Pakistan has announced the Test team against New Zealand

The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the Test team against New Zealand. Babar Azam and Imamul Haq will not be available for the first five-day match due to injuries. The first test match between the two teams will be played on December 26. Opening batsman Imran Butt has been included in the 17-member Test squad and it is his…

Babar Azam and Imamul Haq will not be able to play the first test due to thumb injuries, but the decision to join the second test will also be taken at the appropriate time.

Mohammad Rizwan will captain the team in the first Test against New Zealand. Other players include Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Shan Masood, Fawad Alam, Sohail Khan, Yasir Shah, Muhammad Abbas, Imran Butt, Haris Sohail, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Faheem Ashraf, Babar Azam and Imamul Haq. Included.

Misbah-ul-Haq has said that even though two weeks have passed since Babar Azam’s injury before the first Test, his return to the team without practice is a tough decision.

He expressed confidence in the other players of the team and said that they will put the defeat behind them and try to show better performance in the T20 series.

Two Test matches will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand. The first test will be played from December 26 to 30 and the second test from January 3 to January 7.

The national team has been badly defeated in the three-match T20 series against New Zealand. There have been two matches of the series in which the host team won. The third and final match of the series will be played on 22 December 2020.