Hours after being named because the interim chief selector by the Pakistan Cricket Board, Shahid Afridi on Saturday added three bowlers to the nationwide squad for the two-match house Test collection towards New Zealand, starting in Karachi on Monday. The PCB stated Afridi, after talking to captain Babar Azam, added pacers Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani and off-spinner Sajid Khan to the squad.

The Board stated the choice so as to add the three bowlers was made following a gathering of the interim choice committee, which was chaired by Afridi. Captain Babar Azam joined the assembly.

Afridi stated the selectors had an excellent dialogue on the squad and agreed there was a must strengthen the bowling division to offer the workforce one of the best probability of taking 20 wickets in a match just about.

“As such, and taking into consideration recent form and performances, we have added fast bowlers Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani, and off-spinner Sajid Khan,” Adridi stated.

“I am confident the inclusion of three additional bowling resources will give Babar Azam more options to field the best available squad for the first Test.” While Hamza and Sajid have performed in Tests, Dahani has represented Pakistan in white-ball codecs.

Earlier within the day, former captain Afridi was named the interim chief selector of the Pakistan males’s nationwide workforce.

The interim committee of selectors included former gamers Abdul Razzaq, Rao Ifthikar Ahmed, and Haroon Rasheed.

Both Afridi and Haroon are members of the cricket administration committee of the PCB, headed by Najam Sethi, appointed to run the affairs of the sport within the nation for the subsequent 4 months.

Pakistan Test squad: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood and Zahid Mehmood.

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