India, Nov. 7 -- Pakistan selectors have recalled all-rounder Aamir Jamal to the squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka, just two months after he returned midway through the England tour without playing a single Test.

Jamal is among several changes to the national squad for the opening Test, which begins in Rawalpindi on November 9. Left-arm spinner Ali Usman and opening batter Abdullah Fazal have been released from the original 16-member squad, which now has eight Test uncapped players out of whom only two, Arafat Minhas and Saad Baig, have played in white-ball formats for Pakistan.

The squad now includes uncapped batters Muhammad Tayyab Arif, Sameer Minhas, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Taha and rookie pacers in Saqib Khan and Ali Sha...