Former Test cricketer Shahid Afridi suggested Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) organise tours of Australia, South Africa, and England for junior teams.
Taking to Twitter, Afridi praised PCB for sending their U19 team to Bangladesh and asked them to make efforts to arrange tours of SENA countries.
However, Afridi mistakenly wrote Zimbabwe instead of Bangladesh in his tweet.
Pakistan U19 team reached Bangladesh today to play a four-day match, five one-day matches and one-off T20 from April 30. Saad Baig will lead the squad.
Squad
Saad Baig (captain) (Karachi), Ali Asfand (vice-captain) (Faisalabad), Ahmed Hussain (Peshawar), Aimal Khan (Peshawar), Amir Hussain (Rawalpindi), Arafat Minhas (Multan), Azan Awais (Sialkot), Hamza Nawaz (Lahore), Mohammad Ibtisam (Sargodha), Mohammad Ismail (Sahiwal), Mohammad Tahir (Fata), Mohammad Tayyab Arif (Sialkot), Obaid Shahid (Lahore), Sajjad Ali (Lahore), Shahzaib Khan (Mansehra), Shamyl Hussain (Islamabad) and Wahaj Riaz (Karachi).
Reserves: Abidullah (Islamabad), Ikramullah Tareen (Quetta) and Muhammad Zulkifal (Charsadda)
Tour Schedule:
30 April- 3 May – Four-day match; ZACS, Chattogram
6 May – 1st 50-over match; ZACS, Chattogram
8 May – 2nd 50-over match; ZACS, Chattogram
11 May – 3rd 50-over match; SKS, Rajshahi
13 May – 4th 50-over match; SKS, Rajshahi
15 May – 5th 50-over match; SKS, Rajshahi
17 May – Only T20 match; SKS, Rajshahi
- Shahid Afridi