Ahmed named head coach; Pakistan include 4 uncapped for B'desh Tests

NEW DELHI: Pakistan person picked a 16-member squad for their upcoming Test bid against Bangladesh, with Shan Masood starring the side. Former skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed volition instrumentality complaint arsenic caput coach, with Asad Shafiq arsenic batting manager and Umar Gul arsenic bowling coach.The squad is looking to amended its presumption successful the ICC World Test Championship, wherever it presently sits 5th with a 50 percent points tally, portion Bangladesh is placed eighth. The two-match bid begins connected May 8 and reflects a somewhat caller attack from the selectors.

One of the biggest talking points is the inclusion of 4 uncapped players successful Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Azan Awais, and Ghazi Ghori. Fazal and Awais person been rewarded for their beardown home performances, portion Butt brings acquisition arsenic an all-rounder. Ghori, a wicketkeeper-batter, has already had a sensation of planetary cricket with a caller ODI debut against Bangladesh.At the aforesaid time, Pakistan person kept a coagulated radical of elder players similar Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, and Salman Ali Agha, giving the squad a bully equilibrium of younker and experience.To get acceptable for the series, players not progressive successful the Pakistan Super League volition be a grooming campy successful Karachi from April 27 to May 1. Alongside the squad, the Pakistan Cricket Board has besides announced a caller coaching setup.

The archetypal Test volition beryllium played from May 8 to 12 astatine Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, followed by the 2nd Test from May 16 to 20 astatine Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.Pakistan squad for Bangladesh Test: Shan Masood (captain), Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Azan Awais, Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan, Ghazi Ghori, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi