SL vs PAK: Pakistan title 18-member squad for upcoming Take a look at collection in opposition to Sri Lanka

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Wednesday, introduced the 18-member squad for the imminent Take a look at excursion of Sri Lanka.

The excursion, beginning in July, is composed of 2 Exams – a part of the ICC Males’s International Take a look at Championship Cycle (WTC) 2021- 2023. The opener can be performed on the Galle World Cricket Stadium from July 16 to twenty, whilst the second one Take a look at will start on July 24 on the R. Premadasa World Cricket Stadium in Colombo.

Senior spinner Yasir Shah has made his comeback to the whites after being sidelined following a thumb harm he sustained within the Nationwide T20 Cup closing 12 months. Particularly, Yasir, who closing seemed in a red-ball fixture in August 2021, performed a key function in Pakistan’s collection win in Sri Lanka again in 2015. The leggie had picked up 24 wickets at a median of nineteen.33.

The Pakistan crew will bring together in Islamabad on June 25 and go through a seven-day preparation camp on the Pindi Cricket Stadium. They’re going to arrive on July 6 in Sri Lanka and play a three-day warm-up recreation in Colombo, beginning July 11.

“We’ve decided on this squad taking into account the prerequisites in Sri Lanka and feature supplied the crew with the most productive conceivable assets. Our spin division is boosted with the go back of Yasir Shah, who proved himself as a match-winner in Sri Lanka on our closing excursion, and Sajid Khan has made manner for him. The spin division additionally contains two spin all-rounders in, Mohammad Nawaz and Salman Ali Agha and left-arm orthodox Nauman Ali. Salman Ali Agha has proven constant performances with the bat prior to now 3 seasons, and he’s a at hand off-spin possibility,” stated leader selector Muhammad Wasim in a remark.

“Our crew has not too long ago put sturdy performances in Bangladesh, and even though effects in opposition to Australia weren’t perfect, we displayed forged cricket, and because of this, now we have retained the core to instill consistency and continuity and feature trimmed the squad measurement following the comfort in Covid-19-induced commute restrictions. Those two fits are extraordinarily the most important for our facet as now we have International Take a look at Championship issues at stake. I want our boys all of the easiest, and I’m positive they are going to make us proud,” he added.

Pakistan squad for Sri Lanka excursion:

Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain, wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi, Shan Masood and Yasir Shah.