{"id":8922,"date":"2026-04-26T14:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/pakistan-announce-15-member-squad-for-zimbabwe-odis-fatima-sana-to-captain-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:25:04","slug":"pakistan-announce-15-member-squad-for-zimbabwe-odis-fatima-sana-to-captain-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/pakistan-announce-15-member-squad-for-zimbabwe-odis-fatima-sana-to-captain-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan announce 15-member squad for Zimbabwe ODIs, Fatima Sana to captain | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130528980,imgsize-36374,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/fatima-sana-2604-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Pakistan announce 15-member squad for Zimbabwe ODIs, Fatima Sana to captain\" title=\"Fatima Sana (Getty Images) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Fatima Sana (Getty Images) \">Fatima Sana (Getty Images) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fatima Sana will lead Pakistan as PCB on Sunday announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, starting May 4. The series forms part of the build-up to the ICC Women&#8217;s Championship 2025\u20132029 and the ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup in June.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Momina Riasat has received her maiden ODI call-up for the assignment, according to the International Cricket Council.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Fatima will be looking to guide the side to a strong comeback following Pakistan\u2019s recent white-ball series defeat to South Africa women&#8217;s national cricket team, where they lost both the ODI and T20I series 2-1 on tour.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Pakistan are currently placed fifth in the ICC Women\u2019s Championship standings with two points, having secured a win in the ODI series against South Africa earlier this year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Zimbabwe, meanwhile, will be touring Pakistan for the first time for a white-ball series. The visitors are set to arrive in Karachi on April 29 and will train at the National Bank Stadium from April 30 to May 3.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The second and third ODIs will be played on May 6 and May 9, followed by a three-match T20I series beginning May 12. All fixtures will be held at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Pakistan women&#8217;s ODI squad<\/span><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"> for the Zimbabwe series:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Fatima Sana (captain), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza, Momina Riasat, Muneeba Ali (wk), Najiha Alvi (wicketkeeper), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah and Tasmia Rubab.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Pakistan vs Zimbabwe<\/span><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"> white-ball women&#8217;s series schedule:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>1st ODI &#8211; May 3<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>2nd ODI &#8211; May 6<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>3rd ODI &#8211; May 9<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>1st T20I &#8211; May 12<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>2nd T20I &#8211; May 14<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>3rd T20I &#8211; May 15 <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/pakistan-announce-15-member-squad-for-zimbabwe-odis-fatima-sana-to-captain\/articleshow\/130528855.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatima Sana (Getty Images) Fatima Sana will lead Pakistan as PCB on Sunday announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, starting May 4. The series forms part of the build-up to the ICC Women&#8217;s Championship 2025\u20132029 and the ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup in June.Momina Riasat has received her maiden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}