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Pakistan National Cricket Team

Pakistan National Cricket Team

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

Twitter: Pakistan Cricket

Website: https://www.pcb.com.pk/

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

Haris Rauf

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Fast

97

Imam-ul-Haq

Batter

Batting: Left-hand bat

26

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

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

Ihsanullah

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Fast

52

Shan Masood

Batter

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

94

Usama Mir

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak

24

Abdullah Shafique

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

57

Hasan Ali

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

32

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

Shaheen Shah Afridi

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

Haseebullah Khan

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Left-hand bat

Arshad Iqbal

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Fast medium

Imad Wasim

Allrounder

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

9

Mirza Baig

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Omair Yousuf

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Qasim Akram

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Mubasir Khan

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Rohail Nazir

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Right-hand bat

Sahibzada Farhan

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Saim Ayub

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break, Right arm Fast medium

Sufiyan Muqeem

Bowler

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

Tayyab Tahir

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm Legbreak

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

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 National Cricket Team FAQs

In terms of runs, Younis Khan and Inzamam-ul-Haq could be called as the best Pakistan batsmen. While Younis is Pakistan's highest run-scorer in Tests, Inzamam holds the record in ODIs.

Shan Masood is the captain of Pakistan's Test team.

The Pakistan cricket team is governed by the Pakistan Cricket Board.

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