LAHORE: No plans of changing the captain as Green Shirts squad for South African tour announced. Afridi, Razzaq and Malik retained in the squad. The T20 squad will be led by Muhammad Hafeez.
Green shirts will play Proteas in their home soil under the leadership of Misbah-ul-Haq. The recent defeat in Arab soil caused a lot of criticism on his captaincy.
The squad includes: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain ODI), Mohammad Hafeez (Captain T20), Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal (wk), Umar Amin, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Anwar Ali, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Nasir Jamshed, Asad Shafiq, Bilawal Bhatti.
On the other hand, seven foot tall fast bowler Muhammad Irfan has been dropped from the squad due to injury.
Schedule of the series:
First T20: Nov 20 (Johannesburg).
Second T20: Nov 22 (Cape Town)
First ODI: Nov 24 (Cape Town)
Second ODI: Nov 27 (Port Elizabeth)
Third ODI: Nov 30 (Centurion)
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