Chief selector Wahab Riaz has announced the squad for the five-match T20 series against New Zealand to be held next month.

Pacer Shaheen Afridi will lead the T20 side for the first time after taking over from Babar Azam.

The seventeen member squad also includes youngsters Abbas Afridi, Saim Ayub, Haseebullah Khan and Sahibzada Farhan.

The final squad for the series is Shaheen Afridi (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Wasim Junior, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Usama Mir and Zaman Khan.