Babar Azam among three Pakistan players likely to be rested for Bangladesh Tests

Pakistan's Test captain, Shan Masood (left) and Pakistan's white-ball captain, Babar Azam (right) - AFPCaptain Shan Masood, head coach Jason Gillespie and the selection committee have begun discussions related to Pakistan’s squad for the Test series against Bangladesh in August, sources revealed on Wednesday.It is possible that the current white-ball skipper Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi will be rested for the Test matches against Bangladesh whereas Haris Rauf’s inclusion in the squad is not even being considered. Saud Shakeel, Abdullah Shafique, Salman Ali Agha and former skipper and wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed are being considered for the final squad. As for the fast bowling department, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mir Hamza, Khurram Shahzad and Aamir Jamal are under consideration for selection. Pakistan will host Bangladesh in August for a two-Test series and this series will be the first time since 2019-2020 that Pakistan will host the nation. The series will form a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025.This series will be Gillespie’s first assignment as head coach of the Pakistan Test team after his appointment in April and Masood’s second assignment after his appointment later last year. He first led the side against Australia in a three-Test series which Pakistan lost by 3-0 in Australia. Masood is currently representing and captaining the Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the County Championship. Pakistan were knocked out of the ongoing T20 World Cup in the initial group stage, whereas Bangladesh have qualified for the Super 8.  Syed Yahya Hussaini Babar Azam Comments Submit Raza Butt commented 7 months agoThis will be disastrous for Pak cricket. Reply Syed Muhammad commented 7 months agoThis is very good news these three players are restricted for upcoming series hopefully Pakistan will response good in fresh squad,best of luck all team members Reply Raheel commented 7 months agoThey should only be playing red ball cricket. That's what they all want,shorter format less effort more money. Reply Inaam commented 7 months agoSenseless decision Reply Faz Siddiqui commented 7 months agoIf this will be done then it becomes the excellent move as they had created monopoly in team and constantly failing till date. Reply Tafakhar hasnain commented 7 months agoBabar should play as a player if not as a captain. He is world class batter. Reply مضمون کا ماخذ:میگا ملینز کی پیشن گوئی