Rizwan new captain of Pakistan team

Mohammad Rizwan is the new captain of Pakistan’s ODIs and T20I teams.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced in a press conference in Lahore on Sunday. 

Rizwan replaces Babar Azam, who had earlier stepped down. Agha Salman has been appointed as vice-captain.

Rizwan, 32, had led Pakistan in two Tests on the tour of New Zealand in 2020 when Azam was injured but has never led in limited over matches.

Azam, appointed white-ball captain for the first time in 2019, stepped down after Pakistan’s disastrous first-round exit from the ODI World Cup in India last year.

However, he was re-appointed for a second time in March ahead of the T20I World Cup in the United States and West Indies — where Pakistan exited in the first round again, adding pressure on him to resign.