List of Pakistan national cricket captains

This is a list of Pakistani national cricket captains who have represented the Pakistani national cricket team in international cricket at a professional level. Pakistan became an official member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 28 July 1952.

The team's greatest successes in One Day International cricket arrived in 1992, when they won the World Cup under the captaincy of Imran Khan. Their most important Twenty20 cricket success came in 2009 when they won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, under the leadership of Younis Khan and another important victory is the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy under the leadership of Sarfraz Ahmed. Babar Azam is the only Pakistan captain who has scored centuries in all formats as a captain. Babar Azam now has the most centuries for Pakistan as a captain.

Men's cricket

Test cricket captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistan national cricket team for at least one Test match (not including vice-captains and other players who have deputised on the field for any period of time during a match where the captain has been unable to play).

Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputized for the appointed captain or were appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series.

The current captain is Shan Masood[1] He was appointed in November 2023 after Babar Azam's resignation as captain of Pakistan in all 3 formats following the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Pakistan Test match captains[2]
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 Abdul Hafeez Kardar

1952/53 India India 5 1 2 2
1954 England England 4 1 1 2
1954/55 India Pakistan 5 0 0 5
1955/56 New Zealand Pakistan 3 2 0 1
1956/57 Australia Pakistan 1 1 0 0
1957/58 West Indies West Indies 5 1 3 1
Total 23 6 6 11
2 Fazal Mahmood 1958/59 West Indies Pakistan 3 2 1 0
1959/60 Australia Pakistan 2 0 1 1
1960/61 India India 5 0 0 5
Total 10 2 2 6
3 Imtiaz Ahmed 1959/60† Australia Pakistan 1 0 1 0
1961/62 England Pakistan 3 0 1 2
Total 4 0 2 2
4 Javed Burki 1962 England England 5 0 4 1
Total 5 0 4 1
5 Hanif Mohammad

1964/65 Australia Pakistan 1 0 0 1
1964/65 Australia Australia 1 0 0 1
1964/65 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 0 3
1964/65 New Zealand Pakistan 3 2 0 1
1967 England England 3 0 2 1
Total 11 2 2 7
6 Saeed Ahmed 1968/69 England Pakistan 3 0 0 3
Total 3 0 0 3
7 Intikhab Alam 1969/70 New Zealand Pakistan 3 0 1 2
1971 England England 3 0 1 2
1972/73 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0
1972/73 New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 0 2
1974 England England 3 0 0 3
1974/75 West Indies Pakistan 2 0 0 2
Total 17 1 5 11
8 Majid Khan

 1972/73 England Pakistan 3 0 0 3
Total 3 0 0 3
9 Mushtaq Mohammad 1976/77 New Zealand Pakistan 3 2 0 1
1976/77 Australia Australia 3 1 1 1
1976/77 West Indies West Indies 5 1 2 2
1978/79 India Pakistan 3 2 0 1
1978/79 New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 0 2
1978/79 Australia Australia 2 1 1 0
Total 19 8 4 7
10 Wasim Bari 1977/78 England Pakistan 3 0 0 3
1978 England England 3 0 2 1
Total 6 0 2 4
11 Asif Iqbal 1979/80 India India 6 0 2 4
Total 6 0 2 4
12 Javed Miandad

 1979/80 Australia Pakistan 3 1 0 2
1980/81 West Indies Pakistan 4 0 1 3
1981/82 Australia Australia 3 1 2 0
1981/82 Sri Lanka Pakistan 3 2 0 1
1984/85 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 2 1
1985/86 Sri Lanka Pakistan 3 2 0 1
1987/88 England Pakistan 3 1 0 2
1988/89 Australia Pakistan 3 1 0 2
1990/91 New Zealand Pakistan 3 3 0 0
1992 England England 5 2 1 2
1992/93 New Zealand New Zealand 1 1 0 0
Total 34 14 6 14
13 Imran Khan
 1982 England England 3 1 2 0
1982/83 Australia Pakistan 3 3 0 0
1982/83 India Pakistan 6 3 0 3
1985/86 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1
1986/87 West Indies Pakistan 3 1 1 1
1986/87 India India 5 1 0 4
1987 England England 5 1 0 4
1987/88 West Indies West Indies 3 1 1 1
1988/89 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 0 2
1989/90 India Pakistan 4 0 0 4
1989/90 Australia Australia 3 0 1 2
1990/91 West Indies Pakistan 3 1 1 1
1991/92 Sri Lanka Pakistan 3 1 0 2
Total 48 14 8 26
14 Zaheer Abbas 1983/84 India India 3 0 0 3
1983/84 Australia Australia 5 0 2 3
1983/84 England Pakistan 3 1 0 2
1984/85 India Pakistan 2 0 0 2
1984/85 New Zealand Pakistan 3 2 0 1
Total 14 3 1 10
15 Wasim Akram

 1992/93 West Indies West Indies 3 0 2 1
1993/94 Zimbabwe Pakistan 2 1 0 1
1995/96 Australia Australia 3 1 2 0
1995/96 New Zealand New Zealand 1 1 0 0
1996 England England 3 2 0 1
1996/97 Zimbabwe Pakistan 2 1 0 1
1997/98 West Indies Pakistan 3 3 0 0
1998/99 India India 2 1 1 0
1998/991 India India 1 1 0 0
1998/991 Sri Lanka Pakistan 1 0 0 1
1998/992 Sri Lanka Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
1999/2000 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0
Total 25 12 8 5
16 Waqar Younis

 1993/94† Zimbabwe Pakistan 1 1 0 0
2001 England England 2 1 1 0
2001/021 Bangladesh Pakistan 1 1 0 0
2001/02 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0
2001/02 West Indies United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0
2001/022 Sri Lanka Pakistan 1 0 1 0
2002 New Zealand Pakistan 1 1 0 0
2002/03 Australia Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0
2002/03 Australia Sharjah 2 0 2 0
2002/03 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0
2002/03 South Africa South Africa 2 0 2 0
Total 17 10 7 0
17 Saleem Malik

 1993/94 New Zealand New Zealand 3 2 1 0
1994 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 2 0 0
1994/95 Australia Pakistan 3 1 0 2
1994/95 South Africa South Africa 1 0 1 0
1994/95 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 3 2 1 0
Total 12 7 3 2
18 Rameez Raja

 1995/6 Sri Lanka Pakistan 3 1 2 0
1996/97 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2
Total 5 1 2 2
19 Saeed Anwar

 1996/07 New Zealand Pakistan 2 1 1 0
1997/98 South Africa Pakistan 3 0 1 2
1999/2000 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 0 2 0
Total 7 1 4 2
20 Aamer Sohail 1997/98 South Africa South Africa 2 1 0 1
1998/99 Australia Pakistan 3 0 1 2
1998/99 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0
Total 6 1 2 3
21 Rashid Latif

 1997/98† South Africa South Africa 1 0 1 0
1997/98 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1
2003/04 Bangladesh Pakistan 3 3 0 0
Total 6 4 1 1
22 Moin Khan

 1997/8† Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1
1999/2000† Sri Lanka Pakistan 1 1 0 0
1999/2000 West Indies West Indies 3 0 1 2
2000 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 2 0 1
2000/01 England Pakistan 3 0 1 2
2000/01 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1
Total 13 4 2 7
23 Inzamam-ul-Haq
 2000/01† New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0
2003/04† South Africa Pakistan 1 0 0 1
2003/04 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1
2003/04 India Pakistan 3 1 2 0
2004/05 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 1 1 0
2004/05† Australia Australia 1 0 1 0
2004/05 India India 3 1 1 1
2004/05 West Indies West Indies 1 1 0 0
2005/06 England Pakistan 3 2 0 1
2005/06 India Pakistan 2 0 0 2
2005/06 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 1 0 1
2006 England England 4 0 33 1
2006/07 West Indies Pakistan 3 2 0 1
2006/07 South Africa South Africa 3 1 2 0
Total 31 11 113 9
24 Mohammad Yousuf

 2003/04 South Africa Pakistan 1 1 0 0
2004/05 Australia Australia 2 0 2 0
2009/10 New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 1 1
2009/10 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0
Total 9 2 6 1
25 Younus Khan

 2004/05† West Indies West Indies 1 0 1 0
2005/06† India Pakistan 1 1 0 0
2007/08† India India 2 0 0 2
2008/09 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 0 0 2
2009 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 0 2 1
Total 9 1 3 5
26 Shoaib Malik

 2007/08 South Africa Pakistan 2 0 1 1
2007/08 India India 1 0 1 0
Total 3 0 2 1
27 Shahid Afridi
2009/10 Australia England 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 1 0
28 Salman Butt

 2009/10 Australia England 1 1 0 0
2009/10 England England 4 1 3 0
Total 5 2 3 0
29 Misbah-ul-Haq

 2011/12 South Africa United Arab Emirates 2 0 0 2
2011/12 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1
2011/12 West Indies West Indies 2 1 1 0
2011/12 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 1 0 0
2011/12 Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2
2011/12 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0
2012/13 England United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0
2012/13 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2
2012/13 South Africa South Africa 3 0 3 0
2013/14 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0
2013/14 South Africa United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0
2013/14 Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1
2014 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0
2014 Australia United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0
2014 New Zealand United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1
2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 1 0 1
2015 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0
2015 England United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1
2016 England England 4 2 2 0
2016 West Indies United Arab Emirates 3 2 1 0
2016 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0
2016/17 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0
2017 West Indies West Indies 3 2 1 0
Total 56 26 19 11
30 Mohammad Hafeez

 2012/13 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 1 0
31 Azhar Ali

 2016 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0
2019/20 Australia Australia 2 0 2 0
2019/20 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 1 0 1
2020 Bangladesh Pakistan 1 1 0 0
2020 England England 3 0 1 2
Total 9 2 4 3
32 Sarfraz Ahmed

 2017/18 Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0
2017 Ireland Ireland 1 1 0 0
2018 England England 2 1 1 0
2018/19 Australia United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1
2018/19 New Zealand United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0
2018/19 South Africa South Africa 3 0 3 0
Total 13 4 8 1
33 Mohammad Rizwan

 2020/21 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 2 0
Total 2 0 2 0
34 Babar Azam

 2020/21 South Africa Pakistan 2 2 0 0
2021 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0
2021 West Indies West Indies 2 1 1 0
2021 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0
2022 Australia Pakistan 3 0 1 2
2022 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0
2022 England Pakistan 3 0 3 0
2022/2023 New Zealand Pakistan 2 0 0 2
2023 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 2 0 0
Total 20 10 6 4
35 Shan Masood

 2023/24 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0
2024/25 bangladesh pakistan 2 0 2 0
Total 5 0 5 0

Notes:

  • 1 Asian Test Championship
  • 2 Final of the Asian Test Championship
  • 3 Includes one forfeited match.

Men's One Day International Captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistan national cricket team for at least one One Day International. The table of results is complete to the end of the Micromax Asia Cup. Pakistan's most successful One Day captain in terms of number of won matches is Imran Khan, who retired after lifting the 1992 cricket World Cup. The current captain is Mohammad Rizwan, who was appointed captain in October 2024.

Pakistani One Day International captains[3]
Number Image Name Year Played Won Tied Lost NR Win %
1 Intikhab Alam 1972-1974 3 2 0 1 0 67.33%
2 Asif Iqbal 1975–1979 6 2 0 4 0 33.33%
3 Majid Khan 1975 2 1 0 1 0 50%
4 Mushtaq Mohammad 1976-1979 4 2 0 2 0 50%
5 Wasim Bari 1977-1978 5 1 0 4 0 20%
6 Javed Miandad 1980-1993 62 26 1 33 2 44.16%
7 Zaheer Abbas 1981-1985 13 7 0 5 1 58.23%
8 Imran Khan 1982-1992 139 75 1 59 4 55.92%
9 Sarfraz Nawaz 1983-1984 1 0 0 1 0 0%
10 Abdul Qadir 1987-1989 5 1 0 4 0 20%
11 Saleem Malik 1992-1995 34 21 2 11 0 64.70%
12 Rameez Raja 1992–1997 22 7 0 13 2 35.00%
13 Wasim Akram 1992-2000 109 66 2 41 0 61.46%
14 Waqar Younis 1993-2003 62 37 0 23 2 60.61%
15 Moin Khan 1994-2001 34 20 0 14 0 58.82%
16 Saeed Anwar 1994-2000 11 5 0 6 0 45.45%
17 Aamer Sohail 1995-1999 22 9 0 12 1 42.85%
18 Rashid Latif 1997-2003 25 13 0 12 0 52.00%
19 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2002-2007 87 51 0 33 3 60.71%
20 Mohammad Yousuf 2003-2010 8 2 0 6 0 25.00%
21 Younis Khan 2005–2009 21 8 0 13 0 38.09%
22 Abdul Razzaq 2006 1 0 0 1 0 0%
23 Shoaib Malik 2007–2019 41 25 0 16 0 60.97%
24 Misbah-ul-Haq 2008–2015 87 45 2 39 1 51.72%
25 Shahid Afridi 2009–2014 38 19 0 18 1 51.35%
26 Azhar Ali 2015–2017 31 12 0 18 1 38.70%
27 Sarfraz Ahmed 2015–2019 50 28 0 20 2 56.00%
28 Mohammad Hafeez 2017 2 1 0 1 0 50.00%
29 Imad Wasim 2019 2 0 0 2 0 0.00%
30 Babar Azam 2020–2023 43 26 1 15 1 60.46%
31 Mohammad Rizwan 2024 1 0 0 1 0 0.00%
Grand total[4] 955 505 8 421 20 54.49
Statistics are correct as of  England v  Pakistan at Eden Gardens on 11th November 2023[1]

Men's Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani national cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International (T20I).[5] The current captain is Mohammad Rizwan who replaced Babar Azam after Azam was appointed captain in October 2024.

Pakistani Twenty20 International captains[5]
Number Photo Name Year Played Won Lost Tied No result %
1 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2006-2007 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
2 Younis Khan 2007–2009 8 5 3 0 0 62.50
3 Shoaib Malik 2007–2019 20 13 6 1 0 67.50
4 Misbah-ul-Haq 2011–2012 8 6 2 0 0 75.00
5 Shahid Afridi 2009–2016 43 19 23 1 0 45.34
6 Mohammad Hafeez 2012–2014 29 17 11 1 0 60.34
7 Sarfraz Ahmed 2016–2020 37 29 8 0 0 78.37
8 Babar Azam 2019-2024 85 48 29 1 7 62.17
9 Shadab Khan 2020–2023 6 2 4 0 0 33.33
10 Shaheen Afridi 2024 5 1 4 0 0 20.00
11 Mohammad Rizwan 2024 0 0
Total[6] 228 135 83 3 6 61.75

Women's cricket

Test cricket captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. The table of results is complete to the Test as of June 2005.

Pakistani women's Test cricket captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 Shaiza Khan 1997/8 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0
2000 Ireland Ireland 1 0 1 0
2003/4 West Indies Pakistan 1 0 0 1
Grand total 3 0 2 1

Women's One Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. The table of results is complete as of present(2017). Pakistan have only ever competed in one World Cup, that of 1997/8, when they finished bottom of their qualifying group. The current Captain is Nida Dar. She was appointed since April 2023.

Pakistani women's One Day International captains
Number Image Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1 Shaiza Khan 1997–2004 39 7 0 32 0
2 Sadia Butt 2003 1 1 0 0 0
3 Sana Javed 2005–06 4 0 0 4 0
4 Urooj Mumtaz 2006–2009 26 4 0 21 1
5 Sana Mir 2009–2017 72 26 0 45 1
6 Bismah Maroof 2013 – present 18 10 1 6 1
7 Javeria Khan 2018–2021 8 0 0 8 0
Grand total 168 48 1 116 3

Youth cricket

Under-19 Test captains

captained the Pakistani Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the second Test against Sri Lanka in 2004/5. A cricketer who has a symbol of ♠ next to a Test match series describes their role as captain and their participation in at least one game for the team. The rules of the Under-19 cricket describes no youth, captains the side for more than one year. The current Captain is Qasim Akram. He is appointed in April 2021.

Pakistani Under-19 Test cricket captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 Javed Qureshi 1978/9 India India 5 0 0 5
2 Rameez Raja 1980/1 Australia Pakistan 3 2 0 1
3 Saleem Malik 1981/2 Australia Australia 3 1 0 2
4 Basit Ali 1988/9 India Pakistan 4 0 1 3
5 Moin Khan 1989/90 India India 4 0 1 3
1990 England England 3 0 1 2
Total 7 0 2 5
6 Aaley Haider 1991/2 England Pakistan 2 1 1 0
7 Mohammad Afzal 1991/2♠ England Pakistan 1 0 0 1
8 Qayyum-ul-Hasan 1993/4 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 0 3
9 Maisam Hasnain 1994/5 New Zealand Pakistan 3 0 0 3
10 Naved-ul-Hasan 1995/6 West Indies Pakistan 3 0 2 1
11 Mohammad Wasim 1996/7 West Indies West Indies 3 0 0 3
12 Shadab Kabir 1996/7 England Pakistan 2 0 1 1
13 Ahmer Saeed 1996/7♠ England Pakistan 1 0 0 1
1996/7 South Africa South Africa 3 2 0 1
1996/7 Australia Pakistan 3 1 1 1
Total 7 3 1 3
14 Bazid Khan 1997/8 Australia Australia 3 0 0 3
1998 England England 3 1 2 0
Total 6 1 2 3
15 Hasan Raza 1999 South Africa Pakistan 3 1 0 2
16 Khalid Latif 2003 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2
17 Jahangir Mirza 2005 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 0 0 2
18 Mohammad Ibrahim 2006 India Pakistan 2 0 2 0
19 Imad Wasim 2007 Pakistan England 2 1 1 0
2007 Bangladesh Pakistan 1 0 0 1
Total 3 1 1 1
20 Imran Rafiq 2015 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2
21 Qasim Akram 2021 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 0 0
Grand total 66 10 13 43

Under-19 One Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The current Captain is Qasim Akram. He is appointed in April 2021.

Pakistani Under-19 One Day International captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1 Saleem Malik 1981/82 2 1 0 1 0
2 Zahoor Elahi 1987/88 9 6 0 3 0
3 Ghulam Pasha 1989/90 2 0 0 2 0
4 Moin Khan 1989/90-1990 4 2 0 2 0
5 Aaley Haider 1991/2 3 3 0 0 0
6 Qayyum-ul-Hasan 1993/4 3 2 0 1 0
7 Maisam Hasnain 1994/5 3 1 0 2 0
8 Naved-ul-Hasan 1995/6 3 2 0 1 0
9 Mohammad Wasim 1996/7 3 1 0 2 0
10 Ahmer Saeed 1996/7 6 2 1 3 0
11 Bazid Khan 1997/8-1998 12 4 0 7 1
12 Hasan Raza 1998/9-1999/2000 8 7 0 1 0
13 Salman Butt 2001/2 9 7 0 2 0
14 Junaid Zia 2001/2 2 1 0 1 0
15 Khalid Latif 2003-2003/4 16 12 0 4 0
16 Jahangir Mirza 2004/5 3 1 0 2 0
17 Sarfraz Ahmed 2005/6 15 10 0 5 0
18 Riaz Kail 2006/7 3 0 0 3 0
19 Imad Wasim 2006 26 18 0 7 1
20 Ahmed Shehzad 2007 5 2 0 3 0
21 Azeem Ghumman 2009/10 16 11 0 4 1
22 Babar Azam 2012 21 13 1 7 0
23 Sami Aslam 2013/14 19 15 0 3 1
24 Imran Rafiq 2015/16 4 0 0 3 1
25 Gauhar Hafeez 2015/16 8 6 0 2 0
26 Zeeshan Malik 2015/16 2 1 0 1 0
27 Nasir Nawaz 2016/17 1 1 0 0 0
28 Hasan Khan 2017/18 13 8 0 4 1
29 Rohail Nazir 2018/19 21 13 0 7 1
30 Qasim Akram 2021/22 0 0 0 0 0
Grand total 246 152 2 85 7

See also

References

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  2. ^ "List of Pakistani Test cricket captains". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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  4. ^ Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2018
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