1st Check: Pakistan announce 12-man squad

Right here is the squad, led by skipper Babar Azam:

Babar Azam – Captain
Mohammad Rizwan – Vice captain (wicketkeeper)
Abdullah Shafique
Abid Ali
Azhar Ali
Faheem Ashraf
Fawad Alam
Hasan Ali
Imam-ul-Haq
Nauman Ali
Sajid Khan
Shaheen Shah Afridi
“Our workforce is spectacular and this time round, will make a very good impression within the Check Championship,” mentioned skipper Babar Azam throughout a press convention right this moment.

Azam acknowledged that the workforce had had much less time to regulate to Check cricket after months of taking part in T20 matches.

The Pakistani skipper mentioned his workforce was not taking Bangladesh flippantly. “Circumstances listed here are totally different [than Pakistan is used to] therefore we can’t take Bangladesh flippantly,” he mentioned. “These situations are a bit troublesome and batters have to stay round on the crease to get settled.”

Babar Azam mentioned the Males in Inexperienced should play with focus and persistence to do effectively within the collection.

The 2 sides will observe up the primary Check match with one other on Saturday, December 4 on the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Mirpur, Dhaka.

Pakistan will likely be brimming with confidence once they take the sector tomorrow in opposition to Bangladesh. The guests accomplished a 3-0 whitewash over the hosts final week, successful the third and final T20 match of the collection in thrilling vogue.