Lahore: Mohammad Haris has been entrusted with the leadership of the Pakistan Shaheens white ball team for the tour of Australia, while Usman Khan has joined the squad without playing domestic cricket.
Mohammad Haris last led the Pakistan Shaheens in the ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup 2023 held in Colombo, where the team defeated India by 128 runs to defend the title. Pakistan Shaheens are already in Darwin where they have to play 2 four-day matches against Bangladesh ‘A’.
Shaheens will take on Northern Territory (NT) and Bangladesh A in a 50-over match.
The team will also take part in the T20 series scheduled from August 9, in which the other participating teams are ACT Comets, Bangladesh A, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Northern Territory Strike, Adelaide Strikers and Tasmania, last year’s finalist. I was defeated by NT Strike by 46 runs while Shaheens defeated Papua New Guinea by 224 runs and Northern Strike by 84 runs in ODIs.
7 changes have been made from the red ball side for the white ball matches. Abdul Faseeh, Arafat Minhas, Arif Yaqub, Jehandad Khan, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Imran Jr. and Usman Khan have been included in the squad in place of Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mehran Mumtaz, Muhammad Ali, Mubasar Khan, Tayyab Tahir and Umar Amin. .
It should be remembered that PCB has announced not to make any cricketer a part of the national squads without playing domestic cricket, however, Usman Khan, who participated in the PSL as a foreign player, was included in the Shaheens.
The squad includes Muhammad Haris (captain), Abdul Faseeh, Arafat Minhas, Arif Yaqub, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah (wicket keeper), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Jahandad Khan, Kashif Ali, Muhammad Harira, Muhammad Imran Jr., Umeer bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Shahnawaz Dhani and Usman Khan are included.
