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Pakistan included Abrar Ahmed and Kamran Ghulam in the Test squad ahead of the second Test match against Bangladesh, starting on August 30.

Both the players were initially named in the Test for the first Test. The duo were released from the Test squad before the start of the first Test match and featured for Pakistan Shaheens in a four-day game against Bangladesh ‘A’.

Aamir Jamal, who had been released from the squad to work on his fitness at the NCA, has been recalled.

Aamir’s participation in the second Test will remain subject to fitness clearance.

Bangladesh won the first match by 10 wickets against the host to take the lead 1-0 in the two-match Test series. 

Bangladesh are scheduled to take on Pakistan in the second Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from 30 August to 3 September.

Squad:

Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal (subject to fitness), Abrar Ahmed, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper) and Shaheen Shah Afridi