Announcing a 16-man squad on Friday, Pakistan picked up batter Babar Azam for the three-match, one-day international series against Australia.
Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi will captain the team during the May 30–June 4 series at Rawalpindi and Lahore.
Important players who missed the March ODI series against Bangladesh, like Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, and Sufyan Moqim, have returned to the team.
Muhammad Ghazi Ghori and Rohail Nazir were named as wicketkeeper-batters in the squad, while opener and keeper Mohammad Rizwan was left out.
The team also includes uncapped ODI players Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, and Rohail Nazir.
The remaining matches will take place in Lahore on June 2 and June 4, with the first ODI taking place in Rawalpindi on May 30.
Squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Maaz Sadaqat, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Naseem Shah, Rohail Nazir, Sahibzada Farhan, Shadab Khan, Shamyl Hussain and Sufyan Moqim
