PCB reveals travel plan for New Zealand-bound Pakistan players

The five-match T20I series will be played from 12 to 21 January in Auckland, Hamilton, Dunedin and Christchurch

PHOTO: AFP

Pakistan's T20I captain, Shaheen Afridi, along with a contingent of five other members from the T20I squad, comprising Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Aamer Jamal, and Mohammad Wasim Jnr, are scheduled to embark on their journey to New Zealand from Australia on Monday.

Six members of the Pakistan T20I squad have already arrived in Auckland, having departed last Wednesday night for their destination via Dubai from Lahore. This group, consisting of Abbas Afridi, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haseebullah Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, and Sahibzada Farhan, is gearing up for the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand.

Additional members, namely Mohammad Nawaz, Zaman Khan, Haris Rauf, and Usama Mir, left Australia for Auckland on Friday.

On another front, following the conclusion of the Test series in Australia, Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood, accompanied by Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sajid Khan, Mir Hamza, Salman Ali Agha, Hasan Ali, and Faheem Ashraf, will return to Pakistan from Australia on Monday.

The five-match T20I series will be played from 12 to 21 January in Auckland, Hamilton, Dunedin and Christchurch.

Full squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Azam Khan (wicket-keeper), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wicket-keeper), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Usama Mir and Zaman Khan

Full schedule:

1st T20 – 12 January 2024 at Eden Park, Auckland

2nd T20 – 14 January 2024 at Seddon Park, Hamilton

3rd T20 – 17 January 2024 at University Oval, Dunedin

4th T20 – 19 January 2024 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch

5th T20 – 21 January 2024 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch