Pakistan on Wednesday released Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan on Wednesday as they named a new squad at the Twenty20 international level against Bangladesh. Former New Zealand coach Mike Hessen will take charge for the first time after being appointed last week, who will replace Aqib Javed. Salman Ali Aga captained the captain of Pakistan, as he looks at the next year’s Twenty20 World Cup, which will be hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
Fast bowler Shaheen played in New Zealand’s last T20 series in New Zealand in March, but batsmen Azam and Rizwan were left for the second consecutive T20 series after being criticized for slow scoring.
The Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement, “The team has been selected in the Pakistan Super League based on the performance of the players, which has been concluded on 25 May.”
Shaheen has taken 12 wickets for Lahore Kalandars in 10 PSL matches at an economy rate of 8.20.
Opener Sahibzada Farhan earned a recall after topping the PSL batting chart with 394 runs.
Batsmen Sam Ayub and Fakhar returned to Zaman after remembering New Zealand tour with injuries.
Fast bowler Hasan Ali has returned after being sidelined with several injuries since May last year.
The PCB said that the series match schedule, which was affected by the Delay of 10 days to PSL due to the deadly India-Pakistan struggle, will soon be declared with all the three matches to be held in Lahore.
Pakistan Squad: Salman Ali Aga (captain), Shadab Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Wasim, Mohammad Irafan Khan
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