Chief selector, head coaches of six Cricket Associations, Ijaz Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq were part of the consultation process

Babar Azam will lead the team while Asad Shafiq, for the first time in his 10-year cricket career, has been dropped out from the national squad announced for New Zealand tour.

Tests in Mount Maunganui and Christchurch to follow Auckland, Hamilton and Napier T20Is