PCB announces squads for West Indies tour. The big news is the return of Shaheen Shah Afridi, our top fast bowler.
Agha Salman will captain the T20I team and Mohammad Rizwan will lead the ODI team as expected. Afridi is back in the T20I team after missing the Bangladesh series.
Even with Afridi back, Babar Azam is still not in the T20I plans. Haris Rauf and Hasan Ali, our experienced fast bowlers are in the T20I squad. Naseem Shah is only in the ODI team. Other players in the T20I squad are Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Sahibzada Farhan and Mohammad Nawaz. Abdullah Shafique will only play in the ODI matches. Salman Mirza and Ahmed Daniyal are not in the T20I squad despite doing well against Bangladesh.
Here are the squads:
Pakistan T20I Squad vs West Indies
Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Sahibzada Farhan (wicket-keeper), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim
Pakistan ODI Squad vs West Indies
Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim
The tour has six matches: three T20Is and three ODIs. T20Is will be in Florida and ODIs will be in Trinidad.
