{"id":162606,"date":"2020-12-18T07:51:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T02:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=162606"},"modified":"2020-12-18T07:51:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T02:51:27","slug":"pcb-announces-15-member-squad-for-first-t20i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pcb-announces-15-member-squad-for-first-t20i\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB announces 15-member squad for first T20I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pak vs NZ<br \/>\nnews desk<br \/>\nislamabad<br \/>\nPakistan Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-member squad for the first T20I against New Zealand tomorrow.<br \/>\nLed by Shadab Khan, the team includes Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain,  Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed,  Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Wahab Riaz.<br \/>\nSkipper Shadab said a 17-member squad has been allowed due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u201cMusa Khan and Usman Qadir may be included if need be.\u201d The pacer was picked as captain after Babar Azam who was ruled out of the New Zealand T20Is after suffering a fracture in his right thumb during Sunday morning\u2019s practice session.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is an honour for me to lead the Pakistan team for the first time,\u201d Shadab Khan said, adding that he will \u201cdefinitely miss Azam\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cBabar Azam\u2019s absence is the best opportunity for new players to showcase their talents,\u201d Shadab Khan said. \u201cThe team should be ready to show an aggressive performance like Babar Azam.\u201d<br \/>\nShadan said he has played at Eden Park before so he has experience. \u201cThis stadium has shorter boundaries. I am looking forward to playing there once again in the presence of spectators.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pak vs NZ news desk islamabad Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-member squad for the first T20I against New Zealand tomorrow. Led by Shadab Khan, the team includes Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PCB announces 15-member squad for first T20I<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pcb-announces-15-member-squad-for-first-t20i\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PCB announces 15-member squad for first T20I\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pak vs NZ news desk islamabad Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-member squad for the first T20I against New Zealand tomorrow. 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