Key spinner returns as Pakistan announce squad for West Indies Tests

To manage the workload of the players, the quartet of Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Abbas, Mir Hamza and Naseem Shah have been rested. In his place, debutant Kashif Ali has been included in the team, along with Khurram Shahzad, who has been retained for the series.

Openers Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Huraira have been called into the team as replacements for Saim Ayub, who was injured during the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town, and an out-of-form Abdullah Shafique.

Rohail Nazir has been brought in as a backup for the wicketkeeper position after Haseebullah, the wicketkeeper-batsman, suffered a split membrane in his right hand during the Cape Town Test.

Equipment: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Kashif Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan, Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir, Sajid Khan and Salman Ali Agha.