K Ranchi, PTI: Pakistan selectors have decided to take the decision on West Indies and
The possibility of giving any role to senior players Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi in the upcoming T20 series against Bangladesh has been ruled out.
Pakistan selectors, including Aaqib Javed, Aleem Dar, Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, are expected to announce the T20 squad for the series against West Indies and Bangladesh next week. Both these series will be played in July-August.
The selectors and head coach Mike Hesson have already told Babar, Rizwan and Shaheen that they are not needed for the upcoming T20 series and they should focus more on the ICC World Test Championship and ODI format. Pakistan is scheduled to tour West Indies in the last week o…
[22:57, 12/6/2025] Sukhdev Rana: Pakistan is also scheduled to host Afghanistan’s T20 team in late August. This is all part of the preparations for the Asia Cup in September (yet to be confirmed) and the ICC T20 World Cup early next year. A source close to the national selectors said the panel and Hesson want to give more opportunities to new young players in the T20 team. The idea is that if things go bad, the selectors can always pick Babar, Rizwan and Shaheen again, the source said.
