Pakistan cricket team test squad departs for Sri Lanka to play test series

KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team Test squad on Saturday evening departed for Sri Lanka to play a two-match test series.

The team departed from Jinnah Airport to Dubai and onwards to Colombo for upcoming Test Series against Sri Lanka. This is Pakistan’s first assignment in the third cycle of the ICC World Test Championship.

The first match is scheduled to take place on July 16 at Galle International Cricket Stadium while the second Test will be held at Singhalese Sports Club in Colombo from July 24 to 28. The test team has been engaged in the pre-series training camp at the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre in from July 04.

Pakistan, ranked sixth in the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings, previously toured Sri Lanka in July 2022 with the two-Test series drawn 1-1. Pakistan played their last Test series against New Zealand at home from December 26, 2022 to January 6, 2023 with both matches drawn. The team will play the warm-up game on July 11 and 12 and July 16-20.

Pakistan squad: 

Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (vc & wk), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood