Lahore, 7 August 2024 (TDI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Wednesday national side’s 17-member squad for the upcoming Tests against Bangladesh.
The first Test will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from August 21 to 25 while the second Test match will be held from August 30 to September 3 in Karachi.
The training camp will start at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on August 11 and will be supervised by red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie and assistant coach Azhar Mahmood.
The Bangladesh cricket team is scheduled to land in Islamabad in the wee hours of August 17 and likely to train in the same afternoon.
The Test squad will be led by Shan Masood while left-handed middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel has been appointed as vice-captain.
He took over Shaheen Shah Afridi as part of the selectors’ strategic decision that is aimed at managing the lead fast bowler’s workload management during the period from August 21, 2024, to April 5, 2025, in which the national team is scheduled to play nine Tests, 14 T20Is and, at least, 17 ODIs.
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Of the seventeen players selected for the first Test series of the 2024-25 season, thirteen players were involved in Pakistan’s last series against Australia in December/January 2023-24.
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Pakistan squad
Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper), Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
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