Fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz were on Monday, May 20, named in Pakistan's squad for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019, as the PCB selectors named the final 15-man contingent for the marquee tournament.
Both Amir and Wahab had been omitted from the preliminary squad that had been named last month. The duo have come in place of fellow left-arm pacer Junaid Khan and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf.
In the other major change, grief stricken middle-order batsman Asif Ali was named in place of Abid Ali. And leg-spinner Shadab Khan, who suffered a viral infection and was pulled from the series against England has recovered and retained his place in the final 15. Asif lost his baby daughter to cancer on May 20.
Squad: Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt,wk), Asif Ali, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnanin, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz
