Former captains Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi have returned to Pakistan’s Twenty20 squad for the three-match residence collection towards Australia beginning on Thursday, its remaining bilateral fixtures earlier than subsequent month’s 20-over World Cup.
Azam missed the three-match collection towards Sri Lanka as he was enjoying in Australia’s home Large Bash League (BBL). The 31-year-old ended his BBL marketing campaign prematurely to be a part of the nationwide camp.
Afridi had suffered a knee harm whereas enjoying within the BBL final month.
Pakistan will play three matches towards Australia in Lahore till February 1. The 2009 champion will start its Group A marketing campaign within the T20 World Cup in Colombo towards Netherlands on February 7.
PAKISTAN SQUAD
Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan and Usman Tariq.
Printed on Jan 23, 2026