Pakistan women’s cricket team captain Fatima Sana will return to Pakistan from the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 after the sudden demise of her father due to a stroke. With Pakistan’s group stage match against Australia on October 11, vice-captain Muneeba Ali will take over the responsibilities as skipper for the crucial match.
Still with a chance to qualify to the knockout stages of the tournament, Pakistan have to deal with a major blow ahead of the remaining group matches in the 10-team event in UAE.
Fatima Sana as captain
The 22-year-old took over the leadership role from Nida Dar in the build-up to the T20 World Cup 2024 and led by example in the three-match T20 series against South Africa earlier.
It will be interesting to see how the Women in Green deal with the loss of their captain in the remaining 2 matches of the T20 World Cup which are a must-win for the side.
First Published: Oct 10 2024 | 6:51 PM IST
