FILE - Pakistan cricketer Salman Ali Agha. (BCB)

Pakistan have recalled Salman Ali Agha and Ali Usman for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, months after both were sent home midway through the tour of England in August. The selectors also handed maiden Test call-ups to Mohammad Taha, Mohammad Suleman and Sameer Minhas in a 14-member initial squad announced on Friday.

Babar Azam continues as captain, but Mohammad Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq, both of whom were among the seven players dispatched from the UK, have been left out. Rizwan’s omission comes amid an ongoing inquiry by Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency , which seized his phone in London on the night the Lord’s Test concluded.

Taha, a 26-year-old left-hander, has been the standout performer in the ongoing President’s Trophy Grade-I first-class competition, topping the run charts with 730 runs in seven matches, including three centuries and a highest score of 225.…