There are fewer changes in the Bowling department, with makeup roughly as for the recent T20I series in Pakistan in South Africa. Naseem Shah, who played T20is for the last time against Australia in November, remains absent while Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf are part of the team. The Sofiyaan Muqeem and Abrar Ahmed spiyaan filators keep their place, while Khushdil Shah enters side.
Although Aqib Javed did not officially say that it was the end of Ricewan as a T20i captain, he appears a lot on the cards after an unfortunate passage, although in short, in the role. He led Pakistan as a full -time captain in just five T20is finished, losing them all. He was absent for the three T20is in Zimbabwe, Agha leading the team in his victory in 2-1.
The absence of Babar also suggests that Pakistan is trying to free himself from the Babar-Rizwan combination at the top of the order. The duo at the top has an polarized opinion almost as soon as the combination was created in 2020. Critics faced them to be too at risk at the start of the sleeves, but their reliability and their consistency of the accumulation of race, contrasting with an average order often.
Pakistan plays five T20is in New Zealand from March 16, followed by three ODI.
T20i Pakistani team: Hassan Nawaz, Omair Yousuf, Mohammad Haris Abdul Samad, Salman Ali Agha (Capt), Irfan Niazi, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan Abbas Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Sufiyaana Muqeamp, Abrar Ahmed, Sufiyanan Muqeigh, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Khan, Sufiyanan Muqeamp, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Khan, Sufiyanan Muqeamp, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Kan
Pakistan Odi Squad: Mohammad Rizwan (CAPT), Salman Ali Agha, Abdullah Shafic, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-Ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Irfan Niazi, Nasem Shah, Sofiyan Muy.
