Pakistan have announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand starting from January 12 in Auckland.

After the Test series against Australia, Pakistan will play against New Zealand. After Babar Azam stepped down from the leadership of the three formats, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the captain for the T20s and Tests.

Shan Masood has been given the responsibility of Test and pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi the T20. The PCB announced a 17-member team under the leadership of the new captain.

Mohammad Haris is not in the team of that series. Shadab Khan has not been also kept with that.

“We have rested Mohammad Haris for this series. We know his capability and he is part of our plans going forward. There were some domestic performers in First Class cricket who we wanted to give a chance and increase our pool of players, so we rested Haris from this tour,” Pakistan men's chief selector, Wahab Riaz said.

“Shadab Khan is a very important member of Pakistan T20 cricket. Unfortunately, he suffered an ankle injury during the National T20 and requires two further weeks of rehab. After that, he'll be available to bowl,” Wahab said.

Wicket-keeper batter Azam Khan has returned to the T20 series team.

Pakistan squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Haseebullah Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Aamer Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Nawaz, Abrar Ahmed, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.