*Pakistan have included veteran pacer Tabish Khan and recalled starfast-bowler Hasan Ali in the initial 20-member squad for the two-match Testseries against South Africa.*
The group, which will head into the bio-secure bubble, was announced byChief Selector Mohammad Wasim on Friday whereas the final 16-member squadwill be announced at a later date.
The Green Caps will be led by right-handed batsman Babar Azam, who returnsto the side after recovering from a thumb fracture.
On the other hand, the Pakistan Cricket Board’s selection committee hasdecided to included uncapped players Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam,Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan along with in thesquad on the back of their impressive performances in the recentlyconcluded Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
Pacer Mohammad Abbas, left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar, middle-order batsmanHaris Sohail, opener Shan Masood and fast-bowler Sohail Khan have not beenretained in the side while Hasan Ali, who played his last internationalgame in 2019, make his return to the national team.
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The two-match Test series begins in Karachi on January 26. The sides willthen head to Rawalpindi for the following game on February 4.
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (captain), Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, ImranButt, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel,Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Nauman Ali,Sajid Khan, Yasir Shah, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi andTabish Khan.
