Pakistan probables for SL series likely today

LAHORE: The selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PBC) will announce today the national team for the forthcoming Test series against Sri Lanka.

It will also announce the team for a two-day practice match against Sri Lanka while the series will include two Test matches.

Chief selector Abdul Qadir said that chairman PBC Ijaz Butt has called a meeting in which Pakistan team’s coach Intikhab Alam and newly-appointed captain Younis Khan will also be present.

In this meeting, 20-25 probable players will likely to be selected for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka.

As per Abdul Qadir, fitness and performance of the probables will be reviewed in the camp and later the final team will be announced.

During the One-day International series against Sri Lanka, held in the last month, Pakistan suffered from the worst defeat after which Shoaib Malik was sacked as captain.