PAK vs NZ T20 Series: The 5-match T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand teams is going to start from April 18. With this series, Pakistan team will start its preparations for T20 World Cup 2024. At the same time, Babar Azam will once again take charge of the team from this series. But before the start of the series, a big update has come out regarding fast bowler Shaheen Afridi.
Shaheen Afridi will remain out of the team!
According to reports, Pakistan’s star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi will not be seen playing in the first two matches of the upcoming T20 series against New Zealand on home soil. According to the policy of Pakistan Cricket Board, Shaheen may be given rest to prevent players from getting injured and to manage the workload of fast bowlers. However, he can be played in the last 3 matches of the series.
Recently captaincy was snatched from Shaheen
After the ODI World Cup 2023, Pakistani team captain Babar Azam left the captaincy of all three formats. After this, Shan Masood was made the captain of Test and Shaheen Afridi was made the captain of T20 format. But Shaheen Afridi got a chance to captain the Pakistan team only in one series. In this series, the Pakistani team could not perform well under the captaincy of Afridi. Shaheen Afridi captained the 5 T20 match series on the New Zealand tour. In this series, Pakistan could win only one match and had to face defeat in 4 matches. In such a situation, after removing Shaheen Afridi, Babar has once again been given the command of the white ball team.
Pakistan team for T20 series-
Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Aamir, Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saeem Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir, Usman Khan And Zaman Khan.
read this also
Master stroke of this team before T20 World Cup 2024, made Pakistan’s veteran bowling coach
IPL 2024: Big news for Gujarat Titans, this star player can play against Delhi
Latest Cricket News