Pakistan have recalled middle-order batter Haris Sohail and opening batter Fakhar Zaman for their three ODIs against New Zealand next week. The 16-man squad also includes maiden call-ups for 29-year-old middle-order batter Tayyab Tahir, legspinner Usama Mir, and middle-order batter Kamran Ghulam. Shadab Khan misses out due to injury.
Tahir was recently the Player of the Match when he scored 71 in the Pakistan Cup final for Central Punjab against Balochistan. He was also the leading scorer in the one-day tournament with a tally of 573 runs from 12 innings at an average of nearly 48 and strike rate of nearly 100, one century and five half-centuries.
Ghulam was fourth on the list of scorers in the Pakistan Cup with 435 runs from just six innings, while averaging 145 and striking at 101.16.
Pakistan ODI squad for New Zealand series: Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Salman Agha, Shahnawaz Dani, Shan Masood, Tayyab Tahir, Usama Mir
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo