Pakistan cricket team’s training camp for the New Zealand series is set to begin today at National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore.
All players had been asked to report to the camp yesterday with only Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman and Faheem Ashraf offered an exemption.
Abdullah and Faheem will report today while Fakhar will miss most of the camp and report for training on the 10th of April.
The training camp for the Pakistan cricket team will take place over a four-day period from April 7th to April 10th under the guidance of Abdul Rehman, who coached the side during the Afghanistan series, and Umar Gul, who has been appointed as temporary bowling coach due to absence of Morne Morkel.
The new coaching setup of the cricket side will then reportedly take over after reaching the country on the 11th of April.
Pakistan is preparing for a five-match T20I and five ODI series against the visiting Kiwis.
PCB has decided to recall all the big guns after resting for Afghanistan matches.
Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, and Haris Rauf are all back while Shaheen Afridi will make his international return in the shortest format since suffering a knee injury in the final of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
The T20I series will be up first beginning on April 14th in Lahore.