Pakistan have decided to go into the second Multan Test with three specialist spinners as they named finger spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan, along with wrist spinner Zahid Mahmood in the XI on Monday. Kamran Ghulam will debut for Pakistan as he replaces Babar Azam at No.4. Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Abrar Ahmed are the other three players replaced from the side that became the first team to lose a Test by an innings after posting a first innings total of over 500.
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Kamran Ghulam replaces Babar; three specialist spinners named for second Multan Test
Pakistan hard at work in the nets ahead of the second Multan Test. © AFP
Pakistan XI for second Test: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, and Zahid Mahmood
The four changes in the side followed lengthy deliberations between newly-appointed selectors - Aleem Dar, Azhar Ali, and Aaqib Javed - Shan Masood, Jason Gillespie, Tony Hemming, the head curator, and Usman Wahla, PCB's director for international cricket operations, during the side's training session on Monday. The group of seven held almost an hour-long meeting beside the pitch, which will be re-used for the second Test, with the selectors routinely scrutinising the cracks and footmarks on the pitch.
Cricbuzz revealed yesterday that the selectors had informed the pitch curator to prepare a
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