Karachi: Opener Shan Masood and medium pacer Mohammad Abbas has been dropped for the Test series against South Africa while eight players have received maiden-call ups.

Chief Selector Mohammad Wasim announced the squad at National Stadium, Karachi where Pakistan will take on South Africa in the first Test from January 26. A 16-member squad will be named closer to the start of the first Test.

Middle-order batsman Haris Sohail, emerging pacer Naseem Shah, spinner Zafar Gohar, pacer Sohail Khan have also been sidelined while white-ball vice-captain Shadab Khan and opener Imam-ul-Haq missed out due to injuries.

Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman, Nauman Ali, Saud Shakeel, Sajid Khan, Tabish Khan, Saud Shakeel, Haris Rauf are the players, who have earned maiden call-ups while Hasan Ali and Mohammad Nawaz return on the basis of performances in the Quaid-e-Azam (QeA) Trophy.

Pakistan squad

Babar Azam (capt), Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Imran Butt, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Agha, Saud Shakeel, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Yasir Shah, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Tabish Khan

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