LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 27, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi
were named on Sunday in Pakistan's squads for the November limited-overs
series in Australia after being dropped from the last two Tests against
England.

However, selectors said the duo will be rested for the limited-overs matches
in the Zimbabwe tour later next month.

A new captain for Pakistan's white-ball format will also be announced later
on Sunday to replace Azam, who stepped back this month after a second turn in
the post.

Pakistan open the Australia tour with three one-day internationals in
Melbourne (November 4), Adelaide (November 8) and Perth (November 10).

That will be followed by three Twenty20 internationals in Brisbane (November
14), Sydney (November 16) and Hobart (November 18).

Allrounders Aamer Jamal and Arafat Minhas, spinner Faisal Akram, wicketkeeper
batsman Haseebullah and batsmen Irfan Khan and Saim Ayub have been selected
for the first time in ODIs.

Likewise, allrounders Jahandad Khan and Salman Agha have been selected for
the first time in T20Is.

Azam, appointed white-ball captain for the first time in 2019, stepped down
after Pakistan's disastrous first-round exit from the ODI World Cup in India
last year.

However, he was re-appointed for a second time in March ahead of the T20I
World Cup in the United States and West Indies -- where Pakistan exited in
the first round again, adding pressure on him to resign.

Squads for Australia:

ODI SQUAD: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal
Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad
Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi

T20I SQUAD: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad
Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin
Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim,
Usman Khan

Squads for Zimbabwe:

ODI: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal
Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad
Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir

T20I: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan,
Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram,
Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan