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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

SCHEDULED / 2nd Test / Multan Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

West Indies

SCHEDULED / 1st Test / National Stadium

Pakistan

West Indies

COMPLETED / Match 36 / Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground

Pakistan

111/7 (18.5 ov)

Ireland

106/9 (20 ov)

Pakistan won by 3 wickets

COMPLETED / Final / Mission Road Ground

Pakistan

72/6 (5.2 ov)

Sri Lanka

76/3 (5 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st Semi-final / Mission Road Ground

Australia

107/1 (6 ov)

Pakistan

109/2 (5.5 ov)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets

COMPLETED / Match 22 / Nassau County International Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

107/3 (17.3 ov)

Canada

106/7 (20 ov)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / Match 19 / Nassau County International Cricket Stadium

India

119/10 (19 ov)

Pakistan

113/7 (20 ov)

India won by 6 runs.

COMPLETED / Match 11 / Grand Prairie Stadium

United States

159/3 (20 ov)

Pakistan

159/7 (20 ov)

United States of America won by superover

COMPLETED / Match 7 / Mission Road Ground

India

119/2 (6 ov)

Pakistan

121/0 (5 ov)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Bellerive Oval

Australia

118/3 (11.2 ov)

Pakistan

117/10 (18.1 ov)

Australia won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia

147/9 (20 ov)

Pakistan

134/10 (19.4 ov)

Australia won by 13 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / The Gabba

Australia

93/4 (7 ov)

Pakistan

64/9 (7 ov)

Australia won by 29 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd Quarter Final / Mission Road Ground

South Africa

88/4 (6 ov)

Pakistan

105/3 (6 ov)

Pakistan won by 17 runs.

COMPLETED / 4th T20I / Kennington Oval

England

158/3 (15.3 ov)

Pakistan

157/10 (19.5 ov)

England won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Queens Sports Club

Zimbabwe

133/8 (19.5 ov)

Pakistan

132/7 (20 ov)

Zimbabwe won by 2 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Queens Sports Club

Zimbabwe

204/10 (40.1 ov)

Pakistan

303/6 (50 ov)

Pakistan won by 99 runs.

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Perth Stadium

Australia

140/10 (31.5 ov)

Pakistan

143/2 (26.5 ov)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets

COMPLETED / Match 3 / Mission Road Ground

Pakistan

128/0 (6 ov)

United Arab Emirates

115/5 (6 ov)

Pakistan won by 13 runs.

COMPLETED / 3rd Test / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

344/10 (96.4 ov)

England

267/10 (68.2 ov)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Queens Sports Club

Zimbabwe

57/10 (12.4 ov)

Pakistan

61/0 (5.3 ov)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Queens Sports Club

Zimbabwe

145/10 (32.3 ov)

Pakistan

148/0 (18.2 ov)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Adelaide Oval

Australia

163/10 (35 ov)

Pakistan

169/1 (26.3 ov)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd Test / Multan Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

366/10 (123.3 ov)

England

291/10 (67.2 ov)

Pakistan won by 152 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd Test / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

274/10 (85.1 ov)

Bangladesh

262/10 (78.4 ov)

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Kingsmead

South Africa

183/9 (20 ov)

Pakistan

172/8 (20 ov)

South Africa won by 11 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Queens Sports Club

Zimbabwe

108/10 (15.3 ov)

Pakistan

165/4 (20 ov)

Pakistan won by 57 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Queens Sports Club

Zimbabwe

205/10 (40.2 ov)

Pakistan

60/6 (21 ov)

Zimbabwe won by 80 runs (DLS method)

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia

204/8 (33.3 ov)

Pakistan

203/10 (46.4 ov)

Australia won by 2 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st Test / Multan Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

556/10 (149 ov)

England

823/7 (150 ov)

England won by an inning and 47 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st Test / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

448/6 (113 ov)

Bangladesh

565/10 (167.3 ov)

Bangladesh won by 10 wickets

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All Rounder

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All Rounder

Iftikhar Ahmed

All Rounder

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Batter

Fakhar Zaman

Batter

Babar Azam

Batter

Mohammad Rizwan

Wicket-Keeper

Usama Mir

Bowler

Aamer Jamal

FAQs

Babar Azam 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.