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Pakistan all-rounder Salman Agha was named skipper of their Twenty20 International team while Mohammad Rizwan will continue to lead the one-day international side, the country's cricket board said on Tuesday.
Captain Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam were on Tuesday dropped from the Pakistan squad for the five-match T20 series in New Zealand. Salman Ali Agha replaced Rizwan as captain of the T20 outfit with all-rounder Shadab Khan being recalled and named his vice-captain. Rizwan has been retained as captain of the ODI squad after the team's disappointing show in the Champions Trophy. The selectors have avoided an overhaul in the one-day squad and retained majority of the players who flopped in the ongoing ICC event. Babar is also retained in the ODI squad but batters Saud Shakil and Kamran Ghulam have been axed. The selectors have also sidelined fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf from the one-day squad. Pakistan play five T20s and three ODIs in New Zealand starting March 16.
Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has launched a scathing attack on the Mohammad Rizwan-led side after its early exit from the Champions Trophy. With zero wins in the bag, Pakistan failed to qualify for the Champions Trophy semi-finals after losing to New Zealand and India, while their final group game was washed out in Rawalpindi. Akmal blamed the lack of balance in the Pakistan squad as the reason behind the hosts early exit from the tournament. Even the show of the hosts lashed out at the selectors, saying that Pakistan's fate was decided the same their squad was announced.
Pakistan's Champions Trophy 2025 capitulation has once again exposed all the things that are going wrong in the country's cricket. Since the 2017 Champions Trophy, Pakistan haven't had much to show in the ODI format. The latest setback, in a tournament that it's hosting, has led to widespread criticism. Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir took a step further while speaking about the captaincy transition from Babar Azam to Mohammad Rizwan. Both Babar and Rizwan are batting mainstays of Pakistan but their performances have been under the scanner of late.
Former India batter Aakash Chopra has trolled Pakistan's white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan after the host team's early exit from Champinos Trophy 2025. It was a disappointing performance from the defending champions as they failed to advance to the next round and got eliminated in the group stage itself. What added to Pakistan's trouble was the fact that they ended the tournament at the bottom spot in the Group A table with no wins in three games and only one point to their credit. The side also achieved an unwanted record of becoming the defending champions with worst-ever finish in the tournament history - One point and net run rate of -1.087.
A video of Pakistani TV anchor mocking national cricket team captain Mohammad Rizwan's English and former players like Mohammad Amir, Ahmed Shehzad and Rashid Latif laughing over it is going viral on social media. "He represents 25 crore people. We want our representative to speak well, look well, say sensible things, play fearless cricket with honesty. When I watch my captain Mohammad Rizwan in press conferences, I'm not saying he should speak in English. He can talk in Urdu but he should make some sense. What is this 'sometimes you win, or you learn. Sometimes it's cramp, sometimes it's acting'," said TV presenter Tabish Hashmi in the video. While Amir hid his laugh, Latif was seen smiling. Nothing was able to control Shehzad who burst into laughter after listening to the mimicry.
Some of the senior Pakistan players could withdraw from the next month's New Zealand tour in the aftermath of the team's embarrassing exit from the Champions Trophy, sources said on Friday. Pakistan exited the home event without winning a single game as it began the campaign with a heavy 60-run defeat against New Zealand in Karachi and then lost by six wickets to arch-rivals India in Dubai. On Thursday, the home team's match against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi had to abandoned due to rain, crushing the comeback hopes. According to sources aware of developments in the Board, a few players are contemplating if they should travel to New Zealand. Pakistan are scheduled to play five T20Is and three ODIs during the white-ball tour from March 16-April 5.
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has taken a swipe at legendary pacer Wasim Akram after the latter had suggested to drop a host of stars from the national team. Akram's remarks came after Pakistan's early exit from the Champions Trophy, following the defeats to New Zealand and India, respectively, in Group A. Pakistan failed to win a single game as their final group match against Bangladesh was washed out due to rain in Rawalpindi on Thursday.