Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (second proper) lead his group on to the sector through the first day of first Check match towards West Indies at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago on July 25, 2026. — AFP
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday introduced two adjustments to the nationwide males’s Check squad for the continuing two-match collection towards the West Indies and the upcoming three-Check tour of England.
Left-handed batter Abdullah Fazal has been dominated out of the rest of the West Indies Check collection after sustaining an damage on the eve of the opening Check.
The PCB has named right-handed batter Abdullah Shafique as Fazal’s alternative, whereas middle-order batter Saud Shakeel has additionally been added to the squad to strengthen the batting division.
In line with the main points, the 23-year-old picked up a lower-back damage through the Inexperienced Shirts’ coaching session right here on the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, internet hosting the collection opener till July 29.
Fazal consequently underwent an MRI scan, following which the left-handed opener was suggested to start out his rehabilitation and was deemed unfit for the upcoming collection towards West Indies and the next Check tour of England, comprising three matches, set to be performed from August 19 to September 3.
Pakistan are at present touring the West Indies, the place they’re enjoying the primary of a two-Check collection towards the hosts.
All 5 Checks throughout the West Indies and England excursions will rely in the direction of the ICC World Check Championship 2025–27.
Pakistan squad
Babar Azam (c), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Ali Usman, Azan Awais, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood and Ubaid Shah.
