LAHORE: Pacer Naseem Shah replaced Hasan Ali as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the national teams for Pakistan’s upcoming ODI tour of the Netherlands and the T20 Asia Cup 2022 in the United Arab Emirates, here on Wednesday.
According to PCB, Naseem will join the Babar Azam-led national squads as a replacement for the out-of-form Hasan, while all-rounder Salman Ali Agha has been called up to the white-ball squad for ODI matches against the Netherlands.
Fast pitcher Shaheen Shah Afridi, who suffered a knee injury during the tour of Sri Lanka, has been named to both squads, although he is undergoing a rehabilitation program supervised by the team’s coach and physiotherapist, which will decide his return to the international cricket.
Meanwhile, there will be five changes to the national contingent traveling from the Netherlands to the UAE for the 2022 Asia Cup.
Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed and Usman Qadir will take over from Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Haris. , Salman Ali Agha and Zahid Mehmood.
In addition, the PCB also announced the programming of the concentration of players and the departure of the team for the next tasks.
The training camp will be held in Lahore from August 6-11 during which the players will participate in two intra-team 50-overs matches. The team will leave for Amsterdam in the early hours of Friday, August 12. The T20I players will join the team in Dubai for the ACC T20 Asia Cup on August 22.
It is pertinent to mention here that the national team will play three ODI matches against the hosts on their upcoming tour of the Netherlands on August 16, 18 and 21.
Whereas, the green jerseys will kick off their Asian Cup campaign on August 28 with a blockbuster clash against arch-rivals India.
Pakistan Team for Dutch ODIs:
Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan (Vice Captain), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani and Zahid Mehmood.
Pakistan Squad for ACC T20 Asia Cup:
Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan (Vice Captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir.
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