Ashish Bagai returns for Ireland matches

Ashish Bagai returns as the captain for the Intercontinental Cup fixture and two ODIs against Ireland after recovering from a knee injury. Rizwan Cheema, who led the team in the Intercontinental Cup match against Zimbabwe XI, has been named vice-captain. Khurram Chohan has also been named after recovering from a groin injury.

Three changes have been made to the XI that played against Zimbabwe with Trevin Bastiampalli, Sandeep Jyoti and Usman Limbada being left out.

Six players from the 16-member squad for the recent ICC World Cricket League Division One tournament have been left out and the 14-member squad for the ODIs includes Hemanarine Chattergoon, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Balaji Rao and Hamza Tariq.

Squads
Intercontinental Cup
Ashish Bagai (Captain), Rizwan Cheema (Vice Captain), Umar Bhatti, Hemnarine Chattergoon, Khurram Chohan, Abzal Dean, Parth Desai, Ruvindu Gunasekara, Jimmy Hansra, Nitish Kumar, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Zubin Surkari, Hamza Tariq

ODIs
Ashish Bagai (Captain), Rizwan Cheema (Vice Captain), Harvir Baidwan, Umar Bhatti, Hemanarine Chattergoon, Khurram Chohan, Parth Desai, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Jimmy Hansra, Nitish Kumar, Hiral Patel, Balaji Rao, Zubin Surkari, Hamza Tariq