Lahore, Pakistan Cricket Board has declared the national team to play 2 Twenty20 match series against Zimbabwe. According to the media reports, Shahid Khan Afridi will be captain of national team in the T20 series and Sarfaraz Ahmed will be the vice captain. In the national team, Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik are also included in the team and Muhammad Sami becomes the part of the national team in the T20 squad, who came in the team after five years.
The selectors also included the successful player of Sialkot Stallion opening batsman, Noman Anwer. The series is going to be started against the guest team from 22 May and other players like Ahmed Shahzad, Wahab Riaz, Anwar Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Hammad Azam, Bilawal Bhatti and Mukhtar Ahmed are also selected in the squad.
Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul and Sohail Tanveer are not selected in the national team. The first T20 match between Zimbabwe and Pakistan will be played on 22 May while second T20 match will be played on 24 May 2015. It is expected that huge number of spectators will come to watch these matches and they will enjoy and encourage the guest team.
Pakistan T20 Squad: Shahid Afridi (capt), Sarfraz Ahmed (vc), Mukhtar Ahmed, Nauman Anwar, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan, Anwar Ali, Hammad Azam, Imad Wasim, Bilawal Bhatti, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Sami, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez