Pakistan have announced their squads for the upcoming tours of Australia and Zimbabwe, marking the returns of Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah. The trio make their return to the squad after being dropped for Pakistan's second and third Test matches against England recently.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Rizwan has been named Pakistan’s new white-ball skipper and his immediate assignment will be the ODI and T20I series against Australia. Salman Ali Agha will serve as the vice-captain. Mohammad Rizwan will be available for Australia tour and Zimbabwe ODIs, but will miss the T20Is against Zimbabwe.
Pakistan will play three ODIs and as many T20Is against Australia. They will start their tour of Australia by playing first ODI on November 4. Against Zimbabwe, Pakistan will play three ODIs and three T20Is. Their Zimbabwe series will begin on November 24.
Pakistan squad for Australia tour
Pakistan ODI squad: Mohammad Rizwan (c&wk), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Agha Salman, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Irfan Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi
T20I squad: Mohammad Rizwan (c&wk), Abbas Afridi, Agha Salman, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Irfan Khan, Jahandad Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Khan.
Pakistan squad for Zimbabwe tour
ODI squad: Mohammad Rizwan (c&wk), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Agha Salman, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Irfan Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir
T20I squad: Agha Salman (c), Abbas Afridi, Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Irfan Khan, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Hasnain, Omair Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan