13/08/2023
Pakistan announces squad for Asia Cup, Afghanistan series
LAHORE: Pakistan have dropped Shan Masood and Ihsanullah from Asia Cup and Afghanistan series squad while all-rounder Faheem Ashraf will be donning the Green Shirt again.
The squad for the series and the Asia Cup was announced by the head of the national men’s selection committee Inzamam-ul-Haq, who has returned to the post.
For the three-match One-Day International series against Afghanistan, an 18-man squad has been announced while in the Asia Cup, only 17 players will be part of the squad.
Saud Shakeel who has been included in the Afghanistan series will miss out on the Asia Cup.
Pakistan will play the Afghanistan series in Sri Lanka from August 22 to 26 and will return home for the Asia Cup, which begins from the Multan Cricket Stadium on August 30 when Pakistan play Nepal.
Faheem, who will be making a comeback, returns to the side after two years and the selection expects his inclusion will add “balance of the side as a fast bowling all-rounder”. He last played for Pakistan in the three-match away series against England in July 2021.
Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Saud Shakeel (only for Afghanistan series), Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi
23/08/2023