Chief Selector Muhammad Wasim on Friday announced Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming tours of England and the West Indies. Four experienced players have been recalled included uncapped Azam Khan in the squads for the tours of England and West Indies.
Middle-order batsman Haris Sohail has been named in the ODI side, while Imad Wasim has returned to bolster the T20I side. Fast bowlers Mohammad Abbas and Naseem Shah have also returned to the Test side.
Shoaib Malik and Wahab Riaz have been overlooked once again.
Yasir Shah’s inclusion is subject to fitness as the wrist spinner is yet to fully recover from the knee injury that sidelined him from the Zimbabwe Tests. The selectors have retained leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood along with left-arm spinner Nauman Ali and off-spinner Sajid Khan for the Jamaica Tests.
Uncapped Saud Shakeel has also reclaimed his spot after missing South Africa ODIs due to an injury. Salman Ali Agha, who has lost his Test spot, has been called-up for ODIs.
Fakhar Zaman has maintained his place in the original squad after being drafted as an additional player for Zimbabwe T20Is following a stellar performance in South Africa.
Quetta Gladiators’ Azam Khan, the 22-year-old hard-hitting batsman, is the new face in the T20I squad.
The side will play three ODIs and as many T20Is in England from 8-20 July, before taking on world champions West Indies in five T20Is that will be followed by two Tests.
ODIs:
Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Abdullah Shafiq, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, M Hasnain, M Nawaz, M Rizwan, Salman Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Qadir
T20Is:
Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, M Hafeez, M Nawaz, M Rizwan, M Hasnain, Wasim Jr, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sharjeel Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Qadir
Tests:
Babar Azam, M Rizwan, Abdullah S, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imran Butt, M Abbas, M Nawaz, Naseem, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi, Shahnawaz Dhani, Zahid, Yasir( subject to fitness)
