Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi Dropped From Pakistan T20 Squad Against Bangladesh

Pak vs ban t20 squad 2025: Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi have not been selected for the domestic series against Bangladesh. Pakistan announced the T20 squad for this series on Wednesday, 21 May. The reason for these three veterans has also come out.

Bangladesh cricket team will play a 3 -match T20 series on a tour of Pakistan. It will start from May 27, while it was earlier to start from 25 May. The postponement of PSL also affected this series. This will be the first series of Mike Hessen as a Pakistani head coach. The PCB announced a team of 16 players, which has been handed over to Salman Ali Aga. Shadab Khan is a vice -captain. Big players like Babur, Rizwan and Afridi are not part of this team.

Is Babar Azam’s T20 career over

Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Afridi were also dropped on New Zealand tour. However, that series also lost to Pakistan badly. After becoming a head coach, Henes wanted Babar Azam to be fed against Bangladesh in the T20 series, while the selectors were against it. Now after being excluded from the T20 series for the second consecutive time, it is believed that PCB is not considering these three as fit for this small format of cricket.

For what reason Babar Azam, Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi were out?

The Pakistan Cricket Board said in its statement that the T20 series squad has been elected against Bangladesh on the basis of performance in PSL 10. Babur has scored 288 runs in 10 matches played so far in PSL 2025, including 3 half -centuries. Rizwan has scored 367 runs in 10 matches, including 1 century. Shaheen Shah Afridi has taken 11 wickets in 10 matches.

Pakistan t20 squad

Salman Ali Aga (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan (Vice-Qetan), Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Harris, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Sam Ayub, Naseem Shah, Shahibzada Farhan.

Pakistan vs Bangladesh T20 schedule

• May 27 (Tuesday)- Gaddafi Stadium (from 8 pm)
• May 29 (Thursday)- Gaddafi Stadium (from 8 pm)
• May 31 (Saturday)- Gaddafi Stadium (from 8 pm)