LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced squad for T-20 matches to begin from November 13. The veteran all-rounders Shoaib Malik and Abdul Razzaq have been recalled back into the team.
The ‘Green Shirts’ have decided to go for experience as they recall hard-hitting all-rounders Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Malik against the Proteas in two T20 matches in UAE. Malik played a solitary T20 match while touring South Africa and also featured in the Champions Trophy. He was left out of the squad during tour to West Indies and Zimbabwe.
On the other hand, 33 year old Abdul Razzaq has been out of the side since T20 World Cup 2012 in Sri Lanka. He had his differences with T20 captain Muhammad Hafeez and was fine Rs. 1 lac besides being dropped from the squad.
Squad: Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal (wk), Umar Amin, Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Abdul Razzaq, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik and Abdul Rehman.
The two matches of T20 between South Africa and Pakistan will take place on 13th and 15th of November.
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