Pakistan National Cricket Team (2026)

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	Mike Hesson
Bowling Coach	Ashley Noffke
Batting Coach	Hanif Malik
Captain (s)	Salman Ali Agha (ODI), Agha Salman (T20I), Shan Masood (Test)
Website & Social Media	Facebook: Pakistan Team
	Instagram: Pakistan Cricket
	Twitter: Pakistan Cricket
	Website: https://www.pcb.com.pk/
Email Address	[email protected]
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	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 (Captain)	Bowler	Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left arm Fast	10

Pakistan Cricket T20 Squad

PLAYER NAME	ROLE	STYLE	JERSEY NO
Babar Azam	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 Ashraf	Allrounder	Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm medium	41
Salman Agha (Captain)	Allrounder	Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Off-break
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
Usman Khan	Wicketkeeper	Batting: Right-hand bat
Khawaja Nafay	Batter	Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break
Khushdil Shah	Batter	Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox	72
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
Salman Mirza	Bowler	Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Left arm Fast
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
Abrar Ahmed	Bowler	Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak Googly
Sahibzada Farhan	Batter	Batting: Right-hand bat
Saim Ayub	Batter	Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break, Right arm Fast medium
Usman Tariq	Bowler	Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Off-break
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
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 T20 World Cup	Champions (2009)
ICC Champions Trophy	Champions (2017)
Asia Cup	Champions (2000,2012)

Major Cricket Stadiums 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 for Pakistan in Test Cricket

Player	Runs	Matches	Innings	Average	100	50	Period
Younis Khan	10,099	118	213	52.05	34	33	2000-2017
Javed Miandad	8,832	124	189	52.57	23	43	1976-1993
Inzamam-ul-Haq	8,829	119	198	50.16	25	46	1992-2007
Mohammad Yousuf	7,530	90	156	52.29	24	33	1998-2010
Azhar Ali	7,142	97	180	42.26	19	35	2010-2022
Saleem Malik	5,768	103	154	43.69	15	29	1982-1999
Misbah-ul-Haq	5,222	75	132	46.62	10	39	2001-2017
Zaheer Abbas	5,062	78	124	44.79	12	20	1969-1985
Asad Shafiq	4,660	77	128	38.19	12	27	2010-2020
Babar Azam	4,366	61	112	42.38	9	30	2016-2025

Most Runs for Pakistan in ODI Cricket

Player	Runs	Matches	Innings	Average	100	50	Period
Inzamam-ul-Haq	11,701	375	348	39.53	10	83	1991-2007
Mohammad Yousuf	9,554	281	267	42.08	15	62	1998-2010
Saeed Anwar	8,824	247	244	39.21	20	43	1989-2003
Shahid Afridi	8,027	393	364	23.81	6	39	1996-2015
Shoaib Malik	7,534	287	258	34.55	9	44	1999-2019
Javed Miandad	7,381	233	218	41.70	8	50	1975-1996
Younis Khan	7,249	265	255	31.24	7	48	2000-2015
Saleem Malik	7,170	283	256	32.88	5	47	1982-1999
Mohammad Hafeez	6,614	218	216	32.90	11	38	2003-2019
Ijaz Ahmed	6,564	250	232	32.33	10	37	1986-2000

Most Runs for Pakistan in T20I Cricket

Player	Runs	Matches	Innings	Average	100	50	Period
Babar Azam	4,429	136	129	39.54	3	38	2016-2025
Mohammad Rizwan	3,414	106	93	47.41	1	30	2015-2024
Mohammad Hafeez	2,514	119	108	26.46	-	14	2006-2021
Shoaib Malik	2,423	123	110	31.46	-	9	2006-2021
Fakhar Zaman	2,365	115	106	23.65	-	13	2017-2026
Umar Akmal	1,690	84	79	26.00	-	8	2009-2019
Ahmed Shehzad	1,471	59	59	25.80	1	7	2009-2019
Shahid Afridi	1,405	98	90	18.01	-	4	2006-2016
Saim Ayub	1,109	58	56	20.92	-	5	2023-2026
Iftikhar Ahmed	998	66	55	24.34	-	4	2016-2024

Most Wickets for Pakistan in Test Cricket

Player	Wickets	Matches	Innings	Average	SR	4 WI	5 WI	10 WI	Period
Wasim Akram	414	104	181	23.62	54.65	20	25	5	1985-2002
Waqar Younis	373	87	154	23.56	43.49	28	22	5	1989-2003
Imran Khan	362	88	142	22.81	53.75	17	23	6	1971-1992
Danish Kaneria	261	61	112	34.79	67.80	8	15	2	2000-2010
Yasir Shah	244	48	89	31.38	58.42	15	16	3	2014-2022
Abdul Qadir	236	67	111	32.80	72.56	12	15	5	1977-1990
Saqlain Mushtaq	208	49	86	29.83	67.64	12	13	3	1995-2004
Mushtaq Ahmed	185	52	89	32.97	67.74	6	10	3	1990-2003
Shoaib Akhtar	178	46	82	25.69	45.74	10	12	2	1997-2007
Saeed Ajmal	178	35	67	28.10	65.12	9	10	4	2009-2014

Most Wickets for Pakistan in ODI

Player	Wickets	Matches	Innings	Average	SR	4 WI	5 WI	Period
Wasim Akram	502	356	351	23.52	36.22	17	6	1984-2003
Waqar Younis	416	262	258	23.84	30.52	14	13	1989-2003
Shahid Afridi	393	393	369	34.53	44.78	4	9	1996-2015
Saqlain Mushtaq	288	169	165	21.78	30.45	11	6	1995-2003
Abdul Razzaq	268	261	250	31.53	40.48	8	3	1996-2011
Shoaib Akhtar	241	158	157	24.70	31.15	6	4	1998-2011
Saeed Ajmal	184	113	112	22.72	32.60	6	2	2008-2015
Imran Khan	182	175	153	26.61	40.99	3	1	1974-1992
Aaqib Javed	182	163	159	31.43	44.02	2	4	1988-1998
Umar Gul	179	130	128	29.34	33.87	4	2	2003-2016

Most Wickets for Pakistan in T20I

Player	Wickets	Matches	Innings	Average	SR	4 WI	5 WI	Period
Haris Rauf	133	94	92	21.10	15.10	5	-	2020-2025
Shaheen Shah Afridi	126	96	96	21.26	16.54	2	-	2018-2025
Shadab Khan	114	114	106	24.33	19.79	3	-	2017-2026
Shahid Afridi	97	98	96	24.35	22.10	3	-	2006-2016
Mohammad Nawaz	87	88	83	21.82	18.16	-	1	2016-2026
Saeed Ajmal	85	64	63	17.83	16.82	4	-	2009-2015
Umar Gul	85	60	60	16.97	14.15	4	2	2007-2016
Imad Wasim	73	75	74	21.75	21.04	1	1	2015-2024
Hasan Ali	72	57	56	23.30	16.04	1	1	2016-2025
Mohammad Amir	71	62	61	21.94	18.60	1	-	2009-2024

LIVE / West Indies tour of New Zealand, 2025 / Diamond Oval

Pakistan

24/0 (9.0 ov)

Ireland

205/10 (75.0 ov)

SCHEDULED / Super 8 Group 2 (Y3 v Y4) / Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

COMPLETED / Super 8 Group 2 (Y1 v Y3) / Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

England

0/0 ( ov)

Pakistan

164/9 (20 ov)

England won by 2 wickets

COMPLETED / Super 8 Group 2 (Y2 v Y3) / R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama

New Zealand

Pakistan

Match Abandoned

COMPLETED / 35th Match, Group A / Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Pakistan

199/3 (20 ov)

Namibia

97/10 (17.3 ov)

Pakistan won by 102 runs

COMPLETED / 27th Match, Group A / R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama

India

175/7 (20 ov)

Pakistan

114/10 (18 ov)

India won by 61 runs

COMPLETED / 12th Match, Group A / Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Pakistan

190/9 (20 ov)

United States

158/8 (20 ov)

Pakistan won by 32 runs

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Iqbal Stadium

Pakistan

144/3 (25.1 ov)

South Africa

143/10 (37.5 ov)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / Final / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

118/4 (18.4 ov)

Sri Lanka

114/10 (19.1 ov)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Iqbal Stadium

Pakistan

269/9 (50 ov)

South Africa

270/2 (40.1 ov)

South Africa won by 8 wickets

COMPLETED / 6th T20I / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

178/7 (20 ov)

Sri Lanka

184/5 (20 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 6 runs

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Iqbal Stadium

Pakistan

264/8 (49.4 ov)

South Africa

263/10 (49.1 ov)

Pakistan won by 2 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Gaddafi Stadium

Pakistan

140/6 (19 ov)

South Africa

139/9 (20 ov)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets

COMPLETED / 4th T20I / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

195/5 (20 ov)

Zimbabwe

126/10 (19 ov)

Pakistan won by 69 runs

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Gaddafi Stadium

Pakistan

112/1 (13.1 ov)

South Africa

110/10 (19.2 ov)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Gaddafi Stadium

Pakistan

207/6 (20 ov)

Australia

96/10 (16.5 ov)

Pakistan won by 111 runs

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Sri Lanka

160/6 (12 ov)

Pakistan

146/8 (12 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 14 runs

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

131/3 (15.3 ov)

Sri Lanka

128/7 (20 ov)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

215/4 (44.4 ov)

Sri Lanka

211/10 (45.2 ov)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

139/10 (18.1 ov)

South Africa

194/9 (20 ov)

South Africa won by 55 runs

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Gaddafi Stadium

Pakistan

198/5 (20 ov)

Australia

108/10 (15.4 ov)

Pakistan won by 90 runs

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

Match Abandoned

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

289/2 (48.2 ov)

Sri Lanka

288/8 (50 ov)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd Test / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

333/10 (113.4 ov)

South Africa

404/10 (119.3 ov)

South Africa won by 8 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st Match, Group A / Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Pakistan

148/7 (19.3 ov)

Netherlands

147/10 (19.5 ov)

Pakistan won by 3 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Gaddafi Stadium

Pakistan

168/8 (20 ov)

Australia

146/8 (20 ov)

Pakistan won by 22 runs

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Sri Lanka

128/10 (19.2 ov)

Pakistan

129/4 (16.4 ov)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

151/5 (19.2 ov)

Zimbabwe

147/8 (20 ov)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

299/5 (50 ov)

Sri Lanka

293/9 (50 ov)

Pakistan won by 6 runs

COMPLETED / 1st Test / Gaddafi Stadium

Pakistan

378/10 (110.4 ov)

South Africa

269/10 (84 ov)

Pakistan won by 93 runs

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Pakistan National Cricket Team FAQs

Salman Agha captains the Pakistan team in the T20 format.

Pakistan team is one of the most competitive teams of the sport, winning 138 out of its 236 total T20I matches.

With the kind of players it has in its arsenal, from young guns to seasoned veterans, Pakistan with the current team stands as a contender of winning the cup.