Prior to his appearance for Sydney Thunder in the ongoing BBL in Australia, Shadab was last in action in June this year, when he played in the T20I series at home against Bangladesh. Pakistan won that series 3-0 with Shadab picking up four wickets and scoring 55 runs. He subsequently underwent surgery to address a recurring issue in his right shoulder and returned to competitive cricket on December 16, at the BBL, after a period of rehabilitation.
Nafay, 23, was in action in the Abu Dhabi T10 recently, and has been part The 23-year-old right-hand batter has recently been part of the Pakistan Shaheens squad. Nafay has featured in 32 T20 matches, scoring 688 runs at a strike rate of 132.81.
Pakistan squad for T20I series vs Sri Lanka
Salman Agha (capt), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmad, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk), Usman Tariq