The versatile – who has 216 caps for her country in all formats – will have the experienced Nida Dar as her assistant
Bismah Maroof will lead Pakistan to the World Cup in his first international appearance after the birth of his daughter.
Bismah, 30, welcomed her baby girl in August 2021, having started maternity leave the previous December.
She last played for Pakistan at the T20 World Cup in Australia in February 2020, and her last one-day international outing was against England in Kuala Lumpur in December 2019.
Bismah will be supported at the World Cup by a PCB-appointed support worker, to help look after her child at the tournament in New Zealand.
The versatile – who has 216 selections for her country in all formats – will have the experienced Nida Dar as her assistant.
She said: “It’s a great honor for me to lead my country to another World Cup. I’m thrilled to be back in action and doing what I love and have dedicated my life to. .
Bismah Maroof is captain of Pakistan at the World Cup, Nida Dar is his assistant (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
“The recent selection matches have proven to be fruitful for me and for the whole team, as we trained in a competitive and difficult environment before the mega event. The objective is to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup. world and I think this team has the opportunity to pull it off.”
Pakistan’s World Cup squad, named by the PCB on Monday, does not include two players who were part of the World Cup qualifiers setup.
Kainat Imtiaz and Sadia Iqbal are out with injuries.
Among the most notable inclusions is Ghulam Fatima, the footer who last played for Pakistan in 2018.
The players are set for a warm-up camp in Karachi from January 27, before departing for New Zealand and a mandatory quarantine period on February 8.
Pakistani team: Bismah Maroof (Captain), Nida Dar (Vice-Captain), Aiman Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nahida Khan, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Amin and Sidra Nawaz
Traveling reserves: Iram Javed, Najiha Alvi and Tuba Hassan
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