Pakistan announce all-format squads for England and West Indies tours
Pakistan cricketers are set to embark on a pretty busy schedule. The sixth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is set to be played from June 9 to June 24. Soon after, the national team is set to leave for the UK and then are also scheduled to tour West Indies. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the squad for both the tours on Friday as uncapped batsman Azam Khan has been included in the T20I squad.
On the England tour, Pakistan, led by Babar Azam, will be playing three ODIs and as many T20Is from July 8 to July 20. They will then face West Indies in the Caribbean land for five T20Is and two Tests from July 27. Apart from Azam Khan’s inclusion, the selectors have also called back their ace spinner Imad Wasim in the T20I side. The spin-bowling all-rounder has also returned to the ODI side.
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Left-handed batsman Haris Sohail has also made a comeback to the ODI and T20I sides. Experienced bowler Mohammad Abbas and Naseem Shah have made it to the Test squad for the West Indies tour. Leg-spinner Yasir Shah is also part of the red-ball team but he will play subject to clearing the fitness test.
Fakhar Zaman retained in T20Is
Meanwhile, the explosive left-hander Fakhar Zaman has been retained in the T20I squad after being added as an additional player for the Zimbabwe T20Is. Saud Shakeel also has continued to be in the ODI squad despite missing the South Africa ODIs due to injury. Salman Agha has been called up to the ODI squad after losing his place in Tests.
Here are the squads for England and West Indies tours:
ODI Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf , Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usman Qadir.
T20I Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Arshad Iqbal, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sharjeel Khan and Usman Qadir.
Test Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper) (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imran Butt, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Yasir Shah (subject to fitness) and Zahid Mahmood
