Pakistan announce squads for limited-overs series against Australia
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Australia is currently touring Pakistan after 24 years. The test series between the two teams has been boring as both teams played out draws in first two games. The third test will be played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. After the longest format encounters, the two teams will face off in the limited-overs format. They will play against each other in a three-match ODI series followed by an only T20I.
The ODI series will begin on 29th of March, 2022 at Rawalpindi. Australia had announced the squad for the Pakistan series way before and now, Pakistan have also revealed their squads.
Pakistan name ODI and T20I squads for Australia series#BoysReadyHain l #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/1K73OaGqZj
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 17, 2022
The squads features regular names, with two debutants, Asif Afridi and Mohammad Harris, who have been named in both the squads. For the T20Is, Abdullah Shafique, Imam-Ul-Haq and Saud Shakeel have been left out.
Pakistan Squad for ODI Series
Babar Azam(C), Shadab Khan, Abdullah Shafique, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Ifthikar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khusdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (WK), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Mohammad Wasim Jr., Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shanawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
Pakistan Squad for T20I Series
Babar Azam(C), Shadab Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Ifthikar Ahmed, Khusdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (WK), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Mohammad Wasim Jr., Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shanawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
Australia Squad
Aaron Finch (C), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (WK), Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
The Schedule for the Limited over series looks like
29th March, 2022- 1st ODI , Rawalpindi
31st March, 2022- 2nd ODI, Rawalpindi
2nd April, 2022 – 3rd ODI, Rawalpindi
5th April, 2022 – T20I, Rawalpindi
