Great honor to lead Pakistan cricket team in historic tour of Australia: Babar

SYDNEY (Web Desk) – Pakistani T20I captain Babar Azam expressed his confidence in the national team and how leading it in the Australia tour was a great honour. It is pertinent to mention here that Babar was newly appointed T20I skipper and the number one batsman in Twenty20 rankings. Babar Azam took his twitter and said that a great honor to lead Pakistan cricket team in this historic tour of Australia. Pakistan is always a force to reckon with and I am confident in this young & impressive team of ours. “A great honor to lead Pakistan cricket team in this historic tour of Australia. Pakistan is always a force to reckon with and I am confident in this young & impressive team of ours. #RiseAndRise #PakistanZindabad,” he tweeted.

A great honor to lead Pakistan cricket team in this historic tour of Australia. Pakistan is always a force to reckon with and I am confident in this young & impressive team of ours. #RiseAndRise #PakistanZindabad

— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) October 27, 2019

Pakistan will play three T20s against Australia, the first of which will be played on November 3 in Sydney. The second T20 will be held in Canberra on November 5, while the third in Perth on November 8. They will hold their first practice match against the hosts on October 30. The first Test will be played from November 21-25 in Brisbane, while the second will be held in Adelaide from November 29 till December 3.

Twenty20 Squad

Babar Azam (c), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imamul Haq, Shadab Khan, Moosa Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, Khushdil Shah, and Usman Qadir.

Test Squad

Azhar Ali (c), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Imamul Haq, Imran Khan senior, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan, Moosa Khan, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Yasir Shah.