‌Shakeel named vice-captain as Pakistan announced 17-man squad for Bangladesh Test

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced numerous amendments to the home Tests which are a part of the World Test Championship. They’ve left out  Imam-ul-Haq, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Noman Ali, and Sajid Khan from their last assignment against Australia in December-January. Instead, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Ali, and Muhammad Huraira have been summoned on the back of impressive domestic performances.

Ghulam gathered 1,025 runs in 11 first-class games and Ali snared 47 wickets during the 2023-24 domestic season. In addition, Ghulam was the only player to surpass the 1000-runꦚ mark in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and struck a double ton against Bangladesh A in Darwin last month. 

It 🥀is also worth noting that Aamer Jamal, who had a breakthrough outing in Australia in 2023-24 is undergoing rehabilitation from injury and his availability is subject to fitness.

Pakistan will start their preparatory camp under head coach Jason🐎 Gillespie and assistant coach Azhar Mahmood next week. The first Test is scheduled to begin from August 21 and the second on🀅 August 26.

Pakistan squad for Bangladesh Tests: Shan Masood (c), Saud Shakeel (vc), Aꦏamer Jamal (subject to Fitness), Abdullah Shafique,  Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Khurram Shahzad, Mir Ha♕mza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saim Ayub,  Shaheen Shah Afridi