All-rounder Sohail Tanvir will lead Pakistan’s A team against Afghanistan. Afghanistan is set to become the first international team to tour Pakistan since March 2009. The Afghan side will play three one-day matches against Pakistan A. Sohail Tanvir was named in the Pakistan team for last year’s tour of New Zealand but had to withdraw after suffering an injury.
Afghanistan, coached by former Pakistan captain and wicket-keeper Rashid Latif, have taken rapid strides at international level in the last two years. They won one-day status in 2009 and then qualified for the World Twenty20 before winning the International Cricket Council (ICC) Inter-Continental Cup. The first two matches of the Afghan tour will be played in Faisalabad (May 25) and Rawalpindi (May 27) and the final fixture will be played on May 29 in Abbottabad.
Pakistan Squad:
Sohail Tanvir (captain), Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Sharjeel Khan, Umer Amin, Naveed Yasin, Usman Salahuddin, Rameez Raja, Mansoor Amjad, Sarfraz Ahmed, Zulfiqar Babar, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Talha and Sadaf Hussain.