On Sunday, wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan was appointed as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team in white-ball cricket. Rizwan replaces the star batter. Babar Azam He resigned from his position after suffering a crushing defeat in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Rizwan’s first assignment as Pakistan captain will be the three-match ODI series against Australia starting November 4. Pakistan will open their tour of Australia with three one-day international matches in Melbourne (November 4), Adelaide (November 8) and Perth (November 10). Three Twenty20 internationals will then compete in Brisbane (November 14), Sydney (November 16) and Hobart (November 18). Salman Agha has been appointed as vice-captain of Pakistan cricket team.
all rounder Aamer Jamal and Arafat Minhasspinner Faisal Akramwicketkeeper-batsman Hashibulla and batsman irfan khan and Saim Ayub I was selected for ODI for the first time.
Similarly, all-rounders Jahandad Khan and Salman Agha were selected for the T20I for the first time.
Azam, who was first appointed as white-ball captain in 2019, resigned following Pakistan’s disastrous first-round exit at the ODI World Cup in India last year.
However, he was reappointed for a second time in March ahead of the T20I World Cup between the United States and the West Indies, where too pressure mounted on him to resign after Pakistan were eliminated in the first round.
Australian national team:
ODI team: Aamer Jamal Abdullah ShafiqArafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Harris RauchHashibra, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad HasnainMohammad Rizwan, Irrfan Khan, Naseem ShahSaim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi
T20I squad: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Abbas AfridiMohammad Rizwan, Irrfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omail bin Yusuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Mokim, Usman Khan
Zimbabwe national team:
ODI: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafik, Abrar AhmedAhmed Danyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir
T20I: Ahmed Danyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hanain, Irfan Khan, Omail bin Yusuf, Qasim AkramSahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Sufyan Mokim, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan
(With AFP input)
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