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Babar And Rizwan Drop From The Upcoming New Zealand Series
Updated - 4-MAR-2025 11:29 IST

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken the major decision in the upcoming New Zealand Series. PCB has dropped the Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan and Pakistan best Batsmen Babar Azam has dropped from the upcoming New Zealand tour in the T20I series.
This decision was taken after Pakistan were eliminated in the group stage in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan. They played 3 matches with 2 losses and 1 no result. This disappointing performance was given by the Pakistan team.
Salman Agha Captain And Shadab Khan Vice Captain For New Zealand Series
Salman Agha became the new captain for the New Zealand series. He led the Pakistan team against Zimbabwe series and won that series by 2-1 and Spinner Shadab Khan became vice captain for this series.
Babar, Rizwan And Naseem Out From T20I, Haris And Shaheen Out From ODI
Batmen Babar Azam, captain and wicket keeper batsman Mohmaad Rizwan and fast bowlers Nassen Shah out of the T20I series against New Zealand, Otherside fast medium bowlers Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi out of the ODI series.
Pakistan Tour Of New Zealand Fixture
Date |
Format |
Venue |
16 March |
1st T20I |
Christchurch |
18 March |
2nd T20I |
Dunedin |
21 March |
3rd T20I |
Auckland |
23 March |
4th T20I |
Mount Maunganui |
26 March |
5th T20I |
Wellington |
29 March |
1st ODI |
Napier |
2 April |
2nd ODI |
Hamilton |
5 April |
3rd ODI |
Mount Maunganui |
Pakistan Squad For New Zealand Series
Pakistan ODI Squad
Mohamad rizwan(Captain), Salman Agha, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Irfan Niazi, Naseem Shah, Sufiyan Muqeem, and Tayyab Tahir.
Pakistan T20 Squad
Hassan Nawaz, Omair yousuf, Mohammad Haris, Abdul Samad, Salman Ali Agha(Captain), Irfan Niazi, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan(VC), Abba Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Sufiyaan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed, and Usman Khan.