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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday announced the squad for the upcoming T20 series against New Zealand, which is scheduled to take place in January next year.

Shaheen Shah Afridi will lead the Pakistan side in the five-match T20 series. This would be Shaheen's first assignment as the captain after Babar Azam stepped down from the role.

The Pakistan cricket team is currently in Australia to play a three-match Test series in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle which will conclude on January 7.

Squad:

Shaheen Afridi (c), Aamir Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan (wk), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mojammad Wasim Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Usama Mir, Zaman Khan.