Pakistan Name 14-Player Test Squad Under Babar Azam for Sri Lanka Series

Pakistan have named a 14-player squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, with Babar Azam as captain. The first Test begins in Rawalpindi on 9 November and the second in Lahore on 17 November, and both count towards the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle.

The squads

Pakistan’s squad, announced on 24 October, is Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Abbas, Salman Ali Agha, Azan Awais, Saad Baig (wicketkeeper), Abdullah Fazal, Ghazi Ghori (wicketkeeper), Razaullah Mashwani, Arafat Minhas, Sameer Minhas, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Suleman, Mohammad Taha and Ali Usman.

Sri Lanka, who named their group on 13 October, have 16 players under Kusal Mendis: Anjala Bandara, Dinesh Chandimal, Sonal Dinusha, Asitha Fernando, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka, Eshan Malinga, Kamindu Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Keshara Nuwantha, Milan Rathnayake, Dhananjaya de Silva, Pasindu Sooriyabandara and Lahiru Udara, with Mendis, Bandara, Chandimal and Udara listed as wicketkeepers.

How the T20Is went

The tour began in October with three T20Is at Rawalpindi, which Pakistan won 2-1. They chased 183 to win the first by four wickets with 18.5 overs used, with Sahibzada Farhan making 89 off 53 balls, then won the second by 82 runs after posting 215 for 3. Sri Lanka took the third by eight wickets, Kusal Mendis finishing unbeaten on 87 off 48.

The Tests

The first Test is at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (9-13 November) and the second at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore (17-21 November). Adrian Holdstock stands in both matches, with Rod Tucker and Allahudien Paleker the other umpires named for the first and second Tests respectively. Start times have not been published in the sources we checked.