Players including Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, and Imam Ul-Haq, among others, were seen completing workouts in a video that was shared on the Instagram account of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The video was posted in preparation for the three one-day international matches against the Netherlands.
Beginning on August 16, Pakistan and the Netherlands will compete against one another in a one-day international (ODI) series. The next two games of the series will take place at the Hazelaarweg Stadium in Rotterdam on August 18 and 21 respectively. Ahead of the series, the squad lead by Babar Azam could be seen working out at the team hotel’s gym and getting their hearts rate up. Players including Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, and Imam Ul-Haq were seen working out in a video that was uploaded to the Instagram account of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
This series is a part of the ICC One-Day International (ODI) Super League, and the teams will have the chance to earn points toward becoming one of the top seven teams, except the hosts India, who will receive automatic qualifying for the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
PCB had earlier announced its 16-player squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League fixtures against the Netherlands from August 16-21 and its 15-member side for the ACC T20 Asia Cup, which will be played in the United Arab Emirates from August 27 to September 11. These matches are scheduled to take place between August 16 and September 11. Hasan Ali has been replaced by the fast bowler Naseem Shah in both of the teams, and Salman Ali Agha, who played in the one-day internationals in England in 2021, has been recalled.
The team’s physiotherapist and trainer will be in charge of Shaheen Shah Afridi’s rehabilitation programme. They will also be the ones to determine whether or not he will be able to return to international cricket. Shaheen Shah Afridi has been kept on the ODI and T20I teams. In order to better prepare for the ACC T20 Asia Cup, the Netherlands ODI squad will undergo five substitutions. Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, and Usman Qadir will take over for Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Haris, and Zahid Mehmood in their respective roles as captain and vice captain, respectively.
Pakistan squad for Netherlands ODIs – Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani and Zahid Mehmood.
Musa Ahmad, Shariz Ahmad, Wesley Barresi, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Aryan Dutt, Arnav Jain, Viv Kingma, Ryan Klein, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Max O’Dowd, and Vikram Singh are the members of the Netherlands squad for one-day internationals. The captain of the team is Scott Edwards.
