Pakistan Selectors Recall Aamer Jamal For Opening Test Against Sri Lanka

Pakistan selectors have recalled all-rounder Aamer Jamal to the squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka, just two months after he returned midway through the England tour without featuring in a single Test match. Jamal is among several changes to Pakistan's squad for the opening Test, which begins in Rawalpindi on November 9. Left-arm spinner Ali Usman and opening batter Abdullah Fazal have been released from the original 16-member squad. The revised group now contains eight uncapped Test players, of whom only Arafat Minhas and Saad Baig have represented Pakistan at the international level in white-ball cricket.

The squad includes uncapped batters Muhammad Tayyab Arif, Sameer Minhas, Muhammad Salman and Muhammad Taha, along with rookie pacers Saqib Khan and Ali Shabbir.

All six youngsters featured in the three-day practice match against Sri Lanka earlier this week, which the visitors won by 142 runs on Friday.

Jamal's recall comes after an impressive performance in the final of the President's Cup, where he claimed 7/32 and scored a half-century for his side.

The 30-year-old has represented Pakistan in nine Tests, three ODIs and six T20Is. He did not play a Test during the England tour and was sent home, along with six other players, after Pakistan suffered defeats in the first two matches of the series.

Pakistan Squad

Babar Azam (captain), Aamer Jamal, Ali Shabbir, Arafat Minhas, Azan Awais, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Mohammad Suleman, Mohammad Taha, Muhammad Tayyab Arif, Razaullah, Saad Baig (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Sameer Minhas, Saqib Khan, Saud Shakeel.

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