Overview
- PCB confirmed a 15-player group for three T20Is in Sri Lanka, headlined by all-rounder Shadab Khan’s return from shoulder surgery.
- Wicketkeeper-batter Khawaja Muhammad Nafi received a first T20 call-up to the national side.
- Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf were left out of the squad, with local reports linking their absence to ongoing Big Bash League commitments.
- The squad includes Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Wasim Jr under newly appointed captain Salman Ali Agha.
- Pakistan will travel in phases on January 4–5 for matches in Dambulla on January 7, 9 and 11, with Mike Hesson as head coach and Ashley Noffke, Muhammad Hanif Malik and Shane McDermott on the support staff.