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Follow UsOn August 7 (Wednesday), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) elevated Saud Shakeel to the status of vice-captain as they announced the squad for their upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh.
Saud takes over from Shaheen Afridi, with PCB stating that the decision was “aimed at managing Pakistan’s lead fast bowler’s workload management.”
Mohammad Huraira, Kamran Ghulam, and Mohammad Ali have been called up to Pakistan’s Test squad. Naseem Shah also marks his return to the red-ball setup for the first time in 13 months. Ghulam was rewarded for a successful first-class season, in which he aggregated 1,025 runs in 11 first-class matches in the 2023-24 season.
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Mohammad Ali, on the other hand, returned to the setup for the first time since featuring against England. Huraira, too, was rewarded for a 1,000-run season in the 2022-23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Imam-ul-Haq, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Noman Ali, and Sajid Khan were dropped from the setup with poor form, while Hasan Ali and Mohammad Wasim Jr did not make the squad due to injury.
Pakistan's squad: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal (subject to Fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper) and Shaheen Shah Afridi
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