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Rizwan was appointed as Pakistan’s T20I captain final yr forward of the white-ball tour of Australia in November.
Pakistan sack Mohammad Rizwan as T20I captain. (Image Credit score: X/@ICC)
Salman Ali Agha has been named Pakistan’s T20I captain, with Shadab Khan as vice-captain, for the five-match T20I collection towards New Zealand from 16-26 March. Mohammad Rizwan will proceed as ODI captain, with Salman serving as his deputy for the three 50-over matches scheduled on the backend of the tour from 29 March to five April.
The choice to nominate Salman and Shadab as T20I captain and vice-captain, respectively, has been made with a watch on two main upcoming tournaments – the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 (September 2025) and the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 (February/March 2026). Salman beforehand led Pakistan in a T20I collection towards Zimbabwe final yr, successful 2-1.
As a part of preparations for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, Pakistan is about to play a minimal of 5 T20Is within the ACC Asia Cup 2025 and three T20Is every towards West Indies (away, July), Afghanistan (house, August), Eire (house, September), South Africa (house, September/October), Sri Lanka (house, November) and Australia (house, January 2026).
Mohammad Rizwan will proceed main the ODI aspect as Pakistan builds in direction of the ICC Males’s 50-over Cricket World Cup 2027, which can happen in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe in October/November 2027.
Within the T20I squad, there are three uncapped gamers – Abdul Samad, Hasan Nawaz and Mohammad Ali – whereas Akif Javed and Mohammad Ali the 2 gamers who’ve but to debut in ODIs. The 4 gamers have been rewarded for his or her spectacular performances within the Champions One-Day and T20 Cups.
Within the Champions T20 Cup, Abdul Samad scored 115 runs at a strike-rate of 166.67 after aggregating 145 runs at a strike-rate of 122.88 within the Champions One-Day Cup. Likewise, Hasan Nawaz had a staller Champions T20 Cup, ending because the second main run-getter with 312 runs at a strike-rate of 142.47. Mohammad Ali with 22 wickets was the main wicket-taker in Champions T20 Cup, whereas he took three wickets within the Champions One-Day Cup.
Akif Javed has been chosen within the ODI aspect after his seven wickets in 5 Champions One-Day Cup matches, whereas he took 15 wickets within the Champions T20 Cup.
Openers Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub weren’t thought of for both format on medical recommendation. Fakhar suffered a left decrease intercostal muscle sprain throughout Pakistan’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 opener towards New Zealand, whereas Saim is recovering from a proper ankle fracture sustained on the primary day of the Cape City Take a look at towards South Africa in January. Each are anticipated to be totally match for the HBL Pakistan Tremendous League 10, beginning in Rawalpindi on 11 April 2025.
Aqib Javed will proceed as interim head coach for the New Zealand tour. His authentic time period was till the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, however he has been requested to increase his tenure whereas the seek for a everlasting head coach begins. Mohammad Yousuf has been appointed as batting coach.
Pakistan squads for New Zealand tour:
T20I squad – Salman Ali Agha (C), Shadab Khan (VC), 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
ODI squad – Mohammad Rizwan (C), Salman Ali Agha (VC), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Sufyan Moqim and Tayyab Tahir.
A wicketkeeper/batter shall be added to the ODI squad following the T20Is
New Zealand tour schedule:
- 16 March – First T20I, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- 18 March – Second T20I, College Oval, Dunedin
- 21 March – Third T20I, Eden Park, Auckland
- 23 March – Fourth T20I, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
- 26 March – Fifth T20I, Sky Stadium, Wellington
- 29 March – First ODI, McLean Park, Napier
- 2 April – Second ODI, Seddon Park, Hamilton
- 5 April – Third ODI, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui