Pakistan cricketers Babar Azam and Saim Ayub in the course of the second ODI match towards South Africa in Cape City on December 19, 2024. — AFPAll three ODIs to be performed at Shere Bangla Stadium.Shaheen Afridi to proceed as Pakistan ODI captain.Maaz Sadaqat, Sahibzada Farhan amongst uncapped gamers.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday introduced a 15-member squad for the three-match ODI collection towards Bangladesh, with star batter Babar Azam and all-rounder Saim Ayub ignored of the choice.
All three ODIs shall be performed on the Shere Bangla Nationwide Stadium in Dhaka from 11 to fifteen March, in keeping with an announcement issued by the cricket board.
Left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi will proceed to guide the ODI facet, with six uncapped gamers included within the squad.
The uncapped gamers are Abdul Samad, Maaz Sadaqat, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Saad Masood, Sahibzada Farhan and Shamyl Hussain.
— Pakistan Cricket Board.
Amongst them, Abdul Samad, Maaz Sadaqat, Saad Masood and Shamyl Hussain had been a part of the Pakistan Shaheens squad that performed towards England Lions in Abu Dhabi lately.
Notably, former ODI captain Babar and all-rounder Saim have been omitted from the squad.
For the unversed, Pakistan final performed an ODI collection in November final yr, once they hosted Sri Lanka and accomplished a 3-0 clear sweep.
The collection marked the second ODI project for captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, whose maiden stint in cost got here in a house collection towards South Africa, which Pakistan received 2-1.
15-member squad:
Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Saad Masood, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha and Shamyl Hussain
Sequence schedule:
March 11 – First ODI at Shere Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
March 13 – Second ODI at Shere Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
March 15 – Third ODI at Shere Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
