Pakistan team completes fourth round of COVID-19 testing

All 35 members of the Pakistani contingent have tested negative after their fourth round of COVID-19 tests. The team will depart for the South Africa tour via a chartered flight on Friday morning.

Pakistan is due to play three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League matches and four T20Is. The side will then leave for Zimbabwe where they are scheduled to play three T20Is and two tests.

After the postponement of Pakistan Super League (PSL), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made stringent protocols regarding bio secure bubble and testing. The whole contingent went under four rounds of testing from March 16 to March 25.

T20 squad:

Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Haider Ali, Danish Aziz, Saud Shakil, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali, Usman Qadir

ODI squad:

Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohamamad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali, Arshad Iqbal, Usman Qadir

Test squad:

Babar Azam, Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Tabish Khan, Hasan Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Nauman Ali, Zahid Mehmood, Sajid Khan.

Tour Schedule

2 April – 1^st ODI; SuperSport Park, Pretoria

4 April – 2^nd ODI; Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

7 April – 3^rd ODI; SuperSport Park, Pretoria

10 April – 1^st T20I; Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

12 April – 2nd T20I; Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

14 April – 3^rd T20I; SuperSport Park, Pretoria

16 April -4^th T20I; SuperSport Park, Pretoria