For this reason Shaheen was removed from the post of vice-captain, know who is the new deputy, see Pakistan team for Bangladesh tour

Karachi: Shaheen Afridi was removed from vice-captaincy: Pakistan has announced a 17-member squad led by Shan Masood for the two-match home Test series against Bangladesh. Batsmen Kamran Ghulam and Mohammad Huraira, who have performed well for domestic cricket and Pakistan Shaheen, are the new faces in the team, while Imam-ul-Haq, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Noman Ali and Sajid Khan have been dropped from the team. The names of injured fast bowlers Hasan Ali and Mohammad Hasan Jr. were not discussed.

Naseem Shah returns after 14 months

Fast bowler Naseem Shah, who is recovering from injury, has returned to Test cricket after 13 months. Middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel has been made the vice-captain of the team and will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi. Pakistan has to play a total of nine Tests, 17 ODIs and 14 T20s between August 2024 and April 2025, keeping this decision in mind so that the workload of fast bowler Afridi can be managed.

Kamran Ghulam got the reward for this performance

Kamran Ghulam, who has performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, has got a place in the team. Ghulam had scored 1025 runs in 11 first-class matches in the 2023-24 domestic season. Apart from this, while playing for Pakistan Shaheen, he also scored an unbeaten century against Bangladesh A. He also came to the Test team in the home Test series against New Zealand in 2022-23, but did not get a chance then.

first test from 21st

At the same time, Huraira had recently scored a double century against Bangladesh A. He has scored 1024 and 961 runs in the last two first-class domestic seasons respectively. He was also a member of the Pakistani Test team against Sri Lanka in July 2023, but he did not get a chance. Fast bowler Mohammad Ali has played two Test matches against England in 2022 and has returned. He took 47 wickets in 14 first-class matches this year and took a total of nine wickets in the match with six wickets in the innings against Bangladesh. The first match of this series will start on 21st August in Rawalpindi. The second match will be held in Karachi from 30 August to 3 September.

Pakistan: Shan Masood (Captain), Saud Shakeel (Vice-Captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub. , Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi