Lahore, Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi will be included in the world XI. Eion Morgan will be the captain of world XI and the Sri Lankan star player, Thisara Parera will be part of the team. The World XI will play a charity match at Lords on 31 May 2018 in which the match will be played between World XI and West Indies. This match has been managed for the financial assistance of the 5 big venues in West Indies, which were damaged due to thunderstorms, Arma and Maria in 2017.
In the West Indian cricket team, Chris Gayle is included in the team while Andre Russell is also included in the national team of West Indies, as Andre was banned for last one year due to his doping test. When Shahid Afridi was asked about his representation in the world XI, he said that he is thankful to the management for his selection in the world XI. He said that we should help the players, members and other fans of cricket in their times of need. Various good news of Pakistan are attached with Lords as Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the T20 world cup in 2009.