Pakistan named T20 squad against Bangladesh arrived in Dhaka

DHAKA –Pakistan cricket team arrived in Bangladesh in the wee hours ofSaturday for a T20 and Test series against the home side starting November19.

Captain Babar Azam and all-rounder Shoaib Malik will join the squad inDhaka on November 16, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement.The national squad will start practice after spending one day in quarantine.

The PCB had announced the team for the Bangladesh series retaining thesquad that played the ICC T20 World Cup, except for Mohammad Hafeez whorequested the team management to be left out, allowing opportunities foryoung players to participate.

As such, Iftikhar Ahmed, who is in good form, was added to the middle-orderthat also includes Haider Ali and Khushdil Shah.

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Pakistan squad for the two Tests, which will be played from 26-30 Novemberand 4-8 December in Chittagong and Dhaka, respectively will be announced indue course.T20 squad

Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman,Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, KhushdilShah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Wasim Jnr,Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani,Shoaib Malik, Usman Qadir