Pakistan will take on Australia in a three-match Test series in Perth from December 14.
New Delhi: The Pakistani cricket team is preparing for the upcoming tour of Australia. The tour consists of three Test matches starting from December 14 in Perth. The Men in Green are currently training before flying to the land below. A hilarious video of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan from one such practice session is now going viral on the internet.
When Babar left the crease to talk to the bowler during the practice match, Rizwan took the bails off with a direct hit and made a huge call to run out. Babar took a moment to understand what Rizwan was doing and then chased him with the bat in his hand. The entire chase is now going viral on social media.
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— Hassan (@HassanAbbasian) November 25, 2023
The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Shan Masood as the new Test captain of the Pakistan Men’s Cricket Team, while Shaheen Shah Afridi has been appointed T20I skipper after Babar Azam stepped down from his position as captain.
The 34-year-old Shan has appeared in 30 Tests and scored 1,597 runs, including four centuries and seven half-centuries.
Shan has been named captain until the end of the 2023-2025 ICC World Test Championship. Shan will lead the Pakistan squad for a three-match Test series against Australia from December 14.
Meanwhile, left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah will lead the Pakistan men’s team in the T20I format and lead the side for a five-match T20I series in New Zealand from January 12.
The 23-year-old Shaheen has bagged 64 wickets in 52 T20Is. Shaheen has also captained Lahore Qalandars in HBL PSL and has helped the side win the tournament twice in two years in the 2022 and 2023 editions. Pakistan’s captaincy in ODI format will be announced in due course.
Pakistan squad for Tests in Australia: Shan Masood (Captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi