Denied the opportunity of playing the tournament on home soil, all of Pakistan will be hoping for a unique double following their seismic victory in the World Twenty20 in June.
Since then, they have lost a five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka, but Pakistan's selectors have largely kept faith with the squad which took them to success in England.
Captain Younus Khan has the best - and most diverse - bowling attack in the competition at his disposal; the raw pace of Mohammad Amir and Umar Gul, the cunning spin of Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal with the control of Mohammad Asif, back after serving a one-year drugs ban.
The batting is equally as talented, but has the tendency to self-destruct at the most inconvenient of times, so the likes of skipper Younus, Misbah-ul-Haq and Shoaib Malik will be expected to drop anchor while the big hitters go ballistic around them.
Six hitters: Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal
Death bowler extraordinaire: Mohammad Amir
Toe-cruncher: Umar Gul
Best fielder: Younus Khan
Who are you?: Umar Akmal (Younger brother of wicketkeeper Kamran who scored a one-day hundred in only this third international for Pakistan)
Squad: Younus Khan (capt), Imran Nazir, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal (wk), Umar Gul, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Rao Iftikhar, Saeed Ajmal.
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