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Pak vs NZ: Shahid Afridi announces Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail’s inclusion in ODI probables list

After a thorough physical examination, both players were declared fit to participate.
The sum of conceivable One-Day International players rose to 24.
The final roster of 16 players will be unveiled the following week.
The interim selection committee for Pakistan’s next one-day international (ODI) series against New Zealand has added two additional players to the list of probables: Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail.

Shahid Afridi, chairman of the interim selection committee, has confirmed that both players are fit to be included on the roster.

With the inclusion of these two players, the number of possible participants in the ODIs against New Zealand has increased to 24. We will reveal the final roster of 16 players next week.

After today’s fitness tests, we’re putting Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail on the New Zealand probables list. Afridi boasted on social media about the two players’ conditioning while posting images of the players’ pregame warmups for the Pakistan Cup.

On January 9, 11, and 13, the National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi, where the first Test of the two-match series is being played, will host the limited-overs series.

Sharjeel Khan and Shan Masood, who faced Australia in five ODIs in the United Arab Emirates in 2019, have also been included to the list of players considered to have a good chance of making the final roster.

They have chosen six players who have never played in an ODI before: Abrar Ahmed, Aamer Jamal, Ihsanullah, Kamran Ghulam, Qasim Akram, and Tayyab Tahir.

There’s a good chance that Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Aamer Jamal, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Ihsanullah, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Qasim