Who is Pakistan new ODI captain?

However, all three have not been included in the team selected for the ODI and T20 series to be held in Zimbabwe after Australia. After being appointed as the captain of Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan made a big statement. He said that he would try to be the captain, not the king. Rizwan said - If I start thinking of myself as a king as a captain, then everything will fall apart. Rather, as a leader, I am here to serve the 15 people of the team. This is how it should be.

Regarding the achievements, we have messages and support from everyone, who are telling us only one thing - fight, fight and fight. They keep sending us the same message again and again and we will try our best to show the whole country that there is no lack of fighting in us. It is important to mention here that Babar Azam has been called the King of Pakistan. Rizwan was once his vice-captain or say the minister. Well, now everything has changed. Babar Azam is struggling with form and is in the team as a player. Along with this, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also released a new list of central contracts for Pakistan men's cricket. Apart from Rizwan, Babar has retained his place in the A category but Afridi has been placed in the B category instead of A.

Pakistan won the Test series against England under the leadership of Shan Masood and he has been retained in the B category. Fakhar Zaman has lost the PCB's central contract for the first time in eight years. There was doubt about his fitness but recently there was also a sourness in the relationship between PCB and him, when PCB issued a show cause notice to Fakhar after posting in support of Babar. Apart from Fakhar, Imam-ul-Haq has also lost the central contract and he has not been given a place in any team. However, Pakistan's tour of Australia will start on November 4 and end on November 18. While the Zimbabwe tour will run from November 24 to December 5. Announcing the teams, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan will be available for the Australia matches but will be rested from the T20 leg of the Zimbabwe tour, although he will play the ODIs.

Apart from Babar, Naseem, Rizwan, Shaheen and Salman Ali Agha, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah and Mohammad Irfan Khan are in both the ODI and T20 squads for the Australia tour. Apart from Salman, Jahandad Khan is included in Pakistan's T20 team for the first time. Fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain, who was named Player of the Tournament for taking 17 wickets in the Champions One-Day Cup tournament in Faisalabad last month, is also back in the ODI team.

He last represented Pakistan in this format in January 2023 against New Zealand. The PCB said Hasnain, Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Faisal Akram, Kamran Ghulam and Saim Ayub have been picked only for the ODIs and will be replaced by Jahandad, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufian Moqim and Usman Khan for the T20s in Australia.

Babar, Faisal, Haris, Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Naseem and Shaheen will leave for Melbourne on October 28, while the rest of the ODI squad will leave on October 29. Pakistan's white-ball coach Gary Kirsten will join the Pakistani team in Melbourne on October 28. Pakistan will play three ODIs and as many T20Is against Australia from November 4-18.

For the Zimbabwe tour, the PCB said domestic performers have been rewarded heavily. Ahmed Daniyal, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Tayyab Tahir and Salman Ali Agha have been selected for both formats of the tour. Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Faisal Akram, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub and Shahnawaz Dahani have been selected in the ODI squad for the series against Zimbabwe.