The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on August 25 announced a 14-member squad for three One-Day match series against Bangladesh A starting August 26. 23-year-old Mohammad Haris has been named captain of the side. The wicketkeeper-batter has represented Pakistan senior team in six ODIs and nine T20Is.
As many as 12 players who toured Darwin have been retained in the squad. The two other players who have been included in the side are left-arm spinner Mehran Mumtaz and left-handed batter Azan Awais. Both players represented Pakistan in ICC Men's Under-19 World Cup 2024.
“It is a great opportunity for the Pakistan Shaheens players to reap quality game time in back to back white-ball series,” Haris said in the media release.
“The Shaheens team is in good sync as most of the players have shared the dressing room and field together on the recent tour. Being the leader of the side, I’ll look to get the best out of the team and win the series which will be a great honour for all of us while playing at home.
“As far as 50-overs cricket is concerned most of our players have diverse skills to showcase in this format and we look forward to an exciting series against a strong Bangladesh ‘A’ team.”
Towhid Hridoy will lead Bangladesh A in the side. He has played 30 ODIs and 29 T20Is for Bangladesh. The One-Day series will be played from August 26 to August 30 at Islamabad Club.
“I’m honored to lead Bangladesh ‘A’ and look forward to inspire the team to notable performances during this series. Most of our players have experienced the local conditions and have trained well in the previous two weeks,” Hridoy said.
“The Shaheens are going to come hard at us in their backyard but we will take inspiration from our batting heroics in the second four-day match where we dominated with the bat and the players will be eager to emulate the performance.”
Pakistan Shaheens squad
Mohammad Haris (captain) (wicket-keeper) (Peshawar), Abdul Faseeh (Rawalpindi), Arafat Minhas (Multan), Azan Awais (Sialkot), Faisal Akram (Multan), Haseebullah (wicket-keeper) (Quetta), Jahandad Khan (Rawalpindi), Mehran Mumtaz (Rawalpindi), Mohammad Abbas Afridi (Peshawar), Muhammad Irfan Khan (Faisalabad), Mohammad Imran Jnr (Peshawar), Mubasir Khan (Rawalpindi), Omair Bin Yousuf (Karachi), and Usman Khan (Karachi).
Bangladesh ‘A’ squad
Towhid Hridoy (captain), Anamul Haque, Hasan Murad, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Mahidul Islam (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Naim, Mosaddek Hossain, Rejaur Rehman Raja, Rishad Hossain, Ruyel Miah, Saif Hassan, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
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