The US Embassy in Islamabad hosted a reception in honor of the Pakistan Cricket Team set to leave for the United States (U.S) to play ICC T20I World Cup 2024.
Islamabad: US Ambassador hosts Pak cricket team ahead of ICC T20I WC. US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Bloom American encouraged the players before leaving for the World T20I.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi also participated in the reception of the American ambassador.
Donald Bloom also expressed his best wishes for the Pakistan cricket team in the World T20I mega cricketing event.
The US ambassador presented the Pakistani players with a souvenir cricket ball and a signed letter from the embassy.
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The Pakistani team presented Donald Bloom with an official Pakistan cricket shirt and a signed team badge. Donald Bloom also played cricket with the national team players.
The Pakistan national cricket team has represented Pakistan in international cricket since 1952. It is controlled by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the governing body for cricket in Pakistan, which is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan compete in cricket tours and tournaments sanctioned by the PCB and other regional or international cricket bodies in Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20) formats. Pakistan are current ICC Champions Trophy holders.
Pakistan were given Test status in 1952 following a recommendation from India, but faced limited international success until the 1980s, when they became fixtures in the latter stages of tournaments. They won their first international trophy, the ICC World Cup, in 1992, and then won the Asia Cup in 2000. They saw increased success in the 21st century, winning the T20 World Cup in 2009, the Asia Cup in 2012, and ICC Champions Trophy in 2017. Pakistan won the first Asian Test Championship in 1999, and was the fourth team to win the now-defunct ICC Test Championship in 2016. Pakistan have the second-highest win percentage in international T20 cricket (with a minimum of 150 games played), the fourth-highest win percentage in ODI cricket, and the fourth-best win-loss ratio in Test cricket (both with a minimum of 400 games played).
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