New Zealand announced on Wednesday 15-man squad for the forthcoming T20I series against Pakistan, starting from January 12 at Eden Park in Auckland.

Kane Williamson will spearhead the team in four out of five matches.

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New Zealand Squad: Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Devon Conway (wk), Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Philips, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi and Tim Southee

– Pakistan T20I team likely to leave for New Zealand on Jan 3 –

Pakistan T20I team have expected to leave for New Zealand via Dubai tonight.

The players had attended the last day of training session on Tuesday under the supervision of high-performance coach Yasir Arafat at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

– Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed ruled of T20I series against New Zealand –

Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed ruled out the forthcoming T20I series against New Zealand on Tuesday due to a knee injury.

Ahmed had complained about having pain in the knees, due to which he was compelled to not play the Test series against Australia.

He is expected to return to the country soon.