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Pakistan to announce initial 20-member squad for home Test series against South Africa
Karachi, January 15: Pakistan cricket s new chief selector Muhammad Wasim will on Friday (January 15) announce an initial 20-member squad for the home Test series against South Africa starting on January 26.
Wasim said the squad will be reduced to 16 players after a week. I have been consulting captain Babar Azam, head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and the head coaches of the provincial teams who are also national selectors before I finalise the squad, he said.
The first Test will be played at the National Stadium in Karachi from January 26, followed by the second one at Rawalpindi (February 4-8) and three T20 Internationals in Lahore.