Faheem Ashraf in, Shan Masood out as Pakistan identify 18 for Asia Cup and Afghanistan ODIs
Shan Masood, who was appointed ODI vice-captain in January this yr, has been ignored of the 18-man Pakistan squads for the upcoming collection towards Afghanistan in Sri Lanka in addition to the Asia Cup, whereas Faheem Ashraf has been recalled. Those had been the important thing modifications in a largely unchanged squad, the primary picked by the brand new chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, with Haris Sohail and Ihsanullah the one absentees from the group that took on New Zealand in May.
“Preference has been given to Faheem Ashraf, since the squad doesn’t have another allrounder,” Inzamam mentioned at a press convention after asserting the squad. “If you look at PSL and other tournaments, we need an allrounder, he is a fast-bowling allrounder, which we need at the World Cup.”
On Masood, Inzamam mentioned, “Shan has performed very well. Unfortunately, his performances have gone down. We have a list of 20-21 players, and Shan is part of that. But Saud Shakeel and a couple of other players were impressive recently, so we have to leave out Shan. But he is a part of our plans.”
Pakistan ODI squad: Babar Azam (capt), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Haris, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim