Sources said that Pakistan’s head cricket coach, Aqib Javed, has named the ODI and T20I teams for their upcoming tour of New Zealand.
As the ODI team’s captain, wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan will be in charge, and all-rounder Salman Agha will be his assistant.
Mohammad Wasim Jr. and opening batter Abdullah Shafique both returned to ODIs after their last game in the ODI World Cup 2023.
Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Mohammad Ali, Sufyan Muqim, and Naseem Shah are also in the ODI team.
Salman Agha, an all-rounder, has been named captain of the T20I team, and Shadab Khan has been named vice-captain.
Aqib Javed thought that the choice to change captains was made with the T20 Asia Cup 2025 (coming up in September 2025) and the T20 World Cup 2026 in mind.
The Pakistan T20I team also has three players who have never played for their country before: Abdul Samad, Hasan Nawaz, and Mohammad Ali.
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Akif Javed and Mohammad Ali are fast bowlers who have never played in an ODI.
Team Pakistan for the trip to New Zealand:
The T20I team is made up of Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Jahandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haris, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousaf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, and Usman Khan.
Mohammad Rizwan is the captain of the ODI team, along with Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Wasim Jnr., Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Sufyan Moqim, and Tayyab Tahir.
After the T20Is, an extra batter who can keep wickets will be added to the ODI team.
