Pakistan have suffered a major blow ahead of the opening Test against Bangladesh, with star batter Babar Azam ruled out of the match starting tomorrow at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.
Babar Azam has been named captain of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 11 Team of the Tournament after guiding Peshawar Zalmi to their first title in nine years. However, no Bangladeshi player found a place in the lineup.
Bangladesh pacer Nahid Rana produced a sensational display of pace bowling as Peshawar Zalmi ended their nine-year title drought with a five-wicket victory over Hyderabad Kingsmen in the Pakistan Super League final on Sunday night.
Pakistan have arrived in Bangladesh to play a two-match Test series as part of the ICC World Test Championship 2025–27 cycle. The first batch of the touring side landed in Dhaka on Sunday morning.
A magnificent century from Babar Azam guided Peshawar Zalmi to a dominant 70-run victory over Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League Qualifier, sealing their place in the final.
Batting great Babar Azam was dropped for Pakistan's final T20 World Cup group game against Namibia for scoring too slowly, said head coach Mike Hesson on Friday.
In the aftermath of Pakistan’s high-voltage defeat to India national cricket team in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, former captain Shahid Afridi has called for sweeping changes to the T20I side, openly questioning the place of Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, and even his son-in-law Shaheen Afridi.
Pakistan star Babar Azam, who has been struggling for form and recently found himself at the centre of controversy, has returned to Pakistan ahead of a crucial Big Bash League (BBL) match.
Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam has been penalised for a Level 1 offence under the ICC Code of Conduct during the third ODI against Sri Lanka.
Pakistan secured an emphatic eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second ODI in Rawalpindi and also sealed the series 2-0, powered by a masterful unbeaten century from Babar Azam, who guided his team to a 289-run chase with complete authority.
Pakistan star batter Babar Azam led from the front as his brilliant knock guided the team to a T20I series win over South Africa, while also etching his name in the record books by surpassing Virat Kohli for the most 50-plus [40] scores in T20 internationals.
Babar Azam was Thursday recalled to Pakistan's Twenty20 international squad for two home series, nearly a year after the batsman was axed.