore)<\/div>\n
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Wicket-keeper: Yusra Amir (Karachi), Komal Khan (Lahore)<\/div>\n
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All-rounders: Noreen Yaqoob (Lahore) and Umm-e-Hani (Faisalabad)<\/div>\n
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Spinners: Anosha Nasir (Karachi), Momina Riasat (Abbottabad)<\/div>\n
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Pacers: Lubna Behram (Hunza), Neha Sharmin Nadeem (Karachi), Syeda Masooma Jafri (Karachi), Waheeda Akhtar (Lahore)<\/div>\n
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Non-travelling reserves: Zunash Abdul Sattar (Lahore), Maham Anees (Islamabad), Amber Kainat (Lahore) and Ayesha Bilal (Lahore)<\/div>\n
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Player support Personnel:<\/div>\n
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Muhammad Masroor (head coach), Shoaib Khan (batting coach), Naeem Tayyab (bowling coach), Jaweria Rauf (fielding coach), Taimoor Mehmood (strength & conditioning coach), Surakhsha Shaker (physiotherapist), Eman Tufail Arbab (performance analyst) and Aisha Jalil (team manager)<\/div>\n
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Schedule of Pakistan \u2018A\u2019 matches: (all matches at Terdthai Cricket Ground)<\/div>\n
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Group A<\/div>\n
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13 February \u2013 Pakistan \u2018A\u2019 v Nepal \u2013 9.30am local time<\/div>\n
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15 February \u2013 Pakistan \u2018A\u2019 v India \u2018A\u2019 \u2013 2pm local time<\/div>\n
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17 February \u2013 Pakistan \u2018A\u2019 v UAE \u2013 2pm local time<\/div>\n
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20 February – Semi final 1 and 2 \u2013 9am and 2pm local time<\/div>\n
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22 February \u2013 Final \u2013 2pm local time<\/div>\n
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LAHORE, Feb 01 (APP):The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced the Pakistan Women\u2019s \u2018A\u2019 squad for the upcoming ACC Women\u2019s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026. The 20-over tournament was scheduled to take place from 13 to 22 February in Bangkok, Thailand. Pakistan \u2018A\u2019 are placed in Group A alongside India \u2018A\u2019, UAE and Nepal,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1154699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_speechable_audio":"","_speechable_word_timings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[6652,5511],"post_template":[],"top_category":[],"class_list":["post-1154698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-acc-womens-asia-cup","tag-pcb","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1154698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1154699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1154698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1154698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1154698"},{"taxonomy":"post_template","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_template?post=1154698"},{"taxonomy":"top_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/top_category?post=1154698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}