Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah will return to red-ball cricket after 13 months with selection in the 17 player squad for this month’s home Test series against Bangladesh.
Rawalpindi will host the first match from August 21 with the second Test to be played at Karachi from August 30.
Shan Masood will captain Pakistan while middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel has been named vice-captain in place of Shaheen Shah Afridi.
The selectors have also recalled fast bowler Mohammad Ali, who last played against England in 2022, while uncapped batsmen Mohammad Hurraira and Ghulam Ali have been rewarded for outstanding performances in domestic cricket.
Opening batter Imam-ul-Haq, allrounder Faheem Ashraf, left-arm spinners Mohammad Nawaz and Noman Ali and offspinner Sajid Khan, who toured Australia earlier this year, were dropped while fast bowlers Mohammad Wasim and Hasan Ali were not considered due to injuries.
Pakistan squad: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel, Aamir Jamal (subject to fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
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