New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) introduced their white-ball squads for the upcoming house fixtures throughout the following month. It options notable returns, together with Babar Azam and Naseem Shah to the T20I workforce, and Haris Rauf to the ODI squad, forward of the upcoming sequence towards South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan will host South Africa for six white-ball fixtures (three T20Is and three ODIs) from October 28, earlier than Sri Lanka visits for one more three 50-over contests from November 11, as per the ICC web site.
Rawalpindi and Lahore will then host a T20I tri-series between Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and Sri Lanka, with Salman Ali Agha set to steer the facet as soon as once more following his appointment earlier this yr.
Babar and Naseem sat out current T20I fixtures towards the West Indies and this yr’s Asia Cup, however return to the fold simply months out from the beginning of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup in early subsequent yr.
Rauf is one in every of three gamers included for an ODI return, alongside Faisal Akram and Haseebullah. The matches towards South Africa would be the first for Pakistan beneath the brand new ODI captain, Shaheen Afridi.
Pakistan T20I squad: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq. Reserves: Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Moqim
Pakistan ODI squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Faisal Akram, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha
Schedule:
South Africa tour to Pakistan
28 October – First T20I at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi31 October – Second T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore1 November – Third T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore4 November – First ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad6 November – Second ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad8 November – Third ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Sri Lanka tour to Pakistan
11 November – First ODI at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi13 November – Second ODI at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi15 November – Third ODI at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
T20I Tri-Sequence (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe)
17 November – Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi19 November – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi22 November – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore23 November – Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore25 November – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore27 November – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore29 November – Closing, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. (ANI)
