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Pakistan skipper Babar Azam in the same team next year with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) planning to revive the Afro-Asia Cup. The 50-overs series was first played in 2005 before being discontinued after its next edition in 2007 as relations between India and Pakistan soured.
NEW DELHI : India's Virat Kohli could line up beside Pakistan skipper Babar Azam in the same team next year with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) planning to revive the Afro-Asia Cup.
Hasan Ali is an entertaining character on the field. The Pakistan cricket team star pacer's celebration after taking a wicket is quite a sight. Now, his hilarious reaction after an unsuccessful appeal is making headlines. During an intra-squad match at the Pindi Stadium, Hasan Ali appealed without any success for a LBW decision against a rival batter. Then Hasan Ali can be seen moving towards the umpire, and holding his hand in an attempt to raise the finger. It was light moment and everybody present was amused.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has now been at the top of T20I rankings for batters for the most number of days, after retaining his top billing in the recently released rankings. As a result he surpassed former India captain Virat Kohli's record of 1,013 days at the top. In the latest ICC rankings released on Wednesday, Babar held his position at the top of the T20I rankings charts, ahead of compatriot Mohammad Rizwan. His form in limited overs cricket has been phenomenal and the Pakistan skipper is also at the top of the ODI rankings, ahead of second-placed Kohli and third-placed Imam-ul-Haq.
Babar Azam is perhaps the most talked about cricketer in the recent months due to his superlative form with the bat in international cricket. While many former cricketers have argued that on current form he is perhaps the best batter in the world, others have spoken about expanding the 'Top 4' of international batting into a 'Top 5' to include Babar along with the likes of Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson.
Pakistan will complete their warm-up for this year's ICC T20 Cricket World Cup with a tri-series against New Zealand and Bangladesh in early October. Babar Azam's side will travel to New Zealand at the start of October for a minimum of four T20I matches in Christchurch ahead of their T20 World Cup opener against arch-rival India at the MCG on October 23. It will be the first time Babar has played an international T20 match on New Zealand soil since the start of 2018 after the Pakistan captain missed the 2020/21 tour due to a thumb injury.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam is having a year to remember as he has truly come into his own, and in the last three-match ODI series against West Indies, he went on to register 181 runs, including one century and one half-century. In the first ODI, he had played a knock of 103 runs to help Pakistan chase down more than 300 runs. Babar's name was discussed during commentary on Day 3 of the ongoing third Test between England and New Zealand, and former Kiwi pacer Simon Doull went on to label him as "the big one".
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah returned to the side as Pakistan announced an 18-member squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Yasir had played a pivotal role in Pakistan's Test series triumph in Sri Lanka in 2015, having bagged 24 wickets. Uncapped all-rounder Salman Ali Agha, who received his maiden call-up for the tour of South Africa last year, has also been recalled to the side. Mohammad Nawaz, who had withdrawn from the recent Test series against Australia due to injury, has also been recalled for the two Tests in Sri Lanka next month.