PAK vs AUS Test series: Pakistan squad members start training for the upcoming Test series against Australia at home

PAK vs AUS Test series: Pakistan Test team led by skipper Babar Azam have started their training for the upcoming Test series against Australia that beginst at Rawalpindi from 4th March. The members of the squad have started the preparations at Rawalpindi Stadium and a video of the training was posted by Pakistan Cricket Board on its official Twitter page with the hashtag #BoysReadyHain. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates. 

PAK vs AUS Test series: Pakistan squad members start training for the upcoming Test series against Australia at home

The preparations for the #PAKvAUS Rawalpindi Test continue at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
🔊Captain’s pep talk 🇵🇰👏 #BoysReadyHain pic.twitter.com/JilSo6AiQ8

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 28, 2022

The video features players like Skipper Babar Azam, opener Imam ul Haq, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam among others who are seen doing the warm-ups. The video also features a small pep-talk by Pakistan skipper Babar Azam. “We support and help each other. We like to be together. This is the bond that we share and we have to be strong we have to belive in us and take the team higher. If we believe we are the best, it will be true. We have to be positive,”said the captain, motivating his team.

Pakistan will face Australia in a three-match Test series, that begins on March 4 at Rawalpindi, This is Australia’s first away tour since 2019 and they are set to face a stern test from Pakistan’s bowlers, especially spinners. With this tour, Australia is also returning to Pakistan after a gap of 24 years.

PAK vs AUS Test series: Pakistan squad members star preparation for the upcoming Test series against Australia at home

The last time Australia came down to Pakistan was in 1998 when Mark Taylor was the captain. He won the three-match test series 1-0. The Australia tour of Pakistan will consist of three Tests, three ODI’s, and one T20I.

PAK vs AUS Test Squads

Pakistan Test squad: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Zahid Mahmood
Reserves: Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Yasir Shah.

Australia Test squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

PAK vs AUS Test series: Pakistan squad members start training for the upcoming Test series against Australia at home