Faulkner abruptly left the league and took to social media to claim that he'd been lied to by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and that his treatment had been a "disgrace".

Pakistan will also play three one-day internationals and a single Twenty20 match against Australia, with squads to be announced later.

For Australia, the tour will be a major test of Cricket Australia's decision to push Langer out of the coaching role.

The tour will be a huge boost for Pakistan, which was hit hard when New Zealand and England abandoned recent tours over security concerns.

Sydney Sixers captain Moises Henriques accused Hasnain of "chucking" during a Big Bash match last month, telling him "nice throw, mate" at one stage.

The 26-year-old - Muhammad Karim - is hopeful that he will give his career’s best performance at the mega event to win the hearts of the Pakistani people and Chinese spectators.

The arch-rivals will lock horns at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on October 23, a day after Australia begin their title defence against New Zealand in Sydney

Kohli, who captained India in 95 ODIs with a 65-27 win-loss ratio, made it clear after India's Test series defeat last week that he could speak about the coming one-day games purely "from a player's point of view".

Hafeez is Pakistan's second-highest run-scorer in Twenty20s with 2,514 and also has 61 international wickets in the shortest format.

Iran does not recognise arch-rival Israel as a state and prohibits contact between athletes from the two countries.

In the third test England lost four wickets in a hostile late spell to leave them at 31-4 -still trailing Australia by 51 runs. Australia had been all out for 267, earning an 82-run lead on England's first-innings 185 on an MCG pitch that was still offering plenty for the bowlers.

Rizwan smashed a 52-ball 78 with 10 boundaries -- his 12th half-century and 11th this year -- while Haider scored a career-best 68 to guide the hosts to 200-6 in their 20 overs. This enabled Pakistan's 13th win in 19 Twenty20 internationals against West Indies.