Pakistan are gearing up for the upcoming T20 World Cup playing a lot of matches. After facing New Zealand at home in five T20Is, they are touring Ireland for three matches and then lock horns against England in four-match series.
Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team, ranked seventh in the ICC T20I Team standings, is drafted with India in Group A of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 and will kick off their campaign against co-hosts United States in Texas on June 6.
Sri Lanka and Pakistan are set to tour South Africa in the 2024-25 even as CSA has made an attempt to avoid the clash with the third edition of SA20. But even then, it can happen with South Africa likely to play tri-series in Pakistan ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025.
The rankings of all teams have been updated across the formats with results from May 2021 only being considered. The results between May 2021 and May 2023 get 50% weightage while the ones in last 12 months get 100% weightage.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed appointments of Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie as white-ball and red-ball coaches respectively. Kirsten is looking forward to his stint with Pakistan team and is willing to give the side the best chance to win the trophy in the upcoming years.
Pakistan are scheduled to host the Champions Trophy next year. This is the first ICC event they will be hosting since 1996 ODI World Cup. Pakistan are also the defending champions having won the previous edition played back in 2017 in England.
"They ended up getting involved in a road accident with at least two players getting intense injuries and they are now under treatment and what they did was wrong and as a result we have now appointed a full-time senior rank security police officer," chairman Mohsin Naqvi said.
Major cricketing nations stay away from playing international cricket during the Indian Premier League (IPL). But things have changed this year with T20 World Cup on the horizon. Moreover, Pakistan players are not allowed in the IPL which leads to them playing international cricket as well.
Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to appoint different coaches for red-ball and the white-ball formats. They have held talks with former Australian cricketer Jason Gillispie and ex-South African batter Gary Kirsten for the two roles.
Something or the other is always happening in Pakistan. Coming out of retirement has become a common thing in cricket now with Ben Stokes also doing recently to play for England at the World Cup. As for Pakistan, multiple players have done it before.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is looking to permanently fill the vacant position of the national team's head coach and they have approached former Australia cricketer Shane Watson for the role. He is currently working as the head coach of the Quetta Gladiators in PSL 2024.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi isn't happy with the players' fitness at the moment. He wants them to hit big sixes and wasn't pleased after witnessing their ability to smash maximums during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches in Lahore.
Team India defeated England in the fourth Test in Ranchi by five wickets chasing down 192 runs thanks to brilliant partnership between Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel for the sixth wicket. With this win, they also sealed the series continuing their winning streak since 2013.
The defending champions Lahore Qalandars will take on Shadab Khan-led Islamabad United in the opening match of the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday, February 17.
Mohammad Hafeez took the role of the Pakistan cricket team's director after the Men in Green's early exit in the ODI World Cup 2023. He held the role for two series - one Test in Australia and a T20I in New Zealand.
“I am deeply honoured and humbled to have been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. I am thankful for the trust and confidence reposed in me and I am fully committed to upgrading the standard of the game in the country," Mohsin Naqvi said.
Rohanat Doullah Borson and Sheikh Paevez Jibon picked four wickets each for Bangladesh to bowl out in-form Pakistan on just 155 but the batters witnessed an embarrassing collapse at Benoni's Willowmoore Park in the last Super Six stage match.
The veteran Pakistani cricketer shocked fans by leaving Fortune Barishal after playing just three Bangladesh Premier League 2024 games last week but is set to rejoin the team on February 2 and is expected to play the team's next game as well.
"As far as my own goal is concerned, I am never satisfied because whenever I achieve something, I always focus on my next goal and make plans on how I can achieve that. That keeps me going and it never stops." Babar Azam said.
Pakistan have not played their best cricket at all ever since the World Cup began in India. They won only four matches at the mega event ending their tournament with a loss at the hands of England. However, since then Pakistan have not won a single game in international cricket.
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