IMAGE: Babar Azam returns to steer Pakistan of their residence sequence towards New Zealand. {Photograph}: Matthew Lewis/Getty Photos
Babar Azam on Tuesday returned to the Pakistan staff as captain of the ODI and T20 squads for the house sequence towards New Zealand starting April 14.
Apart from Babar, left arm quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi additionally returned to worldwide cricket for the primary time because the T20 World Cup in Australia final November.
Although Shaheen bowled and in addition captained the Lahore Qalandars franchise to their second successive title within the Pakistan Tremendous League final month, a knee damage saved him out of a house Take a look at sequence towards England and later New Zealand.
The nationwide selectors had rested Babar, Shaheen, Haris Rauf, Fakhar Zaman and Muhammad Rizwan for the latest T20 sequence in Sharjah towards Afghanistan which Pakistan misplaced by 1-2.
All 5 seniors returned to the facet for the 5 ODIs and 5 T20 internationals towards New Zealand, which shall be performed in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi from April 14 to Might 7.
The selectors additionally retained three of the children who went to Sharjah and debuted towards Afghanistan — opener Saim Ayub and quick bowlers Ihsanullah and Zaman Khan.
SQUADS:
T20I: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ihsanullah, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Zaman Khan
ODI: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Ihsanullah, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Usama Mir. Reserves: Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Tayyab Tahir.
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