ICC Champions Trophy, IND vs PAK: Pakistan's Babar Azam leaves the field after losing his wicket | Photo: AP/Altaf Qadri ICC Champions Trophy, IND vs PAK: Pakistan's Babar Azam leaves the field after losing his wicket | Photo: AP/Altaf Qadri

The Pakistan Cricket Board has just announced the squads for the New Zealand tour79bet, with captain Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam left out of the T20I series. (More Cricket News)

Salman Ali Agha has taken over as captain of Pakistan’s T20 squad, replacing Muhammad Rizwan, while all-rounder Shadab Khan has been recalled and appointed vice-captain.

Despite Pakistan’s disappointing Champions Trophy campaign, Rizwan remains in charge of the ODI squad. The selectors have opted against a major overhaul, retaining most of the players who underperformed in the ongoing ICC event.

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Babar has been retained in Pakistan’s ODI squad, but batters Saud Shakeel and Kamran Ghulam have been dropped. Fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf have also been sidelined from the one-day squad.

Pakistan are set to play five T20Is and three ODIs in New Zealand, starting March 16. However, they will be without explosive opener Saim Ayub, who is still recovering from an ankle injury. Fakhar Zaman has also been ruled out after sustaining an injury in the opening match of the Champions Trophy.

Fakhar had only recently made his comeback in the three-nation tournament last month, while Saim picked up his injury while fielding during the Test series in South Africa earlier this year.

Pakistan Squads:

ODI: Muhammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (VC), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam Faheem Ashraf, Imam ul Haq, Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Ali,7jogos cassino Muhammad Wasim junior, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah Sufyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir.

Guilty of throwing away matches from advantageous positions for too many times, Srikanth, who is now being coached by Parupalli Kashyap, finally seemed to have a hit a bit of form as he dished out a near flawless performance to outclass Lee.

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T20: Salman Ali Agha (captain)79bet, Shadab Khan (VC), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Jahandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Muqeem, Usman Khan.