Pakistan group arrived in Christchurch on Thursday forward of their T20I collection opener towards New Zealand on March 16. Pakistan are set to play 5 T20Is and three ODIs throughout their three-week tour. It will likely be Pakistan’s first white-ball collection after a debacle efficiency within the dwelling ICC Champions Trophy the place they did not win a match and confronted an early exit from the match. Pakistan misplaced to New Zealand and arch-rivals India earlier than their match towards Bangladesh was washed out attributable to rain in Rawalpindi.
Within the T20Is, Pakistan can be led by Salman Agha with Shadab Khan as vice-captain whereas three uncapped gamers – Abdul Samad, Hasan Nawaz and Mohammad Ali – have been added to the squad within the absence of senior gamers together with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan within the format.
Rizwan will proceed as ODI captain, with Salman serving as his deputy for the three 50-over matches scheduled on the backend of the tour from March 29 to April 5.
“The choice to nominate Salman and Shadab as T20I captain and vice-captain, respectively, has been made with a watch on two main upcoming tournaments – the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 (September 2025) and the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 (February/March 2026). Salman beforehand led Pakistan in a T20I collection towards Zimbabwe final yr, profitable 2-1,” the Pakistan Cricket Board had mentioned in a launch.
As a part of preparations for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, Pakistan are set to play a minimal of 5 T20Is within the ACC Asia Cup 2025 and three T20Is every towards Bangladesh (dwelling, Could), West Indies (away, July), Afghanistan (dwelling, August), Eire (dwelling, September), South Africa (dwelling, September/October), Sri Lanka (dwelling, November) and Australia (dwelling, January 2026).
Rizwan will proceed main the ODI facet as Pakistan builds in direction of the ICC Males’s 50-over Cricket World Cup 2027, which can happen in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe in October/November 2027.
Aqib Javed will proceed as interim head coach for the New Zealand tour. His unique time period was till the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, however he has been requested to increase his tenure whereas the seek for a everlasting head coach begins whereas Mohammad Yousuf was appointed as batting coach.
T20I squad: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Jahandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haris, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousaf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim and Usman Khan.
ODI squad: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Sufyan Moqim and Tayyab Tahir.
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