(From left) Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan will be seen throughout a match on this undated picture. —AFP/File
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday unveiled a 16-member males’s squad for the upcoming three-match T20I collection towards Bangladesh, set to be performed at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
The schedule for the collection might be introduced later.
Salman Ali Agha will lead the facet, with Shadab Khan named as vice-captain. The squad has been finalised primarily based on participant performances within the ongoing PSL X, which concludes on 25 Could.
This may even be the primary collection below the management of newly appointed head coach Mike Hesson.
The squad options the return of skilled gamers together with Hasan Ali, Fakhar Zaman, and Saim Ayub. All-rounders Faheem Ashraf, Hussain Talat, and wicketkeeper-batter Sahibzada Farhan have additionally been recalled.
Quick bowlers Mohammad Wasim Jnr and Naseem Shah have succeeded in making it again into the nationwide setup.
Nonetheless, a number of notable names have been excluded from the squad. Quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who was a part of the T20I squad through the current New Zealand tour, has been ignored. Additionally lacking from the lineup are former captain Babar Azam and senior wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, each of whom have as soon as once more been neglected by selectors.
Abbas Afridi, Abdul Samad, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Ali, Umair bin Yousuf, Sufyan Muqeem, and Usman Khan have additionally been dropped from the squad introduced immediately.
Squad: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hassan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Irfan Khan Niazi, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wicketkeeper), and Saim Ayub.
