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Pakistan named Shaheen Afridi arsenic skipper for adjacent month’s three-match ODI bid against South Africa, marking the 3rd enactment alteration successful the format implicit the past 12 months. (Image credit: X)
NEW DELHI: Pakistan connected Monday named accelerated bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi arsenic skipper for adjacent month’s three-match ODI bid against South Africa, marking the 3rd enactment alteration successful the format implicit the past 12 months.The 25-year-old takes implicit from Mohammad Rizwan, who assumed the ODI captaincy past October pursuing Babar Azam’s resignation.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Shaheen’s assignment was made aft a gathering successful Islamabad."A gathering of the enactment committee, besides attended by Pakistan's white-ball caput manager Mike Hesson, decided that Shaheen volition pb Pakistan's ODI broadside against South Africa," the PCB said successful a release.The three-match ODI bid is scheduled for November 4, 6, and 8, with each games to beryllium played successful Faisalabad.Rizwan began his tenure arsenic ODI skipper strongly, starring Pakistan to a 2-1 bid triumph successful Australia successful November 2024, the country’s archetypal successful Australia successful 22 years. Pakistan past whitewashed South Africa 3-0 astatine location and secured a 2-1 bid triumph successful Zimbabwe.However, 2025 proved challenging for Rizwan. Pakistan mislaid the location tri-series last to New Zealand and exited the Champions Trophy successful the archetypal circular successful February.
The astir important setback came successful the West Indies, wherever Pakistan mislaid 2-1 — their archetypal bid decision successful the Caribbean successful 34 years.Shaheen antecedently led Pakistan successful 5 Twenty20 internationals successful New Zealand successful January past twelvemonth but was relieved of the relation aft a 4-1 bid loss.
