Pakistan Cricket Team 2024
The Pakistan National Cricket Team represents Pakistan in men's international cricket. The Pakistan cricket team is also known as the Men in Green. They are governed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The Pakistan Cricket Team is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and plays all three formats. One of the major cricketing nations, Pakistan has won one ODI World Cup and one T20 World Cup so far.
Pakistan National Cricket Team Bio
Full Name |
Pakistan National Cricket Team |
Nickname |
Men In Green |
Founded |
1952 |
Team Owner |
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) |
Chairman |
Mohsin Naqvi |
Head Coach |
Gary Kirsten (T20&ODI), Jason Gillespie (Test) |
Captain (s) |
Babar Azam (T20&ODI), Shan Masood (Test) |
Website & Social Media |
Facebook: Pakistan Team |
Instagram: Pakistan Cricket |
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Twitter: Pakistan Cricket |
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Website: https://www.pcb.com.pk/ |
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Email Address |
inquiry@pcb.com |
Full Address |
Gaddafi Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan Tel: +92 42 35717231-4 Fax: +92 42 35711860 & +92 42 35870671 |
Net Worth (2023-24) |
$55 million (₹4,588,479,775.00) |
Sponsors |
Pepsi, HBL, Cool & Cool, TUC biscuits & Brighto Paints |
Pakistan National Cricket Team History:
- The first-ever international cricket match in current-day Pakistan took place in Karachi on November 22, 1935. The match was played between Sindh and the Australian team.
- Five years after gaining independence, Pakistan received Test match status on July 28, 1952, at the Imperial Cricket Conference. Abdul Hafeez Kardar became the first captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.
- Pakistan played their first Test against India in October 1952. The first home Test match against India was played in January 1955 in Dacca, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
- Pakistan won their first-ever ODI World Cup in 1992 under the captaincy of Imran Khan. They have not won the World Cup since.
Pakistan Cricket ODI Squad
PLAYER NAME |
ROLE |
STYLE |
JERSEY NO |
Babar Azam (Captain) |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
56 |
Agha Salman |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
– |
Fakhar Zaman |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
39 |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast |
97 |
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Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat |
26 |
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Faheem Ahsraf |
Allrounder |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right arm medium |
41 |
Zaman Khan |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast |
27 |
Mohammad Nawaz |
Allrounder |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
13 |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: – |
16 |
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Mohammad Wasim |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast medium |
74 |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast |
71 |
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Ihsanullah |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast |
52 |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium fast |
94 |
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Usama Mir |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak |
24 |
Abdullah Shafique |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
57 |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium fast |
32 |
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Iftikhar Ahmed |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
95 |
Mohammad Haris |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
21 |
Saud Shakeel |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left arm Slow |
59 |
Shadab Khan |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak |
29 |
Bowler |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left arm Fast |
10 |
Pakistan Cricket T20 Squad
PLAYER NAME |
ROLE |
STYLE |
JERSEY NO |
Babar Azam (Captain) |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
56 |
Fakhar Zaman |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
39 |
Haris Rauf |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast |
97 |
Mohammad Nawaz |
Allrounder |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
13 |
Abdullah Shafique |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak |
57 |
Mohammad Rizwan |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: – |
16 |
Mohammad Wasim |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast medium |
74 |
Naseem Shah |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast |
71 |
Faheem Ahsraf |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm medium |
41 |
Shan Masood |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium fast |
94 |
Aamer Jamal |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium Fast |
– |
Asif Ali |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
45 |
Haider Ali |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat |
46 |
Ihsanullah |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm fast |
52 |
Iftikhar Ahmed |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
95 |
Khushdil Shah |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
72 |
Mohammad Haris |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
29 |
Shadab Khan |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak |
7 |
Shaheen Shah Afridi |
Bowler |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left arm Fast |
10 |
Usman Qadir |
Bowler |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak |
– |
Zaman Khan |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast |
27 |
Abbas Afridi |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast medium |
55 |
Azam Khan |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Right-hand bat |
77 |
Arafat Minhas |
Bowler |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
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Haseebullah Khan |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Left-hand bat |
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Arshad Iqbal |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast medium |
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Imad Wasim |
Allrounder |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
9 |
Mirza Baig |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat |
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Omair Yousuf |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat |
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Qasim Akram |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
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Mubasir Khan |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
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Rohail Nazir |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Right-hand bat |
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Sahibzada Farhan |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat |
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Saim Ayub |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break, Right arm Fast medium |
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Sufiyan Muqeem |
Bowler |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
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Tayyab Tahir |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm Legbreak |
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Usama Mir |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak |
24 |
Pakistan Test Cricket Squad
PLAYER NAME |
ROLE |
STYLE |
JERSY NO |
Aamer Jamal |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium Fast |
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Babar Azam |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
56 |
Abdullah Shafique |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
57 |
Imam-ul-Haq |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: – |
26 |
Naseem Shah |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm Fast |
71 |
Saim Ayub |
Batter |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break, Right arm Fast medium |
86 |
Haris Rauf |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast |
97 |
Saud Shakeel |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left arm Slow |
59 |
Mohammad Rizwan |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: |
16 |
Khurram Shahzad |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium fast |
49 |
Hasan Ali |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium fast |
32 |
Noman Ali |
Bowler |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox |
7 |
Sajid Khan |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
68 |
Shaheen Shah Afridi |
Bowler |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left arm Fast |
10 |
Faheem Ashraf |
Allrounder |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium |
41 |
Sarfaraz Ahmed |
Wicketkeeper |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
54 |
Shan Masood (Captain) |
Batter |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium fast |
94 |
Abrar Ahmed |
Bowler |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak Googly |
40 |
Agha Salman |
Allrounder |
Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break |
67 |
Mir Hamza |
Bowler |
Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left arm Medium |
39 |
Pakistan National Cricket Team ICC World Cup record
Pakistan has appeared in all the 13 editions of the World Cup so far. After the group stage exit in the inaugural edition, they qualified for the semifinal in the next three editions before winning the fifth edition. Since then, they have not won the World Cup and have appeared in the final just once.
Pakistan Cricket Team’s Trophy in ICC Event and Asia Cup
Tournament |
Best Result |
ICC Cricket World Cup |
Champions (1992) |
ICC Champions Trophy |
Champions (2017) |
Asia Cup |
Champions (1984,2000) |
Major Cricket Stadium of Pakistan
Stadium Name |
Location |
Capacity |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
Lahore, Punjab |
27,000 |
National Stadium, Karachi |
Karachi, Sindh |
34,328 |
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
Rawalpindi, Punjab |
18,000 |
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar |
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
35,000 |
Multan Cricket Stadium |
Multan, Punjab |
35,000 |
Most Runs In Pakistan Cricket
Player |
Runs |
Matches |
Innings |
Inzamam-ul-Haq |
11,701 |
375 |
348 |
Mohammad Yousuf |
9,554 |
281 |
267 |
Saeed Anwar |
8,824 |
247 |
244 |
Shahid Afridi |
8,027 |
393 |
364 |
Shoaib Malik |
7,534 |
287 |
258 |
Javed Miandad |
7,381 |
233 |
218 |
Younis Khan |
7,249 |
265 |
255 |
Saleem Malik |
7,170 |
283 |
256 |
Mohammad Hafeez |
6,614 |
218 |
216 |
Ijaz Ahmed |
6,564 |
250 |
232 |
Most Wickets In Pakistan Cricket
Player |
Wickets |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
Wasim Akram |
502 |
356 |
351 |
11,812 |
Waqar Younis |
416 |
262 |
258 |
9,919 |
Shahid Afridi |
393 |
393 |
369 |
13,572 |
Saqlain Mushtaq |
288 |
169 |
165 |
6,275 |
Abdul Razzaq |
268 |
261 |
250 |
8,452 |
Shoaib Akhtar |
241 |
158 |
157 |
5,953 |
Saeed Ajmal |
184 |
113 |
112 |
4,182 |
Imran Khan |
182 |
175 |
153 |
4,844 |
Aaqib Javed |
182 |
163 |
159 |
5,721 |
Umar Gul |
179 |
130 |
128 |
5,253 |
Pakistan
- Owner : Faisal Hasnain
- Captain : Babar Azam
COMPLETED / Match 11 / Grand Prairie Stadium
159/3 (20 ov)
159/7 (20 ov)
United States of America won by superover
COMPLETED / 5th T20I / Gaddafi Stadium
178/5 (20 ov)
169/10 (19.2 ov)
Pakistan won by 9 runs.
COMPLETED / 5th T20I / Hagley Oval
92/10 (17.2 ov)
134/8 (20 ov)
Pakistan won by 42 runs.
COMPLETED / 4th T20I / Gaddafi Stadium
174/8 (20 ov)
178/7 (20 ov)
New Zealand won by 4 runs.
COMPLETED / 4th T20I / Hagley Oval
159/3 (18.1 ov)
158/5 (20 ov)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
178/4 (20 ov)
179/3 (18.2 ov)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / University Oval
224/7 (20 ov)
179/7 (20 ov)
New Zealand won by 45 runs.
COMPLETED / 2nd Test / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
274/10 (85.1 ov)
262/10 (78.4 ov)
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
92/3 (12.1 ov)
90/10 (18.1 ov)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Seddon Park
194/8 (20 ov)
173/10 (19.3 ov)
New Zealand won by 21 runs.
COMPLETED / 1st Test / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
448/6 (113 ov)
565/10 (167.3 ov)
Bangladesh won by 10 wickets
COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
2/1 (0.2 ov)
Match Abandoned due to rain
COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Eden Park Outer Oval
226/8 (20 ov)
180/10 (18 ov)
New Zealand won by 46 runs.
COMPLETED / Match 1 / Manuka Oval
367/4 (141 ov)
391/9 (116.2 ov)
Match Drawn
Pakistan Squad
Manzoor Elahi
Batter
Mushtaq Ahmed
Batter
Usman Khan
Wicket-Keeper
Mir Hamza
Bowler
Kamran Ghulam
Batter
Mushtaq Ahmed
Batter
Mohammad Huraira
Batter
Ashfaq Ahmed
Batter
Mohammad Ali
Bowler
Atif Rauf
All Rounder