Three important players dropped from the Pakistani squad against South Africa

LAHORE – Newly appointed Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim has onFriday announced Babar Azam-led 20-strong national Test squad for theupcoming home series against South Africa.

The series against the Proteas is Mohammad Wasim’s first assignment as thechief selector of Pakistan after Misbah-ul-Haq stepped down from the role.Mohammad Wasim said the team has been selected on the basis of players’performance at the domestic level.

Mohammad Wasim said he was happy that a major team like South Africa aretouring Pakistan.

SQUAD

Babar Azam (c), Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Imran Butt, Azhar Ali, FawadAlam, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Faheem Ashraf, MohammadNawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Yasir Shah,Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Tabish Khan

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Shan Masood, Mohammad Abbas and Imam-ul-Haq Have been dropped from theteam.