Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi Absent from Champions T20 Cup Squads

• Babar Azam, Rizwan, and Shaheen will not participate in the Champions T20 Cup due to national duties.
• The tournament, scheduled from December 7 to 25 set to be held in Rawalpindi.
• Rizwan, Babar, and Shaheen are expected to be included in the South Africa tour lineup.

Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Shah Afridi will miss the upcoming Champions T20 Cup, set to be held in Rawalpindi, as they were not included in any of the provisional squads announced earlier today.

The five-team tournament, scheduled from December 7 to December 25, will overlap with Pakistan's tour of South Africa, which runs from December 10 to 22. Due to their national commitments, Babar, Rizwan, and Shaheen will not be participating in the Champions T20 Cup.

While the national selection committee is still finalizing the squad for the South Africa tour, it is expected that Rizwan, as the white-ball captain, along with senior players Babar and Shaheen, will be included in the lineup for the tour.

Provisional Squads of Champions T20 Cup

ABL Stallions (mentor Shoaib Malik): Abdul Faseeh, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Azam Khan, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Amir Khan, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Mohsin, Maaz Sadaqat, Mehran Mumtaz, Nasir Nawaz, Shoaib Malik, Tahir Hussain, Ubaid Shah, Yasir Khan and Zaman Khan

Engro Dolphins (mentor Sarfaraz Ahmed): Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Ihsanullah, Khubaib Khalil, Kashif Ali, Mirza Tahir Baig, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Salman Afridi, Salman Irshad, Shayan Sheikh and Umar Amin

Lake City Panthers (mentor Saqlain Mushtaq): Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ali Raza, Amad Butt, Danish Aziz, Haider Ali, Hasan Ali, Irfanullah Shah, Mohammad Umar, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mubasir Khan, Rehan Afridi, Rizwan Mehmood, Saad Baig, Sharjeel Khan, Umar Siddiq and Usama Mir

Nurpur Lions (mentor Waqar Younis): Aamer Yamin, Arif Yaqoob, Hasan Nawaz, Hunain Shah, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Basit, Mohammad Faiq, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Siraj, Mohammad Taha, Musa Khan, Rohail Nazir, Sajjad Ali Hashmi and Shahab Khan

UMT Markhors (mentor Misbah-ul-Haq): Abdul Samad, Akif Javed, Ali Shafique, Ali Shan, Ali Usman, Bilawal Bhatti, Bismillah Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rameez Jnr, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Muhammad Imran Randhawa, Muhammad Shehzad, Niaz Khan, Nisar Ahmed, Saad Masood and Zahid Mehmood

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