Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi's T20 Future All But Over? Report Gives 'No Role' Verdict
Pakistan is due to tour the West Indies in the last week of July to play three T20 internationals and three ODIs.
Pakistan, after playing in the Caribbean, fly to Bangladesh for a three match T20 series but suggestions have been made to convert into a five match series in August.
Pakistan is also due to host Afghanistan for a T20 series in late August, all in preparation for the Asia Cup in September (not confirmed as yet) and early next year's ICC World T20 Cup.
A source close to a national selector said that the panel and Hesson wanted to give a proper run to the new young players in the T20 squad in the series ahead.
'The idea is that if things go south then the selectors can always go back to Babar, Rizwan and Shaheen.' Ironically, Shaheen has now led the Lahore Qalandars franchise to its third Pakistan Super League title in five years.
Babar on the other hand is set to announce a first time appearance in the Big Bash for Sydney Sixers later this week after the board gave him and some other players NOCs to play in the event between December 28 and late January.
The three seniors have not been picked in the national T20 squad for Pakistan's last two series against New Zealand and Bangladesh and even before that Babar was overlooked for T20 series in Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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