Babar, Shaheen, Naseem return for Pakistan's white-ball tour of Australia

After being rested for the Test series against England, three Pakistani superstars — Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, and Naseem Shah — were named in the limited-overs squad of the national team that will tour Australia in November. However, the three of them will not be travelling to Zimbabwe, as they have been rested for that tour, which will be followed by the Australia series. 

Both tours will have six matches, three ODIs and three T20Is. The Australia tour will run from November 4 to 18. The Zimbabwe tour, where the matches will be played entirely in Bulawayo, will be held from November 24 to December 5.

After the squad was announced, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named Mohammad Rizwan as white-ball captain and Salman Ali Agha as his deputy. Rizwan will be available for ODIs in Zimbabwe but not the T20Is. 

Mohammad Hasnain, who was player of the tournament in the Champions Cup One-Day tournament, made a comeback to the national side. Young guns like Jahandad Khan, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah, and Muhammad Irfan Khan were named in a senior men’s squad. 

ODI SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Salman Ali Agha (vc), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi

T20I SQUAD FOR AUSTRALIA: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Salman Ali Agha (vc), Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan

ODI SQUAD FOR ZIMBABWE: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Salman Ali Agha (vc), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani and Tayyab Tahir

T20I SQUAD FOR ZIMBABWE: Salman Ali Agha (c), Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wk), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan

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