Pakistan Cricket Team: Pakistani team has to play ODI and T20 series against Australia and Zimbabwe in November-December. For this, Pakistan Cricket Board has announced four squads. The special thing is that PCB has not made any player the captain in all four squads. Some time ago, Babar Azam had left the captaincy of limited overs. The PCB press release states that PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi will address a press conference in Lahore on Sunday at 3.30 pm. In which information will be given about the new captain of limited overs. The Australia tour will run from 4-18 November, while the matches will be played in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe from 24 November to 5 December.
Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi, who were dropped from the last two Test matches against England. Now all three players have returned to the ODI team. But he has been given rest for the Zimbabwe tour. Mohammad Rizwan will be available for the ODI matches against Australia and Zimbabwe. Uncapped players in the ODI squad include Aamir Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Hasibullah, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Sam Ayub. Jahandad Khan and Salman Ali Aga have joined the T20 team for the first time.
Mohammad Hasnain returns
Champions One-Day Cup fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain, who took 17 wickets in Faisalabad last month, has also returned to the ODI team, who last played for Pakistan in an ODI against New Zealand in January 2023. Seven players of the ODI team, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi will reach Melbourne on October 28. While the remaining players will leave on October 29.
Pakistani team for ODI and T20 series against Australia:
ODI Team: Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
T20 team: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Aga, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Mokeem, Usman Mine.
Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Faisal Akram, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub and Shahnawaz Dahani have been selected in the Pakistani ODI team for the Zimbabwe tour. Hasibullah, Haris Rauf, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Salman Ali Aga are the four players who will be part of the team from the beginning of the Australia tour till the end of the Zimbabwe tour. No player has been made captain for the Zimbabwe tour.
Pakistani team for ODI and T20 series for Zimbabwe tour:
ODI Team: Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniel, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga, Shahnawaz Dahani and Tayyab. Tahir
T20 team: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah (wk), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Aga, Sufiyan Mokim, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan.
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