Pakistan New ODI Captain: Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed its experienced player Mohd. Rizwan has been dismissed and in his place Shahid Afridi’s son-in-law has been given the captaincy of the ODI cricket team.
Shaheen Shah Afridi ODI Captain: The performance of Pakistan cricket team in One Day International was very disappointing. Pakistan did not win a single match in the Champions Trophy in 2025. Apart from this, Pakistan also had to face shameful defeats on the tour of New Zealand and West Indies. After this, Pakistan Cricket Board took a big decision and decided to remove Mohammad Rizwan from the captaincy. In an important meeting held in Islamabad on October 20, the PCB took this big decision in the presence of white ball head coach Mike Hesson, high-performance director Aaqib Javed and national selectors.
PCB’s big decision before ODI against South Africa
PCB sidelined Mohammad Rizwan, son-in-law of fast bowler and former cricketer Shahid Afridi. Shaheen Shah Afridi Has been made the new captain of ODI. Let us tell you that Pakistan has to play ODI series against South Africa from 4th November. This is the reason why Pakistan has changed its leadership. Earlier, Shaheen Shah Afridi had captained the T20 series in 2024. Where it lost 4-1 in the 5-match T20 series against New Zealand.
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Shaheen Shah Afridi’s cricket career
Talking about the cricket career of 25 year old Shaheen Afridi, he made his ODI International debut in 2018. So far he has taken 131 wickets in 66 One Day International matches. Apart from this, he has 120 wickets in his name in 33 Tests and 118 wickets in 92 T20s. He is an important fast bowler of Pakistan cricket.
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Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy average
On the other hand, if we talk about Mohammad Rizwan, he took over the captaincy of the ODI cricket team in 2024. He has captained ODI in 20 matches so far, in which Pakistan won 9 matches. At the same time, he had to face defeat in 11 matches. This year, the performance of Pakistan team under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan was very disappointing. In the first ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan was eliminated from the group stage. After this, it suffered a crushing defeat of 3-0 against New Zealand. In August this year, it faced a 1-2 defeat in the ODI series against West Indies. This is the reason why the captaincy of Pakistan team has been snatched from Mohammad Rizwan and has now been handed over to Shaheen Shah Afridi.