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Published 07 Apr, 2023 09:21am

New Zealand series: Pakistan to start training camp on April 7

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has set up a training camp for the national squad which will face New Zealand in the limited-overs series.

The series will be played in April-May, where both teams will lock horns in five T20Is and the same number of ODIs.

The camp will commence on April 7, Friday, where players will participate in different drills under the supervision of Abdul Rehman and his assistant Umar Gul. Fakhar would join the side on April 10.

The four-day camp will conclude on April 10.

Moreover, they will also be playing an intra-squad match as well.

Apart from that, the New Zealand team will arrive in Lahore on April 10. Their tour will start with a five-match T20I series on the 14th of the month.

The Blackcaps will play matches in Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Karachi.

Squads

T20I: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ihsanullah, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Zaman Khan

ODI: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Ihsanullah, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Usama Mir. Reserves: Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Tayyab Tahir

Series schedule (T20Is to start at 9pm; ODIs to begin at 3.30pm):

14 Apr – 1st T20I, Lahore

15 Apr – 2nd T20I, Lahore

17 Apr – 3rd T20I, Lahore

20 Apr – 4th T20I, Rawalpindi

24 Apr – 5th T20I, Rawalpindi

27 Apr – 1st ODI, Rawalpindi

29 Apr – 2nd ODI, Rawalpindi

3 May – 3rd ODI, Karachi

5 May – 4th ODI, Karachi

7 May – 5th ODI, Karachi

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