Mohammad Huraira has been named the Pakistan Shaheens captain for two four-day and three 50-over matches against Sri Lanka ‘A’ at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from November 11 to 29.
22-year-old Mohammad Huraira has scored 3,310 runs in 40 first-class matches with eight centuries and 14 fifties. In 25 List-A matches, the right-hander has scored 632 runs with a century and a half-century.
The men’s national selection committee has also announced two squads, including Test pacers Mohammad Wasim Jr and Khurram Shahzad. The duo made their return to competitive cricket last week by performing in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy after completing their rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy.
Hussain Talat is the other international in the white-ball squad, while Mohammad Ghazi Ghori and Ahmed Safi Abdullah have earned their first Shaheen call-ups.
In the white-ball squad, Abdul Samad, Haider Ali, Maz Sadaqat, Mohammad Harris, Mohammad Imran Jr and Rohail Nazir have retained their place in the squad that participated in the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup last month while Mohammad Imran, Sirajuddin And Ubaid Shah has joined Shaheen’s team for the first time.