Pakistan on Tuesday announced the schedule of their upcoming Test tour of Sri Lanka, where they will play two red-ball games.

Pakistan will return to Galle for the first Test, which will commence from July 16 and the two teams will then travel to Colombo for the second Test at the Singhalese Sports Club from 24 till 28 July.

This will be the first assignment in the 2023-25 cycle of the ICC World Test Championship for the Men in Green.

The Babar Azam’s side will arrive in Sri Lanka on July 09.

They will play a two-day warm-up game on 11 and 12 July before they head south for the first Test. The venue for the warm-up fixture will be confirmed closer to time.

Pakistan last toured Sri Lanka in July 2022 and that two-match Test series resulted in 1-1.

Pakistan squad:

Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (vc & wk), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi, and Shan Masood.