Wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan was on Sunday named captain of the Pakistan cricket team in white-ball cricket. Rizwan will replace star batter Babar Azam who resigned from the position after a disastrous performance in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Rizwan’s first assignment as Pakistan captain will be the three-match ODI series against Australia, which begins on November 4. Pakistan will open their tour of Australia with three one-day internationals in Melbourne. (4 November), Adelaide (8 November) and Perth (10 November). This will be followed by three Twenty20 international matches in Brisbane (November 14), Sydney (November 16) and Hobart (November 18). Salman Agha has been named vice-captain of the Pakistan cricket team.
station wagons Aamer Jamal And Arafat Minhasspinner Faisal Akramwicketkeeper, batsman Hasibullah and batsmen Irfan Khan And Saim Ayub were selected for the first time in ODIs.
Also, all-rounders Jahandad Khan and Salman Agha were selected for the first time in T20Is.
Azam, who was named captain of the white-ball team for the first time in 2019, stepped down following Pakistan’s disastrous first-round exit at the ODI World Cup in India last year.
However, he was reassigned for a second time in March ahead of the T20I World Cup in the USA and West Indies, where Pakistan were again eliminated in the first round, increasing pressure on him to retire.
Australia squads:
ODI DEPARTMENT: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah ShafiqArafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris RaufHasibullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad HasnainMohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Nazim ShahSaim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi
T20I SECTION: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah, Jahandad Khan, Abbas AfridiMohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yusuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan
Zimbabwe national team lineups:
ODI: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar AhmedAhmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shahnawaz Dakhani, Tayyab Tahir
T20I: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yusuf, Qasim AkramSahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Sufyan Mokim, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan
(With AFP inputs)
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