[4] In July 2023, he became the first Pakistani batsman to score a Test double century in Sri Lanka against the hosts.

[5] Saud Shakeel was born in September 1995 in Karachi and spent much of his early life in the Sagheer Centre of the Federal B.

[6] After a tepid response from these academies, Azam integrated Saud into practice sessions where he faced players such as Rumman Raees, Anwar Ali, and Tabish Khan.

[16][17] In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.

[20][21] In March 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test and limited overs squads for their tours to South Africa and Zimbabwe.

[24] In June 2021, Shakeel was named in Pakistan's Test and ODI squads,[25] for their tours of the West Indies and England respectively.

[35] He also played a cameo against Sri Lanka in his second match of the World Cup scoring 31 runs off 30 balls.