South Africa tour: National squads announced, Abbas returns, Shaheen out, Fakhar again ignored
The national squads for the tour of South Africa have been announced, Mohammad Abbas has returned to the Test team, Shaheen Shah Afridi has been dropped while Fakhar Zaman has been overlooked once again.
Pakistan cricket team will play 3 T20Is, three ODIs and 2 Test matches in the tour of South Africa from December 10 to January 7.
Fast bowler Mohammad Abbas has returned to the Test squad while Babar Azam has been included in the squads of all three formats, Sufyan Muqim has been included in the ODI squad for the first time.
White Ball Head Coach and Selector Aqib Javed has said that considering the workload, Shaheen Shah Afridi has been included in the white ball squad only, we want Shaheen Afridi to be physically and mentally fresh in the Champions Trophy.
Having ensured that all three squads are balanced and perform well in South Africa, Red Ball head coach Jason Gillespie will arrive in Johannesburg on December 13 to oversee the Test series camp, he said.

Test team
Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Amir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Babar Azam, Haseebullah (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saeem Ayub, Salman Ali Agha
ODI Squad
Muhammad Rizwan (Captain, Wicketkeeper) Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Kamran Ghulam, Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan Niazi, Naseem Shah, Saeem Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufian Moqim. , Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan (wicket keeper)
T20
Muhammad Rizwan (Captain, Wicketkeeper), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Jahandad Khan, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan Niazi, Umeer Bin Yousuf, Saeem Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Muqim, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan (wicket keeper)