Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan in motion throughout fourth T20 Worldwide towards England at The Oval, in London, Britain on Could 30, 2024. — ReutersÂ
KARACHI: With Pakistan’s white-ball tour of Australia across the nook, the management void stays a significant concern for the Inexperienced Shirts.
On Oct 2, Babar Azam formally stepped down as Pakistan’s white-ball captain, main the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to start the seek for a brand new chief within the ODI and T20I codecs.
Experiences indicated that skilled wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan has emerged as a possible candidate to captain the nationwide staff in white-ball format.
Moreover, experiences claimed that the wicketkeeper and the cricket governing physique have reached a remaining settlement associated to captaincy.
If Rizwan turns into the brand new captain, his first project will likely be a three-match ODIs and T20Is sequence towards Australia ranging from November 4.
It’s pertinent to say right here that the names of opener Fakhar Zaman and all-rounder Shadab Khan additionally got here into consideration. Nonetheless, each gamers at the moment are prone to miss Australia tour attributable to health points and poor kind, respectively.
In the meantime, sources claimed that the choice committee has additionally finalised the squads for the Australia tour, with new faces together with Mehran Mumtaz and Sufiyan Muqeem anticipated to get a maiden call-up.
Earlier, pacer Mohammad Hasnain, who final performed ODI in 2023, is prone to make a comeback. Hasnain impressed selectors with standout performances within the current Champions Cup and President’s Cup.
All-rounder Aamir Jamal and wicketkeeper-batsman Haseebullah are additionally thought of for inclusion within the squad for the white-ball sequence in Australia.
Each side will play the primary ODI match on November 4 at Melbourne Cricket Floor, the second on Nov 8 at Adelaide Oval, and the third on Nov 10 at Perth Stadium.
After the conclusion of the ODI matches, the Inexperienced Shirts will tackle the Kangaroos in three T20 matches from November 14 to 18.
First T20 will likely be performed on November 14 at The Gabba, Brisbane, second on November 16 at SCG, Sydney, and the third and remaining match on November 18 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart.
Cricket Australia had unveiled a 14-member squad for the upcoming three-match One Day Worldwide (ODI) sequence towards Pakistan, which is ready to kick off on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on November 4.
With Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head dominated out of the sequence attributable to paternity go away, Pat Cummins has returned to the aspect as captain together with Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matt Brief as openers, the board mentioned on Monday.
Australia squad for ODIs
Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Cooper Connolly, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Brief, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
