Pakistan selected uncapped bowlers Rumman Raees and Mohammad Nawaz on Wednesday for the Asia Cup and Twenty20 World Cup, and dropped opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad.
Raees is a 24-year-old left-arm fast bowler and Nawaz, 21, is a left-arm spinner. Both impressed selectors in Pakistan's domestic T20 competition - the Pakistan Super League (PSL) - being played in the United Arab Emirates.
Ahmed has struggled in the shortest format, scoring only one half-century in his last 12 T20s, and is replaced as opener by another uncapped player Khurram Manzoor.
Manzoor has played 16 Tests and seven one-day internationals but is yet to make his T20 debut. The right-hander was also ignored by all five franchises in the PSL, but was chosen by selectors after performing well against England Lions last month in the UAE.
"The team has been selected keeping in mind the conditions during Asia Cup and World T20 and the recent performances of some players in domestic and A Team tours," chief selector Haroon Rashid said in a statement.
"The team is a fine blend of experience and youth, and the selectors believe that team will do well in both tournaments."
While picking Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Aamer and Wahab Riaz as frontline fast bowlers, selectors ignored fit-again paceman Umar Gul, who has 85 wickets in 60 T20s, six behind all-time leading wicket-taker and Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi.
The selectors also dropped middle-order batsmen Sohaib Maqsood and Mohammad Rizwan after both failed in Pakistan's recent 3-0 rout by England in the UAE.
Babar Azam has been given an opportunity to beef up Pakistan's batting after the 21-year-old scored 375 runs in his nine ODIs, but is yet to play in a T20 international.
The T20 Asia Cup is being played from February 24 to March 6 in Bangladesh, while the T20 World Cup runs from March 8 to April 3.
Pakistan squad:
Shahid Afridi (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Babar Azam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Nawaz, Khurram Manzoor, Rumman Raees.
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