The Pakistam Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday named a preliminary 18-member squad for the two-test match series against South Africa commencing
\nfrom October 12 at the Gaddafi stadium.
\nThe preliminary squad will further be trimmed before start of the test series which is part
\nof the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27.
\nShan Masood will continue to lead the side, while three uncapped players \u2013 Asif Afridi, Faisal Akram and Rohail Nazir have also been included.
\nSouth Africa, champions of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25, will take on Pakistan in the first Test at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore from 12 to 16 October, while the second Test will be staged at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi from 20 to 24 October.
\nThe two-Test match series will be followed by three T20Is and as many ODIs to be played from 28 October to 8 November. The squad for the white-ball series will be announced in due course.
\nThe players for the pre-series camp will undergo training under red-ball head coach Azhar Mahmood and NCA coaches later today till Wednesday, 8 October. The players who featured in the recently concluded ACC Men\u2019s T20 Asia Cup will join the squad on 4 October.
\nPakistan squad:
\nShan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Asif Afridi, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir (wicket-keeper), Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi
\nSouth Africa tour to Pakistan
\n12-16 October \u2013 First Test at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
\n20-24 October \u2013 Second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
\n28 October \u2013 First T20I at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
\n31 October \u2013 Second T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
\n1 November \u2013 Third T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
\n4 November \u2013 First ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
\n6 November \u2013 Second ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
\n8 November \u2013 Third ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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