The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Monday, introduced the Pakistan Males’s squad for the forthcoming One-Day Worldwide (ODI) sequence against West Indies, beginning June 08 in Rawalpindi.
All-rounder Shadab Khan has returned to the ODI outfit and brought again the vice-captain place after efficiently recovering from harm. Likewise, top-order batter Abdullah Shafique and left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz have been referred to as up for the three-match sequence in opposition to the Caribbeans.
Notably, the likes of Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Saud Shakeel and Usman Qadir, who have been all a part of the 21-man squad in Pakistan’s earlier sequence in opposition to Australia at residence in March-April earlier this 12 months, have been excluded from the line-up.
“Because the ODIs in opposition to the West Indies are a part of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023 qualification, we have now determined to provide the most effective likelihood to our aspect to gather most factors and strengthen our possibilities of progressing instantly for the head 50-over event,” mentioned chief selector Muhammad Wasim in an official assertion.
“Now we have retained the identical core of gamers, so that they additional set up themselves within the format. I hope this bunch will proceed the shape they gained from the Australia sequence. For the Australia ODIs, we had additionally introduced backup gamers as cowl to these gamers who have been carrying accidents. Gamers akin to Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan are actually totally match, which has allowed us to go away out Asif Afridi and Usman Qadir. Nevertheless, Usman, together with Asif Ali and Haider Ali, stay in our plans for the shortest format as we have now a sequence of T20Is lined up this 12 months, together with the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2022,” he added.
Right here is Pakistan Squad for West Indies ODIs:
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Junior, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani and Zahid Mahmood.
