Christchurch, March 15 -- After a disappointing outing in the Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan now head to New Zealand for a white-ball tour featuring five T20Is and three One-Day Internationals.

With the T20 World Cup scheduled for next year and the Asia Cup set to take place later this year, Pakistan have opted for a young T20I squad led by newly-appointed captain Salman Ali Agha.

Pakistan will be without Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman due to injury, but they have included three uncapped players - Abdul Samad, Hasan Nawaz and Mohammad Ali - who earned call-ups to the national side after impressing in recent domestic events.

Speaking about the squad ahead of the series, Agha said, as stated via PCB, "We have some young players in the side, ...