The Pakistan cricket team is known for producing some of the most fearsome fast bowlers in world cricket. They made their Test debut in July 1952 and have won major titles, including the 1992 World Cup and the 2009 T20 World Cup. The India-Pakistan rivalry is considered one of the greatest in cricket history. The team is coached by Saqlain Mushtaq and captained by Babar Azam. The team has won several major tournaments, including the 1992 ODI World Cup and the 2009 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM
| FULL NAME | Pakistan National Cricket Team |
| NICKNAME | Shaheens, Men in Green, Green Shirts, Cornered Tigers |
| FOUNDED | 1952 |
| TEAM OWNED BY | Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) |
| MAIN PLAYERS | Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Shan Masood, Mohammad Nawaz, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Agha Salman, Mohammad Wasim Jr |
| Indian Cricket Team Facebook | @PakistanCricketBoard |
| Indian Cricket Team Twitter | @TheRealPCB |
| Indian Cricket Team Instagram | @therealpcb |
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FIXTURES
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 |
ABOUT THE PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM
Test, ODI and T20I Captain – Babar Azam
Head Coach – Saqlain Mushtaq
Batting Coach – Mohammad Yousuf
Bowling coach – Shaun Tait
Fielding coach – Abdul Majeed
Physiotherapist – Cliff Deacon
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Pakistan made their Test debut in July 1952. They took on India at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (now Arun Jaitley Stadium) in Delhi in October 1952. India won the match by an innings and 70 runs. During their first tour of England in 1954, they drew the series 1–1 with a victory at The Oval in which fast bowler Fazal Mahmood claimed 12 wickets.
Pakistan kept improving as a team through the 70s and 80s and are known for producing some of the most fearsome fast bowlers in world cricket. They won their first major title when they came back from near-elimination to lift the 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand under Imran Khan’s inspirational leadership.
They co-hosted the 1987 World Cup with India and were runners-up in the 1999 edition held in England. Pakistan won the 2009 T20 World Cup and were runners-up in the 2007 edition as well as in 2022. They also stunned India by lifting the 2017 Champions Trophy, apart from becoming the fourth team to lift the mace of the ICC Test Championship in 2016.
The India-Pakistan rivalry is considered one of the greatest in cricket history. In 1986, Javed Miandad famously hit a last-ball six off Chetan Sharma to help Pakistan win the Austral-Asia Cup. In the 2022 T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli scored a spectacular 82* off 53 to see India beat Pakistan at the MCG.
Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Waqar Younis, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Qadir, Saeed Anwar, Shoaib Akhtar, and Babar Azam are some of the renowned names to have represented Pakistan in international cricket.
RECORDS BY TEAM
- The biggest difference between a team’s first and second innings (551 runs) – (106 & 657/8d) vs West Indies in Bridgetown January 1958
- Most runs in a calendar year in Test matches (Mohammad Yousuf) – 1788 runs in 11 matches in 2006.
- Most sixes in a Test inning (Wasim Akram) – 12 vs Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura, October 1996.
- Longest individual Test innings by minutes (Hanif Mohammad) – 970 minutes vs West Indies in Bridgetown, January 1958.
- Youngest player to take a five-for in a Test innings (Nasim-ul-Ghani) – 16y 303d vs West Indies in Georgetown, March 1958.
- Most runs in a career without an ODI hundred (Misbah-ul-Haq) – 5122 runs in 162 matches.
- Youngest player to score a one-day hundred (Shahid Afridi) – 16y 217d vs Sri Lanka in Nairobi, October 1996
- Most fifties in consecutive innings (Javed Miandad) – 9 in 1987
- Most sixes in ODI career (Shahid Afridi) -351
- Most wickets in a calendar year in ODIs (Saqlain Mushtaq) – 69 in 1997
- Best figures in an inning by an ODI captain (Waqar Younis) – 7/36 vs England in Leeds, June 2001
- Most five-fors in ODIs (Waqar Younis) – 13
- Most runs in a calendar year in T20Is (Mohammad Rizwan) – 1326 in 2021
MAJOR STADIUMS
- National Cricket Stadium, Karachi
- Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
- Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, Lahore
- Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
TROPHIES AND AWARD
Below is a list of major tournaments won by the Pakistan cricket team across formats:
| Year | Trophy / Award |
| 1992 | ODI World Cup |
| 2009 | T20 World Cup |
| 2017 | Champions Trophy |
Pakistan Cricket Board Address – Gaddafi Stadium, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Contact Number – +92 42 35717231-4
Email Address – inquiry@pcb.com.pk
Pakistan Cricket Board’s official website – https://www.pcb.com.pk/
TOP CRICKET ASSOCIATIONS IN PAKISTAN
Northern Cricket Association
Address – Cricket Association, Shamsabad, Rawalpindi, Punjab 46300, Pakistan
Contact Number – +92 51 4855011
Email Address – Unavailable
Website – Unavailable
Balochistan Cricket Association
Central Punjab Cricket Association
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association
Sindh Cricket Association
Southern Punjab cricket association
(Contact details and address unavailable)
GALLERY
FAQs about the Pakistan cricket team
Current skipper Babar Azam is often referred to as the King of Cricket in Pakistan.
Pakistan players featured in the inaugural IPL, but following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, they were banned from participating in the tournament.
Yes. They won the 1992 ODI World Cup and the 2009 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup and were runners-up in the 2007 and 2022 editions.
From 2009 to 2019, Pakistan could not host international matches in Pakistan after the terror attack on the touring Sri Lanka cricket team.
India and Pakistan play each other in the World Cup and Asia Cup. But due to political tensions between the two southern nations, India have not toured Pakistan since 2008. They have not played a bilateral series since 2012.
Abdul Hafeez Kardar. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team. He is one of the only three players to have played Test cricket for India and Pakistan.
Twenty-eight. Nine in Tests, 17 in ODIs, and two in T20Is.
Wasim Akram, 33 (18) & 3/49, was the Player of the Final in the 1992 World Cup against England in Melbourne.
During a Test match against England at Lord’s, London, in August 2010, three players – Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, and Mohammad Amir – were convicted of taking bribes from a bookmaker to deliberately bowl no-balls at certain pre-arranged moments during the Test and were subsequently banned.
Wasim Akram and Mohammad Sami are the only players to have taken hat-tricks in ODIs and Tests.