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Pakistan Announces Team For New Zealand Tour, Shoaib Malik And These Two Players Dropped Out From The Squad

By Shubham Shah November 11, 2020 • 19:40 PM View: 1633

Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Amir have been excluded from Pakistan's 35-man squad announced on Wednesday for their tour of New Zealand in December-January. The tour consists of three T20Is and two Tests.

Newly appointed all-format captain Babar Azam will lead the team while uncapped players who have received call-ups are fast bowler Amad Butt, 25, batsmen Danish Aziz and Imran Butt, both aged 24, and 19-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Rohail Nazir. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has been named vice-captain in Tests while all-rounder Shadab Khan has been named Babar's deputy for T20Is.

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