Here’s the Pakistan Shaheens Squad for Sri Lanka Tour

Left-handed top-order batter Saud Shakeel will captain future Pakistan hopefuls on the tour of Sri Lanka, which will comprise two four-day fixtures and three 50-over matches in Kandy and Colombo from 28 October to 14 November.

Saud played in three One-Day Internationals against England earlier this summer, while other internationals named in the 19-player squad include Abdullah Shafique (T20I), Arshad Iqbal (T20I), Haider Ali (ODI, T20I), Naseem Shah (Test), Usman Salahuddin (Test and ODI) and Zahid Mahmood (T20I).

To maintain consistency in selection, the selectors have also retained players who have recently been part of the national side but have been unable to break into the playing line-up. These include Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha and Mohammad Haris.

With an eye on next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2022 in the West Indies, the selectors have included in the squad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s teenage wicketkeeper Salman Khan and top-order batter Qasim Akram of Central Punjab.

Here’s the four-day squad:

Saud Shakeel (c)	Haider Ali (vc)	Abdullah Shafique	Abrar Ahmed
Ahmed Safi Abdullah	Arshad Iqbal	Irfanullah Shah	Kamran Ghulam
Khurram Shahzad	Mohammad Haris	Naseem Shah	Omair Bin Yousuf
Qasim Akram	Salman Ali Agha	Salman Khan	Usman Salahuddin
Zahid Mehmood

Here’s the 50-over squad:

Saud Shakeel (c)	Haider Ali (vc)	Abdullah Shafique	Abrar Ahmed
Abbas Afridi	Arshad Iqbal	Irfanullah Shah	Kamran Ghulam
Khurram Shahzad	Mohammad Haris	Naseem Shah	Akif Javed
Qasim Akram	Salman Ali Agha	Salman Khan	Zahid Mehmood

Player Support Personnel: Ijaz Ahmed (head coach and team manager), Rao Iftikhar (Assistant coach), Mohtashim Rashid (fielding coach), Mohammad Javed (trainer), Faisal Rai (analyst) and Hafiz Naeem (physiotherapist).

Tour schedule:

Date	Fixture	Venue
28-31 October	1st four-day match	Kandy
4-7 November	2nd four-day match	Kandy
10 November	1st 50-over match	Colombo
12 November	2nd 50-over match	Colombo
14 November	3rd 50-over match	Colombo