Wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan was appointed the Pakistan cricket crew captain in white-ball cricket on Sunday. Rizwan will exchange star batter Babar Azam who stepped down from the place following a disastrous run within the T20 World Cup 2024. Rizwan’s first project as Pakistan captain would be the three-match ODI sequence in opposition to Australia beginning November 4. Pakistan open the Australia tour with three one-day internationals in Melbourne (November 4), Adelaide (November 8) and Perth (November 10). That can be adopted by three Twenty20 internationals in Brisbane (November 14), Sydney (November 16) and Hobart (November 18). Salman Agha was appointed vice-captain of the Pakistan cricket crew.
Allrounders Aamer Jamal and Arafat Minhas, spinner Faisal Akram, wicketkeeper batsman Haseebullah and batsmen Irfan Khan and Saim Ayub have been chosen for the primary time in ODIs.
Likewise, allrounders Jahandad Khan and Salman Agha have been chosen for the primary time in T20Is.
Azam, appointed white-ball captain for the primary time in 2019, stepped down after Pakistan’s disastrous first-round exit from the ODI World Cup in India final yr.
Nonetheless, he was re-appointed for a second time in March forward of the T20I World Cup in the US and West Indies — the place Pakistan exited within the first spherical once more, including stress on him to resign.
Squads for Australia:
ODI SQUAD: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi
T20I SQUAD: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan
Squads for Zimbabwe:
ODI: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir
T20I: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan
(With AFP inputs)
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