{"id":96723,"date":"2025-01-11T15:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T15:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=96723"},"modified":"2025-01-11T15:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T15:07:19","slug":"pakistans-15-player-squad-announced-for-west-indies-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/96723\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s 15-player squad announced for West Indies Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Times)- LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday announced a 15-player squad for the two ICC World Test Championship Tests against the West Indies, scheduled to be played in Multan from January 17-21 and January\u00a025-29. The squad features seven changes from the 15-member Test team that toured South Africa.\u00a0 The retained players are Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Rizwan, Noman Ali, and Salman Ali Agha. To strengthen the spin department, off-spinner Sajid Khan and mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed have been recalled to partner with left-arm spinner Noman Ali.\u00a0 Moreover, openers Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Huraira have also been brought back, replacing the injured Saim Ayub and the out-of-form Abdullah Shafique. As part of workload management, the pace quartet of Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Abbas, Mir Hamza, and Naseem Shah has been rested. In their place, the selectors have retained Khurram Shahzad, recalled Mohammad Ali and included uncapped Kashif Ali. In the absence of wicketkeeper-batter Haseebullah, who sustained a split in his right-hand webbing during the Cape Town Test, former Pakistan U19 and Shaheens captain Rohail Nazir has been added to the squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pakistan squad:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Kashif Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper\/batter), Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir (wicketkeeper\/batter), Sajid Khan, and Salman Ali Agha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday announced a 15-player squad for the two ICC World Test Championship Tests against the West Indies, scheduled to be played in Multan from January 17-21 and January\u00a025-29. 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