Babar Azam dropped as Pakistan name six uncapped players for Bangladesh ODIs
Shaheen Shah Afridi will continue as captain of the ODI side
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match One Day International (ODI) series against Bangladesh, set to take place from 11 to 15 March.
All fixtures will be held at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
Left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi will continue as captain of the ODI side, while six uncapped players have been included in the squad.
The newcomers are Abdul Samad, Maaz Sadaqat, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Saad Masood, Sahibzada Farhan and Shamyl Hussain.
Of these, Samad, Sadaqat, Masood and Shamyl were part of the Pakistan Shaheens squad that faced the England Lions in Abu Dhabi recently.
Notably, star batter Babar Azam, along with Fakhar Zaman (hamstring injury), Haseebullah, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah and Saim Ayub, have been omitted from the squad.
For the unversed, Pakistan last played an ODI series in November last year, when they hosted Sri Lanka and completed a 3-0 clean sweep.
The series marked the second ODI assignment for captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, whose maiden stint in charge came in a home series against South Africa, which Pakistan won 2-1.
Historically, Pakistan and Bangladesh have faced each other in 39 ODI matches. Out of these, the Green Shirts have won 34, while the Bengal Tigers have emerged victorious on five occasions.
Pakistan’s 15-Member ODI Squad:
Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jr, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Saad Masood, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha and Shamyl Hussain.
Series Schedule:
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