Muhammad Hafeez appeared for the bowling test in the bio-mechanic test lab in Lahore but he could not clear his bowling test and he was dropped from the national cricket team, which is now proceeding to New Zealand to play the series. The management has decided to include Sharjeel Khan as the opener of the national team for the tour to New Zealand and Australia to play the test series.
Inzamam ul Haq headed the national selection committee and he finalized the national cricket team to play the test matches. The team management wants to take seventeen players with them in their final squad. Muhammad Hafeez became the member of the national team but now he has been dropped from the national team due to failure in the bowling action. After his failure in the bowling action, it was decided that he should not bring in the national team. Now Sharjeel Khan will be taken with the team to play as the test opener. Sami Aslam and Azhar Ali will be the openers of the national team and Zulfiqar Babar will also be retained in the national team on the demand of the test captain, Misbah ul Haq.
Sharjeel Khan and Muhammad Rizwan will join the national cricket team from Pakistan and they will be included in the 15 test players, who are now playing the test matches against West Indies in Dubai. Pakistan cricket team will leave for New Zealand from Dubai on the night between 4 and 5 November and manager Waseem Bari has already joined the national team in Dubai before departure to New Zealand.