Islamabad, Dec. 28 -- Pakistan's star batters Babar Azam, Mohammed Rizwan and pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi miss out as the T20I squad for the next month's T20I series against Sri Lanka was announced on Sunday.

The T20I series will be played from January 7-11. As per ICC, the star trio will skip the series due to their franchise cricket commitments in Australia's Big Bash Cricket League (BBL). Notably, all three have struggled in their stints so far, with Babar managing just 71 runs in four innings for Sydney Sixers, including just one fifty and three single-digit scores, Rizwan having scored just 36 runs across two innings for Melbourne Renegades, and Shaheen taking just two wickets in four matches at an average of 76.50 and an econom...