The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) national selection committee has announced an 18-member squad for the two-Test series against South Africa, part of the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27, starting on 12 October. According to a PCB press release issued in Lahore on Tuesday, the squad will be trimmed further before the first Test. Shan Masood will continue as captain, while three uncapped players Asif Afridi, Faisal Akram, and Rohail Nazir have also been included. South Africa, winners of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25, will face Pakistan in the first Test at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, from 12 to 16 October, and the second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from 20 to 24 October. The two-Test series will be followed by three T20Is and three ODIs, scheduled from 28 October to 8 November. The squad for the white-ball series will be announced later. Players selected for the pre-series camp will begin training under red-ball head coach Azhar Mahmood and NCA coaches from today until Wednesday, 8 October. Those who featured in the recently concluded ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup will join the squad on 4 October. Pakistan squad Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Asif Afridi, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir (wicket-keeper), Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi South Africa tour to Pakistan 12-16 October – First Test at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 20-24 October – Second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 28 October – First T20I at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 31 October – Second T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 1 November – Third T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 4 November – First ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad 6 November – Second ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad 8 November – Third ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
PCB announces 18-player squad for South Africa Test series
