LAHORE: Saad Baig will continue to captain the Pakistan U-19 side against their Sri Lankan counterpart in the five-match one-day series to be played in Karachi from Oct 22 to Oct 31.

Pakistan comprehensively defeated Sri Lanka by nine wickets on Tuesday in their one-off four-day match at National Bank Stadium in Karachi with a day to spare.

The head of national junior selection committee Inzamam-ul-Haq announced the 18-member squad on Thursday, in which he retained six players who featured in the victory against Sri Lanka.

The list includes skipper Saad, Arafat Minhas, Mohammad Ibti­sam, Mohammad Ismail, Shamyl Hussain and Shahzaib Khan.

Pakistan’s squad will train at the National Bank Stadium over the next two days.

Squad: Saad Baig, Aftab Ahmed, Ahmed Hussain, Ali Raza, Arafat Minhas, Hamza Nawaz, Haroon Arshad, Mohammad Ammar, Mohammad Huzaifa, Mohammad Ibtisam, Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Riaz Ullah, Mohammad Tayyab Arif, Najab Khan, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Shahzaib Khan, Shamyl Hussain and Ubaid Shah; Support staff: Shahid Anwar (head coach), Rehan Riaz (assistant coach/bowling coach), Mansoor Amjad (fielding coach), Hafiz Ali Hamza (analyst), Ubaidullah (physio) and Imranullah (strength and conditioning coach).

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2023

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