The PCB announced Pakistan’s highly-anticipated squads for the Australia and Zimbabwe tours on Saturday. The recently resigned captain Babar Azam has been included in the ODI and T20I series against Australia after being dropped from the squad for the last two Test matches against England.
Pakistan is scheduled to tour Australia for three ODIs and three T20Is starting on November 4 and will travel to Zimbwbe for the six-match white-ball series starting on November 24. The PCB made major changes to their previous ODI and T20I squads with the likes of Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman missing out both tours.
Notably, the PCB did not reveal a new white-ball captain during the squad announcement. The PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi will be revealing Pakistan’s new white-ball team captain in a media conference in Lahore on Sunday at 3.30 pm local time (4:30 pm IST).
“Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi, who were given a break from the last two Tests against England, return for the Australia matches but will be rested for the Zimbabwe tour,” the PCB statement said. “Similarly, Mohammad Rizwan will be available for the Australia matches and Zimbabwe ODIs, but will be rested from the Zimbabwe T20Is.”
Pakistan ODI squad for Australia tour
Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Pakistan T20I squad for Australia tour
Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan.
Pakistan ODI squad for Zimbabwe tour
Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani and Tayyab Tahir
Pakistan T20I squad for Zimbabwe tour
Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan.
