Pakistan crew throughout a trainig session. —X/@therealpcb Selectors omit Shaheen Afridi from Take a look at squad.Babar Azam included in groups for all three codecs.Give attention to constructing momentum for Champions Trophy: Javed.
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday introduced the Inexperienced Shirts’ squads for all three codecs for the upcoming South Africa tour commencing on December 10.
The nationwide facet is ready to play three T20Is, adopted by the identical variety of ODIs throughout their tour which can culminate on January 7 with two Take a look at matches.
Shan Masood will probably be main the red-ball crew whereas Mohammad Rizwan will captain the facet within the ODIs and T20Is.
The Males in Inexperienced will probably be heading to South Africa after a 2-1 ODI sequence win towards Zimbabwe adopted by securing an unassailable 2-0 lead towards them within the T20I sequence on Tuesday.
Earlier than that, the nationwide facet secured an historic 2-1 ODI sequence win towards Australia of their yard to mark their first 50-over sequence win within the Kangaroos’ residence floor in 22 years.
Nonetheless, the hosts then whitewashed Pakistan within the subsequent T20I sequence.
The upcoming South Africa tour will present the crew with priceless match apply permitting them to fine-tune the mixtures and finalise the preparations forward of the Champions Trophy 2025 set to be held in Pakistan subsequent 12 months.
— Fb@PakistanCricketBoard
Babar Azam has been named in all three squads together with Rizwan, Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha, whereas Naseem Shah has been chosen for the Checks and ODIs.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, who additionally missed the final two Checks towards England, has been picked for the white-ball matches as a part of his workload administration so that he’s in his finest health and type for the Champions Trophy.
Additionally returning to the Take a look at facet is quick bowler Mohammad Abbas, who final performed in Jamaica in August 2021. Abbas, who has taken 90 wickets in 25 Checks, had a stellar Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, claiming 31 wickets in 5 matches
Additionally incomes the selectors’ nod for the primary time in ODIs is Sufyan Moqim, the left-arm wrist spinner who has taken eight wickets in two T20Is, together with 5 wickets for 3 runs within the second T20I.
Quick bowler Khurram Shahzad has additionally been named within the Take a look at facet after claiming 15 wickets for Pakistan Shaheens towards Sri Lanka “A” final month.
Mir Hamza is the fourth quick bowler within the 15-man Take a look at squad and is presently taking part in for Peshawar towards Lahore Whites in Abbottabad.
Moreover, the selectors have determined to go along with one specialist spinner Noman Ali — who took 20 wickets towards England — in mild of the situations at Centurion and Newlands and have overlooked Sajid Khan regardless of his 19-wicket tally towards England.
The T20I squad will depart for South Africa on December 6 after Thursday’s third T20I towards Zimbabwe, whereas the ODI and Take a look at gamers will depart for Johannesburg on December 13.
Pink-ball head coach Jason Gillespie will even arrive in Johannesburg on December 13 to oversee the pre-Take a look at sequence camp.
Talking on the squads, interim white-ball head coach Aqib Javed mentioned: “We have adopted a horses-for-courses policy to ensure all three squads are well-balanced and capable of performing strongly in South Africa”.
“Our focus in ODIs is to continue building momentum ahead of the Champions Trophy, while the T20I series provides a platform to blend experience with emerging talent,” he remarked.
Talking on Shaheen’s exclusion from the Take a look at facet, the previous cricketer termed the choice as a “strategic” transfer to make sure that the pacer remained bodily and mentally recent for the Champions Trophy.
Squads
T20I: Â Mohammad Rizwan (captain & wk), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wk)
ODI: Mohammad Rizwan (captain & wk), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wk)
Take a look at: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Haseebullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha
Tour fixtures
December 10 — first T20I, Durban
December 13 — second T20I, Centurion
December 14 — third T20I, Johannesburg
December 17 — first ODI, Paarl
December 19 — second ODI, Cape City
December 22 — third ODI, Johannesburg
December 26-30 — first Take a look at, Centurion
January 3-7 — second Take a look at, Cape City
