Pakistan team have a great track record in the two T20 worldcups held so far in South Africa and in England.They were the runners up in the 2007 Edition and worthy champions in the 2009 Edition.
The Pakistan T20 Squad captained by Shahid Afridi is as follows
Muhammad Hafeez, Salman Butt, Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Irfan, Kamran Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad
Aamer, Mohammad Sami, Hammad Azam.
This Pakistan team is lagging behind in terms of experience,match practice and in form before the T20 Worldcup and though the same scenario can be said of them in the last edition,this time it looks far more severe than one thought.
Mohammad Yusuf and Younis Khan has been pillar of Pakistan batting and the absence of Shoaib Malik too makes the batting department weak.The fulcrum of batting remains with the Akmal brothers with Afridi to support them.Salman Butt,Fawad Alam and the Veteran Misbah have more things to prove than what they have delivered.It could not get worser than this in the bowling department with Umar Gul getting
injured in the last minute and replaced by Mohammad Sami.Gul has been the leading wicket taker in T20 Internationals and have been instrumental in pakistan getting to finals in both the Edition.
Though the New Gen Mohammad Ameer is there along with seasoned Saeed Ajmal Pakistan looks wanting in the seam bowling department.
All said and done they do have the habit of coming out with surprises in their performance now and again,their Mercurial nature is what stands them in good stead in this T20 worldcup 2010 in WestIndies
