New Delhi The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the team going on tour to England. On Friday afternoon, the Pakistan Cricket Board has selected the 29-member team, which will play Test and T20 series in England. This team includes many new players, while former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed returned. Not only this, but a 36-year-old fast bowler has also been rejoined in the team.
A three-match Test series between hosts England and Pakistan and a T20 series of the same number of matches are scheduled to be played in August. The England team will earlier play a three-Test series against the West Indies in July, while this will be Pakistan's first tour after the Coronavirus. Let us know that two players of the Pakistan team (Mohammad Aamir and Haris Sohail) refused to go on a tour of England.
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These new faces got a place in Pakistan team
The Pakistan Cricket Board has named young batsman Hyder Ali in the national team for the first time. Hyder Ali performed well in the Under 19 World Cup played in South Africa this year. Apart from this, he has also won the hearts of his performance selectors in the Pakistan Super League. Kasif Bhatti has also been included in this team. He has not played a single match for Pakistan team yet.
The PCB has given 36-year-old fast bowler Sohail Khan a place in the team. In 2017, this Pakistan pacer played the last international match. Sohail Khan has played 9 Tests, 13 ODIs and 5 T20 matches for the country so far. In these matches, he has taken 27 wickets, 19 wickets, and 5 wickets respectively. At the same time, former captain Sarfaraz Khan has also returned to the team after a long time. He is part of the team as a wicketkeeper.
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29 members Pakistan team to tour England
Opener - Abid Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam Ul Haq and Shaan Masood
Middle order batsmen - Azhar Ali (captain), Babar Azam (Test vice-captain and T20 captain), Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Hyder Ali, Iftikar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik
Wicket-keeper - Mohammad Rizwan and Sarfraz Ahmed
Fast bowlers - Faheem Ashrafar, Harris Rauf, Imran Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Hasnain, Nasim Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Sohail Khan, Usman Khan Shinwari and Wahab Riaz
Spinner - Imad Wasim, Kashif Bhatti, Shadab Khan and Yasir Shah
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