Pakistan team announced for Australia and Zimbabwe tour, captain’s name still not revealed

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|27-10-2024

After the spectacular victory in the home Test series against England, now the Pakistan team has to tour Australia. Pakistan team has to play ODI and T20 series in Australia. This tour will start from 4th November. After this the Pakistan team will tour Zimbabwe. On this tour also, 3 ODIs and the same number of T20 matches will be played. Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the team for both these tours. The special thing is that this time many new faces have been included.

Babar-Shaheen returned

Pakistan cricket selectors have announced a 15-member team for the tour of Australia and Zimbabwe. Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi have been selected in the team for the ODI and T20 series against Australia. These three star players were removed from the team in the middle of the Test series against England. But these players have been rested for the Zimbabwe tour. Apart from the Australia tour, Mohammad Rizwan will be a part of the ODI series against Zimbabwe. He will also be out of the T20 series.

Big opportunity for these players

Aamir Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Hasibullah, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Sam Ayub have been included in the ODI team for the Australia tour for the first time. On the other hand, Jahandad Khan and Salman Ali Aga have been selected in the T20 team for the first time. At the same time, Mohammad Hasnain has returned to the team after a long time.

The name of the new captain has not been announced yet

Actually, Babar Azam had recently left the captaincy of the ODI and T20 team. In such a situation, the team will get a new captain from the Australia tour. But the selectors of Pakistan cricket have not revealed the name of the captain along with the announcement of the team. According to the press release issued by PCB, the name of the captain will be announced on October 27 i.e. today at 4 pm.

Pakistan team for Australia tour

ODI Team: Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali. Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

T20 team: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Aga, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan. Mokeem, Usman Khan.

Pakistan team for Zimbabwe tour

ODI team: Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga, Shahnawaz. Dahani and Tayyab Tahir.

T20 team: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Hasibullah (wk), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Aga, Sufyan Mokim, Tayyab Tahir. And Usman Khan.

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