Mohammad Hafeez replaced Misbah-ul-Haq as Pakistan's T20 captain as Pakistani selectors rang the changes on the squad in all three formats. In the press confrence at the Ghadaffi Stadium, Misbah announced his retirement from the shortest format. Pakistan are due to Tour Sri Lanka starting 1st June.
There were recalls for Mohammad Sami in all three formats. Fellow Karachi player Faisal Iqbal also recieved a Test recall. Umar Akmal made way for Ayub Dogar and Afaq Raheem.
The ODI squad saw Misbah retained as skipper as Imran Farhat came back into the squad. Rahat Ali and Sialkot Stallions' Haris Sohail were the new faces included.
Test squad: Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Azhar Ali., Misbah, Younis Khan, Adnan Akmal, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Sami, Asad Shafiq, Faisal Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Ayub Dogar, Aizaz Cheema and Afaq Raheem.
New captain, Hafeez, will have a new look Pakistan team to work with. With a mere 5 games before the T20 World Cup he has little time to get the team into shape. Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shahzad, Yasir Arafat and Sohail Tanvir saw comebacks into the shortest form. Haris Sohail along with his Stallions team-mates Raza Hasan and Shakeel Ansar were new faces in a new look set-up.
One day squad: Misbah, Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Rahat Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Sami, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Haris Sohail and Imran Farhat.
T20I squad: Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shahzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Shakeel Ansar, Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat,Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Sami, Hammad Azam, Nasir Jamshed.
Hafeez new T20 skipper as Pakistan name new faces
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