The tour also includes three ODIs, concluding on April 5.
Following their arrival, the team will rest before resuming training at 1 PM local time on Friday. The squad features promising debutants Abdul Samad and Hassan Nawaz, who received their first national call-ups.
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Meanwhile, New Zealand named a 15-member squad for the series, with Bracewell at the helm. The squad includes seven players from their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign. Senior spinner Ish Sodhi and pacer Ben Sears return after missing the tournament due to injury.
Kyle Jamieson and Will O’Rourke will be available for the first three T20Is, while leading wicket-taker Matt Henry will join for the final two.
The last T20I series between the sides in April 2024 ended in a 2-2 draw after the opener in Rawalpindi was washed out.
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New Zealand’s T20I squad: Michael Bracewell (captain), Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Jacob Duffy, Zakary Foulkes (games 4 & 5), Mitchell Hay, Matt Henry (games 4 & 5), Kyle Jamieson (games 1-3), Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Will O’Rourke (games 1-3), Tim Robinson, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi.
Pakistan’s T20I squad: Agha Salman (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Jahandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haris, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousaf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan.
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Pakistan’s tour schedule:
16 Mar – 1st T20I, Christchurch
18 Mar – 2nd T20I, Dunedin
21 Mar – 3rd T20I, Auckland
23 Mar – 4th T20I, Mount Maunganui
26 Mar – 5th T20I, Wellington
29 Mar – 1st ODI, Napier
2 Apr – 2nd ODI, Hamilton
5 Apr – 3rd ODI, Mount Maunganui
Pakistan T20 Squad arrived in Christchurch #PAKvNZ VC PCB pic.twitter.com/Xh3x9rrQBE
— Sohail Imran (@sohailimrangeo) March 13, 2025