Pakistan retain 15-member squad for T20I series against New Zealand

E-Paper | April 27, 2026

Top-ranked Pakistan have retained the same 15-member squad that swept Australia 3-0 for the upcoming three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand.

The series begins in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Wednesday with Dubai hosting the subsequent games Friday and Sunday.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement on Monday that the selection committee, headed by Inzamam-ul-Haq, consulted captain Sarfraz Ahmed and coach Mickey Arthur before retaining the same squad.

Under Sarfraz's leadership, Pakistan has won 10 consecutive Twenty20 series beginning with the 1-0 win over England in 2016.

Uncapped left-arm fast bowler Waqas Masood is yet to make his international debut. He was the only player in the squad not to get a start against Australia.

Pakistan squad:

Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Khan, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Waqas Maqsood, Faheem Ashraf

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Salman

Oct 29, 2018 02:12pm

Perfect squad less the captain .He behaves unlike a captain

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Oct 29, 2018 02:15pm

Well done green-shirts. Keep it up and hang on tough.

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Harris

Oct 29, 2018 02:15pm

Good, no need to change. But where is Junaid Khan? This is the only anomaly. He is the best bowler.

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Afridi

Oct 29, 2018 02:18pm

Whee is Irshad, the 22 year old, currently the fastest bowler in Pakistan , who played for Lahore Qalalndars in PSL early this year

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BAXAR

Oct 29, 2018 02:37pm

@Salman "He behaves unlike a captain" And it works.

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Asad

Oct 29, 2018 02:43pm

Pakistanis are proud of Sarfaraz, best captain in history of Pakistan

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Waseem Sarwar

Oct 29, 2018 02:45pm

@Afridi , couldn't get a game for Qalandars so how do you expect him to play for Pakistan? Needs to perform in domestic, get wickets in PSL4 and then we can talk about him in Pakistan national side.

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wow

Oct 29, 2018 03:10pm

@Salman Shafraz has given Pakistan more success then many others. T20 success is unbeatable by any current International team or current captains around the world. So weather you like or not, Shafraz ways are actually working at currently 100% in T20. In ODI he has 50%-50% ratio and in tests his team is climbing the ranking. Why complain when you are winning? Get a life please.

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Sami

Oct 29, 2018 04:15pm

@Harris I agree. Junaid Khan is the best fast bowler in Asia, and they are playing with his career. He takes wickets in Dubai for fun.

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Afridi

Oct 29, 2018 10:20pm

When I asked where is Irshad, the 22 y.o., currently the fastest bowler in Pakistan? I had meant to ask that I do not even see his name in any of the domestic cricket teams that are currently playing. Is he injured, is he overseas, playing club cricket in Australia like he did last year? He was pretty impressive and really fast at 145-150 kph and yet is only 22 y.o.

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Manjurul Chowdhry BANGLADESH

Oct 29, 2018 11:04pm

Asif and Talat are no good or haven't proven themselves yet. NZ is much tougher opposition.

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Syed Hassan

Oct 30, 2018 12:06am

You are wasting greatest pacer Junaid khan.... unexpected decisions by selection committee... :/

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wsyed

Oct 30, 2018 01:35am

@Salman Agreed, incompetent with no self respect.

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jatt

Oct 30, 2018 04:59am

@Asad yeah much better than Imran Khan...who just won 50 % of tests he captained.... Javed Miandad was also great captain

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jatt

Oct 30, 2018 05:00am

@wow Sarfaraz much better captain than Imran Khan ever was

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Oct 30, 2018 07:33am

Our team should defeat New Zealand on there home ground. Winning on flat UAE tracks is no big deal.

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Shib

Oct 30, 2018 11:36am

@Salman yet he is getting the victories.,Does not he....looks have personal issue.....

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