PCB selectors Recall Shehzad, Masood, Adil for Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka

PCB selectors Recall Shehzad, Masood, Adil for Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selectors did not have any surprise in store as they announced the Pakistan test squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. The selectors have recalled talented opener Ahmed Shehzad who missed the Bangladesh tour following disciplinary actions. Left-handed opener Shan Masood and Adil Ehsan also make comebacks into the national side after a decent run in domestic cricket to make it to the 15 man squad.

The Squad led by Mishab-ul-Haq sees no major changes that toured Bangladesh last month. Azhar Ali who scored heavily in the recently concluded home series against Zimbabwe, continues to be Misbah’s deputy in the test series.

Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal who was a part of the Bangladesh tour is dropped as selectors has gone on with Yasir Shah and Zulfiqar Babar as their lead spinners. Sami Aslam, Babar Azam, Bilawal Bhatti has also been excluded from the 15-man-squad.

Rahat Ali, Sohaib Maqsood and pacer Sohail Khan who missed the Bangladesh and Zimbabwe series with injuries, continues to be out of action following their rehab trial.

Pakistan Chief Selector Haroon Rashid said: “While selecting the squad, the selection committee considered the following key areas: Suitability to play in varied playing conditions; potential to perform at international level; current form and fitness and performance in the previous tours of Bangladesh and recently concluded Pakistan ‘A’ team’s tour of Sri Lanka.”

Pakistan squad for the Tour of Sri Lanka:

Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali (vc), Misbah-ul-Haq (capt.), Younis Khan Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Imran Khan, Ehsan Adil