The wicketkeeper-batter famously led Pakistan to their historic triumph at the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and remains one of the most successful leaders in the country’s white-ball history.
Pakistan's last wicket partnership between Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed survived 21 balls in fading light while Sarfaraz Ahmed slammed a fighting hundred to deny New Zealand a victory in the second Test here on Friday.
Malik, who was player of the final in National T20 Cup on Sunday evening, has made way for Abdullah Shafiq.
The PCB has granted Test captaincy to senior batsman Azhar Ali, while it is Babar Azam who has been given the captaincy of limited-overs team.
Sarfaraz had earlier expressed his happiness after being included in the squad and went on record saying that he does not mind sitting and waiting for his turn.
In order to qualify for the knockout stage, Pakistan will not only have to register a win against Bangladesh but at the same time will hope that England lose against New Zealand.
Pakistan have nine points from eight games and they are still in the race for the semi-finals. The Green Brigade will have to win their last league game and must be hoping that England lose at least one of their two remaining games.
After restricting the already knocked out Afghanistan to 227/9, Pakistan made heavy weather of the target by losing wickets at regular intervals.
With 7 points from as many games, Pakistan are still in the contention of making it to the semi-finals. The Green Brigade need to win all their remaining matches and hope for favourable outcome to reach the knockout round.
Once Sarfaraz and his boys returned to winning ways by registering wins against South Africa and New Zealand, fans showered praise on the team for their remarkable comeback in the tournament
