PCB replaces injured Shadab Khan with Zahid Mahmood for T20Is vs Zimbabwe

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday added leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood to the T20I squad for the series against Zimbabwe in place of the injured Shadab Khan.

Shadab was ruled out of the tour against South Africa due to a toe injury that he sustained in the second ODI against South Africa on Sunday.

After the completion of the four-match T20I series against South Africa, Pakistan will travel to Zimbabwe for a three-match T20I series.

Zahid was originally named



in the two-Test squad against Zimbabwe, while Fakhar was initially named for the ODIs.

The Pakistan Cricket Board said both the changes were approved by the national selection committee on the request of the team management.

Zahid made his T20 debut in the last T20I that Pakistan played against South Africa at home in early March but was surprisingly included only for the two Tests against Zimbabwe.

The members of the Test squad will fly out to join the team mid-April.