ISLAMABAD - Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Muhammad Haris has been appointed as the captain of Pakistan Shaheens for the limited-overs matches to be held in Darwin. In this tour from August 4 to 18, Pakistan Shaheens will also participate in two fifty-over matches and a top-end T20 series of nine teams.
Mohammad Haris last captained the Pakistan Shaheens in the ACC Men's Emerging Asia Cup 2023 held in Colombo, in which the Pakistan Shaheens successfully defended the title by defeating India by 128 runs in the final. Pakistan Shaheens 9 It will also take part in the T20 series starting in August, in which the other participating teams are ACT Comets, Bangladesh A, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Northern Territory Strike, Adelaide Strikers, and Tasmania.
Pakistan Shaheens will participate in the T20 series in Darwin for the second consecutive year. Last year, they were beaten by NT Strike by 46 runs in the final while Pakistan Shaheens beat Papua New Guinea by 224 runs and Northern Strike by 84 runs in ODIs. Seven changes were made to the red ball side for the white ball matches.
Abdul Faseeh, Arafat Minhas, Arif Yaqub, Jahandad Khan, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Imran Jr., and Usman Khan have been included in the team in place of Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shehzad, Mehran Mumtaz, Muhammad Ali, Mubasar Khan, Tayyab Tahir and Umar Amin.
The squad consists of these players. Muhammad Haris (captain), Abdul Faseeh, Arafat Minhas, Arif Yaqoob, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Jahandad Khan, Kashif Ali, Muhammad Harira, Muhammad Imran Jr., Umeer Bin Yusuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Shahnawaz Dhani and Usman. Khan included. The player support staff includes Abdul Rehman (Head Coach), Muhammad Masroor (Assistant Coach/Manager), Muhammad Asad (Physiotherapist), Imranullah (Trainer) and Usman Hashmi (Analyst).
The schedule of white-ball matches has also been released, according to which a 50-over match against Northern Territory (NT) from August 4, a 50-over match against Bangladesh A on August 6, a 50-over match against Perth Scorchers on August 10 (Top End T20 series), August 11 against Melbourne Stars (Top&T20 series), August 13 against Tasmania (Top&T20 series), August 15 against Melbourne Renegades (Top&T20 series), August 16 against Bangladesh A ( Top&T20 Series) and against ACT Comets (Top&T20 Series) on August 17
