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Eight players join Pak team in New Zealand

By Our Correspondent
March 28, 2025
This file photo shows Pakistans Babar Azam (right) and New Zealands Kane Williamson during a match. — AFP/File
This file photo shows Pakistan's Babar Azam (right) and New Zealand's Kane Williamson during a match. — AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: Eight Pakistan cricketers, who were part of the T20 series, joined the national One-Day team in Napier (New Zealand) for the three-match series starting with the opening One-Dayer tomorrow (Saturday).

Eight players also include Usman Khan and Haris Rauf who have been retained for the ODI series. Others who joined the ODI squad are Salman Ali Agha, Khushdil Shah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Abrar Ahmed, Sufiyan Moqeem, and Mohammad Ali.

Those eight who returned back include Shadab Khan, Hasan Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Umair bin Yousaf, Mohammad Harris, Abbas Afridi, Abdul Samad, and Jahandad Khan. Nine cricketers led by Mohammad Rizwan are already in Napier for training sessions ahead of the start of the three-match series.