Pakistan have made several changes to their T20I squad, sacking skipper Salman Agha and dropping star batter Babar Azam for the upcoming three-T20I series against Sri Lanka, with Sahibzada Farhan getting the captain’s armband on a permanent basis in the shortest format of the game.
Shaheen Afridi has also been removed from the T20I setup. However, Babar, Agha and Afridi have been retained in the ODI team.
Pakistan’s T20I squad: Sahibzada Farhan (captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Arafat Minhas, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Muhammad Imran Randhawa, Khawaja Nafay (wicketkeeper), Maaz Sadaqat, Naseem Shah, Razaullah, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Moqim.
Pakistan’s ODI squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wicketkeeper), Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Razaullah, Saad Baig (wicketkeeper), Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Moqim.
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