KARACHI: Hours after being named because the intervening time leader selector through the Pakistan Cricket BoardShahid Afridi on Saturday added 3 bowlers to the nationwide squad for the two-match house Test sequence in opposition to New Zealand, starting on Monday.
The PCB mentioned Afridi, after chatting with the captain Babar Azamadded pacers Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani and off-spinner Sajid Khan to the squad.
The Board mentioned the verdict so as to add the 3 bowlers used to be made following a gathering of the intervening time variety committee, which used to be chaired through Afridi. Captain Babar Azam joined the assembly.
Afridi mentioned the selectors had a just right dialogue at the squad and agreed there used to be a want to beef up the bowling division to offer the group the most efficient likelihood of taking 20 wickets in a tournament nearly.
“As such, and taking into consideration recent form and performances, we have added fast bowlers Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani, and off-spinner Sajid Khan,” Adridi mentioned.
“I am confident the inclusion of three additional bowling resources will give Babar Azam more options to field the best available squad for the first Test.”
While Hamza and Sajid have performed in Tests, Dahani has represented Pakistan in white-ball codecs.
Earlier within the day, former captain Afridi used to be named the intervening time leader selector of the Pakistan males’s nationwide group.
The intervening time committee of selectors incorporated former gamers Abdul Razzaq, Rao Ifthikar Ahmed, and Haroon Rasheed.
Both Afridi and Haroon are participants of the cricket control committee of the PCB, headed through Najam Sethi, appointed to run the affairs of the sport within the nation for the following 4 months.
Pakistan Test squad: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood and Zahid Mehmood.
The PCB mentioned Afridi, after chatting with the captain Babar Azamadded pacers Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani and off-spinner Sajid Khan to the squad.
The Board mentioned the verdict so as to add the 3 bowlers used to be made following a gathering of the intervening time variety committee, which used to be chaired through Afridi. Captain Babar Azam joined the assembly.
Afridi mentioned the selectors had a just right dialogue at the squad and agreed there used to be a want to beef up the bowling division to offer the group the most efficient likelihood of taking 20 wickets in a tournament nearly.
“As such, and taking into consideration recent form and performances, we have added fast bowlers Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani, and off-spinner Sajid Khan,” Adridi mentioned.
“I am confident the inclusion of three additional bowling resources will give Babar Azam more options to field the best available squad for the first Test.”
While Hamza and Sajid have performed in Tests, Dahani has represented Pakistan in white-ball codecs.
Earlier within the day, former captain Afridi used to be named the intervening time leader selector of the Pakistan males’s nationwide group.
The intervening time committee of selectors incorporated former gamers Abdul Razzaq, Rao Ifthikar Ahmed, and Haroon Rasheed.
Both Afridi and Haroon are participants of the cricket control committee of the PCB, headed through Najam Sethi, appointed to run the affairs of the sport within the nation for the following 4 months.
Pakistan Test squad: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood and Zahid Mehmood.