Lahore: Several senior members of Pakistan's unsuccessful T20 World Cup campaign, including captain Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi, could be rested for the home Test series against Bangladesh in August.
Sources said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to finalize plans for the Bangladesh series with the Test captain, Shan Masood, who is captaining county team Yorkshire in England, and the new red-ball head coach, Australian Jason Gillespie. Is in touch.
Pakistan was eliminated after losing its Group A league matches to newcomers USA and arch-rivals India.
A source said, "One of the proposals being considered is to rest some senior players like Babar, Shaheen, Rizwan etc and instead try players who are uncapped or have just played. Have played some international matches for Pakistan."
"But, no final decision has been taken as ultimately Masood and Gillespie will have the final say on team selection, as the number of national selectors may also be reduced in the next few weeks and the PCB may revert to the old system.of the selection process,” he said.
The source said the PCB will also seek advice from Gillespie and white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten on plans for the ICC Champions Trophy in February-March next year.
Before the mega-event, Pakistan will host Bangladesh and England for five Test matches. They will then tour Australia for a white-ball series before heading to South Africa for a Test and white-ball series.
Pakistan will return home to host South Africa and New Zealand in a 50-over tri-series before the Champions Trophy in January.Following the ICC event, Pakistan will host West Indies for two Tests and white-ball matches before the Pakistan Super League.
"The main thing is to finalize the workload system chart for the players in terms of their availability for the Pakistan team during this period and their contracts in the franchise-based leagues," the source said.
He said, "The next few weeks will be very important and interesting in Pakistan cricket as it appears that the PCB is also waiting for Babar Azam to take a decision on the captaincy himself before they can discuss the future white-ball captain "
The PCB has already asked Kirsten to give a detailed report on the team culture, personal behavior of the players, their attitude and skill level and what changes can be made in ODI and T20 cricket.or AM AM
forenoon
Sources said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to finalize plans for the Bangladesh series with the Test captain, Shan Masood, who is captaining county team Yorkshire in England, and the new red-ball head coach, Australian Jason Gillespie. Is in touch.
Pakistan was eliminated after losing its Group A league matches to newcomers USA and arch-rivals India.
A source said, "One of the proposals being considered is to rest some senior players like Babar, Shaheen, Rizwan etc and instead try players who are uncapped or have just played. Have played some international matches for Pakistan."
"But, no final decision has been taken as ultimately Masood and Gillespie will have the final say on team selection, as the number of national selectors may also be reduced in the next few weeks and the PCB may revert to the old system.of the selection process,” he said.
The source said the PCB will also seek advice from Gillespie and white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten on plans for the ICC Champions Trophy in February-March next year.
Before the mega-event, Pakistan will host Bangladesh and England for five Test matches. They will then tour Australia for a white-ball series before heading to South Africa for a Test and white-ball series.
Pakistan will return home to host South Africa and New Zealand in a 50-over tri-series before the Champions Trophy in January.Following the ICC event, Pakistan will host West Indies for two Tests and white-ball matches before the Pakistan Super League.
"The main thing is to finalize the workload system chart for the players in terms of their availability for the Pakistan team during this period and their contracts in the franchise-based leagues," the source said.
He said, "The next few weeks will be very important and interesting in Pakistan cricket as it appears that the PCB is also waiting for Babar Azam to take a decision on the captaincy himself before they can discuss the future white-ball captain "
The PCB has already asked Kirsten to give a detailed report on the team culture, personal behavior of the players, their attitude and skill level and what changes can be made in ODI and T20 cricket.or AM AM
forenoon
