The national cricket team’s ODI and T20 squads have been announced for the tour of New Zealand. National team head coach Aqib Javed announced the squad and said that Muhammad Rizwan will be the ODI captain, while Salman Ali Agha will lead the team in his place in the T20Is and Shadab Khan will be the vice-captain.
15-member ODI squad:
Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Irfan Khan Niazi, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Naseem Shah, Sufyan Muqim and Tayyab Tahir.
Openers Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub were not considered for either format on medical advice.
The 16-member T20 squad:
Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abbas Afridi, Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hassan Nawaz, Irfan Khan Niazi, Jehandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Haris, Umair Bin Yousuf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Muqeem and Usman Khan.
