Sarfaraz Khan named as Pakistan head coach after Gillespie exit

[p]Since Australian Jason Gillespie ‌quit as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pakistan/tS3K91g9/"]Pakistan[/a]'s red-ball coach ‌in December, Aaqib Javed and Azhar Mahmood temporarily guided the ‌team led by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/masood-shan/CfNqSGvF/"]Shan Masood[/a], who ⁠will ‌continue as captain in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a].[/p][p]Sarfaraz, who ​led Pakistan to the Champions Trophy title in 2017, ​has worked with the under-19 team as well as Pakistan ⁠Shaheens after ​his retirement.[/p][embed guid="1131be77-72f9-4558-8c91-5bb4e6bed1e7" url="https://x.com/TheRealPCB/status/2044761014198251990" social-type="twitter" /][p]Pakistan have named four uncapped players - Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Azan Awais and Muhammad ‌Ghazi Ghori - to their 16-member squad for the Bangladesh series starting in Dhaka on May 8th.[/p][p]Sarfaraz's former teammate Umar Gul will join him in the setup as the bowling coach.[/p][p][b]Pakistan test squad: [/b]Shan Masood (captain), Abdullah ‌Fazal, Amad Butt, Azan Awais, ​Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, ‌Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wicketkeeper), Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shaheen ⁠Afridi.[/p]