Shoaib Malik: “I am pleased that Mohammad Rizwan has become the captain of the cricket team; he is a smart cricketer. I pray for his success; failure teaches you more, while success can lead to complacency”
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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik believes wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan deserves to be limited overs captain as he is “a smart cricketer”.
Malik added that he is praying for the 32-year-old to have a successful tenure as captain, but added that he can also learn a lot from failures.
Recently, Rizwan featured in Pakistan’s three-Test series against England and mustered 99 runs at an average of 19.80.
He then made his debut as captain during the white-ball tour of Australia, where the men in green won the ODI leg 2-1 to secure their first ODI series victory in Australia since 2002.
Things didn’t go as well in the T20I series as Pakistan were whitewashed 3-0.
“I am pleased that Mohammad Rizwan has become the captain of the cricket team; he is a smart cricketer. I pray for his success; failure teaches you more, while success can lead to complacency,” Malik was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Pakistan’s next assignment will be a limited overs tour of Zimbabwe, where they will play three ODIs and three T20Is from November 24 to December 5.
Pakistan Squad for Australia ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Pakistan Squad for Australia T20I Series: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Khan
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe T20I Series: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan