The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday appointed pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi because the captain of the nationwide One Day Worldwide (ODI) staff.
The 25-year-old will lead Pakistan within the upcoming residence ODI collection towards South Africa, scheduled from November 4 to eight at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium.
He’ll exchange Mohammad Rizwan, who was appointed captain of the ODI staff on October 27 final 12 months.
Rizwan had led the staff to collection wins in South Africa, Australia, and Zimbabwe in his early days as skipper. Nonetheless, latest failures, together with a disastrous Champions Trophy marketing campaign, have been a decisive sufficient issue for the PCB to sack Rizwan.
“Shaheen’s appointment for the upcoming collection was finalised at this time following a gathering held in Islamabad, which was attended by white-ball head coach Mike Hesson, Director Excessive Efficiency Aqib Javed and members of the choice committee,” the PCB stated in an announcement.
Shaheen final captained the nationwide staff in early 2024, main the T20I aspect in a five-match residence collection towards New Zealand that Pakistan misplaced 1-4.
The left-arm pacer has represented Pakistan in 66 ODIs, claiming 131 wickets at a median of 24.28.
Printed on Oct 20, 2025