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Star batter Babar Azam is backmost successful Pakistan's 16-man squad to look satellite champions Australia successful the three-match ODI bid starting adjacent week, selectors said connected Friday (May 22, 2026).
Azam missed the distant bid successful Bangladesh with a fittingness contented successful March, but scored 588 runs successful the Pakistan Super League (PSL) earlier this period to signifier a comeback.
Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi volition proceed to skipper the side, with Salman Ali Agha named vice-captain.
The squad sees the instrumentality of Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan - besides missing from the Bangladesh tour.
Left-arm spinner Sufyan Moqim stages a comeback successful the ODI squad aft finishing arsenic the highest wicket taker successful the PSL 2026 with 22.
Fast bowler Ahmed Daniyal, spinning allrounder Arafat Minhas and wicketkeeper batter Rohail Nazir are selected successful the ODI squad for the archetypal time.
Experienced openers Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub volition miss the bid with injuries, portion elder wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan is dropped.
The Australian squad volition get successful Islamabad connected May 23 and play the matches successful Rawalpindi (May 30) and Lahore (June 2 and 4).
The bid volition springiness some teams a accidental to physique towards the 2027 ODI World Cup to beryllium co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Pakistan's Test squad returned location aft suffering a daze 2-0 decision successful Bangladesh connected Wednesday.
Pakistan ODI squad:
Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Maaz Sadaqat, Ghazi Ghori, Naseem Shah, Rohail Nazir, Sahibzada Farhan, Shadab Khan, Shamyl Hussain, Sufyan Moqim
