Pakistan Name 16-Member Squad for Australia T20Is at Gaddafi Stadium

The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a 16-member squad for the three-match T20I series against Australia. The matches will be played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 29 January, 31 January, and 1 February. All matches will start at 4:30 PM IST. Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi have returned to the T20I squad after missing the three-match away series against Sri Lanka in January.

Babar and Shaheen Return as Pakistan Name Squad for Australia T20Is

Shadab Khan will look to continue his comeback from the last T20I series and will be part of a strong spin attack with Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, and Usman Tariq. Pakistan squad and player support personnel are expected to convene in Lahore on Saturday, 24 January and will begin their preparations for the series the following day. Australia are set to arrive in Pakistan on Wednesday, 28 February and will play just their second series in the format on Pakistan soil after a solitary T20I in April 2022 at Gaddafi Stadium.

Pakistan Squad: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk) and Usman Tariq

PAK VS AUS Schedule:

Match	Day	Date	Time (IST)
1st T20I	Thursday	29th January	4:30 PM
2nd T20I	Saturday	31st January	4:30 PM
3rd T20I	Sunday	1st February	4:30 PM