{"id":5100,"date":"2026-04-18T12:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/big-shake-up-pakistan-announce-fresh-coaching-staff-for-bangladesh-tour-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:15:25","slug":"big-shake-up-pakistan-announce-fresh-coaching-staff-for-bangladesh-tour-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/big-shake-up-pakistan-announce-fresh-coaching-staff-for-bangladesh-tour-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Big shake-up! Pakistan announce fresh coaching staff for Bangladesh tour | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130348514,imgsize-66468,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/pak-test-1804-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Big shake-up! Pakistan announce fresh coaching staff for Bangladesh tour\" title=\"AP Photo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Pakistan have named a 16-member squad for their upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shan-masood\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shan Masood<\/a> will lead a revamped side in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Pakistan currently sit fifth on the WTC table with a 50 percent points tally and will look to climb higher against Bangladesh, who are placed eighth. The two-match series, beginning May 8, also signals a fresh approach from the selectors, with four uncapped players included in the squad.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->What Ryan Cook said after LSG taste another defeat<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Azan Awais and Ghazi Ghori have all earned their maiden Test call-ups. Fazal and Awais, both left-handed batters, impressed with consistent performances in domestic cricket, while Butt adds experience as a bowling all-rounder since his first-class debut in 2015. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Wicketkeeper-batter Ghori recently made his ODI debut against Bangladesh, bringing some international exposure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The squad also retains a strong experienced core, including Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Salman Ali Agha, ensuring a balanced mix of youth and experience.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Ahead of the tour, players not involved in the Pakistan Super League will attend a red-ball training camp in Karachi from April 27 to May 1.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The Pakistan Cricket Board has also unveiled a new coaching setup. Former captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sarfaraz-ahmed\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sarfaraz Ahmed<\/a> will serve as head coach, with Asad Shafiq as batting coach and Umar Gul as bowling coach.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>The first Test will be played from May 8 to 12 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, followed by the second Test from May 16 to 20 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Squad: <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Shan Masood (captain), Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Azan Awais, Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan, Ghazi Ghori, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Schedule:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>First Test: May 8-12, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>Second Test: May 16-20, Sylhet International Cricket<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/big-shake-up-pakistan-announce-fresh-coaching-staff-for-bangladesh-tour\/articleshow\/130348313.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Pakistan have named a 16-member squad for their upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. Captain Shan Masood will lead a revamped side in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.Pakistan currently sit fifth on the WTC table with a 50 percent points tally and will look to climb higher against Bangladesh, who are placed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}