Pakistan drop former captains Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in T20 revamp, however latter holds on to ODI captaincy.
Pakistan have dropped captain Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam for the T20 collection in opposition to New Zealand and rewarded a number of home performers for the five-match collection beginning on March 16.
Salman Ali Agha will lead the aspect with all-rounder Shadab Khan because the vice-captain. Salman additionally led Pakistan to a 2-1 win within the T20 collection in opposition to Zimbabwe late final yr.
Rizwan was retained as skipper for the three one-day internationals (ODIs) in opposition to New Zealand beginning March 29, and the squad additionally included Babar.
Nevertheless, selectors have rung in a number of adjustments within the ODI squad after Pakistan made an early exit from the Champions Trophy, shedding to each New Zealand and India. They completed fourth in its group after their final recreation was washed out in opposition to Bangladesh.
Quick bowlers Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi are a part of the T20 squad however have been dropped for the ODIs.
High-order batters Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel have been additionally dropped, however opener Abdullah Shafique was recalled after selectors ignored him for the Champions Trophy as a result of he had made three successive geese in South Africa.
Openers Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub are nonetheless recovering from accidents and neither left-handed batter was thought-about for the eight white-ball video games in New Zealand.
“We have to play fearless and aggressive cricket within the T20 format and that’s why we now have introduced in new gamers,” Pakistan interim head coach Aaqib Javed instructed reporters on Tuesday.
“These days groups are scoring over 200 in T20 cricket. We additionally want batters who may make the most of the primary six overs of the batting powerplay and play huge photographs.”
Javed’s contract initially ran till the Champions Trophy however will proceed because the Pakistan Cricket Board remains to be looking for a full-time head coach.
Batters Abdul Samad and Hasan Nawaz together with quick bowler Mohammad Ali are the three uncapped gamers within the T20 squad.
Samad scored 115 runs at a strike-rate of 166.67 within the home T20 Champions Cup whereas Nawaz scored 312 runs and completed because the second-highest run-getter within the event. Ali, a right-arm Pakistan Check quick bowler, topped the bowling chart in the identical event with 22 wickets.
Pakistan squads:
T20 squad: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan, Abbas Afridi, Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Irfan Khan, Jahandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haris, Omair Bin Yousaf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem and Usman Khan
ODI squad: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Irfan Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Sufiyan Muqeem and Tayyab Tahir
