Pakistan announced squad for second Test against England

The Pakistan men’s cricket team selection committee has announced the squad for the upcoming second Test match against England in Multan.

Kamran Ghulam, Zahir Mehmood, Nauman Ali, and Sajid Khan are on the team. Yesterday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi have been dropped from the team. Spinner Abarar Ahmed is also not included in the squad due to a fever.

National cricket team Assistant Coach Azhar Mehmood said that Babar was willing to play the remaining matches of the series while we decided to give him some rest.

National cricketer Fakhar Zaman and former English Captain Michael Vaughan have criticized the PCB’s decision to drop Babar for the remaining matches against England.

Pakistan playing XI:

Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (Captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Muhammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Zahid Mehmood, Sajid Khan, Nauman Ali.

England playing XI:

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir

Pakistan will play their second Test match against England on October 15 in Multan Cricket Stadium.

Background of first Test match:

Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings thanks to the centuries of Shaan Masood, Abdullah Shafiq and Salman Ali Agha.

In reply, England scored 823 runs on seven wickets thanks to Harry Brook’s triple century and Joe Root’s double century in the first innings.

Harry Brook scored 317 runs, while Joe Root scored 262 runs. This was the highest total against Pakistan in Test history.

On the fourth day,  Pakistan showed a very disappointing performance in the second innings, and six players returned to the pavilion for only 82 runs. Pakistan started their second incomplete innings on the fifth day with 152 runs for six out. Salman Ali Agha was at the wicket with 41 runs, and Aamir Jamal with 27 runs.

Pakistan’s whole team returned to the pavilion with a total of 220 runs, and England won this match by 47 runs and an inning.