Babar Azam on Tuesday returned to the Pakistan group as captain of the ODI and T20 groups for the house collection in opposition to New Zealand beginning on April 14.
Apart from Babar, left-arm quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi additionally returned to worldwide cricket for the primary time because the T20 World Cup in Australia final November.
Although Shaheen captained and bowled the Lahore Qalandars franchise to their second consecutive title within the Pakistan Super League final month, a knee damage saved him out of the house Test collection in opposition to England and later New Zealand.
The nationwide selectors rested Babar, Shaheen, Haris Rauf, Fakhar Zaman and Muhammad Rizwan for the current T20I collection in opposition to Afghanistan in Sharjah, which Pakistan misplaced 1-2.
All 5 seniors are again within the squad for the 5 ODIs and 5 T20 Internationals in opposition to New Zealand, which shall be performed in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi from April 14 to May 7.
The selectors additionally retained three kids who went to Sharjah and made their debut in opposition to Afghanistan – opener Sam Ayub and quick bowlers Ihsanullah and Zaman Khan.
Squads:
T20Is: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ihsanullah, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saeem Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Zaman Khan ODIs: Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan (Vice-Captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Ihsanullah, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Usama Mir. Reserve gamers: Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Tayyab Tahir. PTI Core
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS