Overview
- Final consultations in Lahore are expected this week involving coach Mike Hesson, captain Salman Ali Agha and the selectors, according to reports.
- The squad will be announced after Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi grants approval.
- The PCB has already lodged a preliminary list with the ICC but can alter it without further clearance until January 31.
- A circulated list of probables features Salman Ali Agha, Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed and pace options Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf, with Abdul Samad, Mohammad Wasim Jr and Usman Tariq tipped as reserves.
- PCB has sent Cricket Australia draft plans for a three‑match T20I series in Lahore, with tentative dates of January 29 and 31 and February 1 following an arrival window of January 26–27.