Pakistan's new white-ball captain named for Australia and Zimbabwe tour

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the complete white-ball squads for the upcoming Australia and Zimbabwe tour. The Pakistan men’s national cricket team will now play under the new captain in the upcoming overseas tours.  

Early this month, Babar Azam stepped down from the white-ball captaincy role of the Pakistan national cricket team, citing his workload issue as he wants to put more focus on his batting.

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Mohammad Rizwan is Pakistan's new ODI and T20I captain

Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has been appointed as the Pakistan ODI and T20I captain. He will lead the Pakistan white-ball teams in the ODI and T20I series in the upcoming Australia and Zimbabwe tour, except for the T20I series in Zimbabwe, where he has been rested.

In the Australia tour, Pakistan will play a three-match ODI series and a three-match T20I series, starting on November 4. Then, Pakistan will travel to Zimbabwe for another three-match ODI and T20I series, starting on November 24. 

Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Naseem Shah, who were rested for the last two matches of the recently concluded three-match home Test series against England, are ready for the Australia tour as all of them are present in both ODI and T20I squads of the tour. However, they have been rested from the Zimbabwe tour. 

Salman Agha will lead T20I team in Zimbabwe 

After leading Pakistan in three successive away white-ball series, ODI and T20I series in Australia and ODI series in Zimbabwe, Mohammad Rizwan will be rested from the T20I series in Zimbabwe. While Salman Agha will play the deputy role of Rizwan in these three straight white-ball series, he will play the captain role of the T20I squad in the Zimbabwe tour. 

Aamir Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, and Haseebullah are the uncapped players in the ODI squads. Muhammad Irfan Khan, and Saim Ayub. Jahandad Khan and Salman Ali Agha are the non-debutant names in the T20I squads. 

After these two tours, Pakistan will travel to South Africa for a three-match T20I series, a three-match ODI series, and a two-match Test series.   

Pakistan squads for Australia tour 

ODI squad: Mohammad Rizwan (Captain and wk), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi

T20I squad: Mohammad Rizwan (Captain and wk), Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan

Pakistan squads for Zimbabwe tour

ODI squad: Mohammad Rizwan (Captain and wk), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir

T20I squad: Salman Agha (Captain), Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wk), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan