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 1953.

The position of captain in the Pakistan team has often been accused of controversy by critics, particularly in recent times, with several players being banned for unprofessional behaviour. The team's greatest successes in One Day International cricket, arrived in 1992, when they won the Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Imran Khan. Their most important Twenty20 cricket success in recent years, came in 2009 when they won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, under the leadership of Younis Khan and another recent important victory is the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy under the leadership of Sarfraz Ahmed.

Men's cricket

Test cricket captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani 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 Babar Azam[1] He was appointed in November 2020. But an injury to him made his tenure to be postponed. Mohamed Rizwan lead [2]the Paskistan test team as 33rd captain when his team played the Boxing day test against New Zealand in Dec 2020.

Pakistan Test match captains [3]
NumberNameYearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1 Abdul Hafeez Kardar

1952/3IndiaIndia5122
1954EnglandEngland4112
1954/5IndiaPakistan5005
1955/6New ZealandPakistan3201
1956/7AustraliaPakistan1100
1957/8West IndiesWest Indies5131
Total236611
2 Fazal Mahmood

1958/9West IndiesPakistan3210
1959/60AustraliaPakistan2011
1960/1IndiaIndia5005
Total10226
3 Imtiaz Ahmed 1959/60†AustraliaPakistan1010
1961/2EnglandPakistan3012
Total4022
4 Javed Burki 1962EnglandEngland5041
Total5041
5 Hanif Mohammad 1964/5AustraliaPakistan1001
1964/5AustraliaAustralia1001
1964/5New ZealandNew Zealand3003
1964/5New ZealandPakistan3201
1967EnglandEngland3021
Total11227
6 Saeed Ahmed 1968/9EnglandPakistan3003
Total3003
7 Intikhab Alam 1969/70New ZealandPakistan3012
1971EnglandEngland3012
1972/3AustraliaAustralia3030
1972/3New ZealandNew Zealand3102
1974EnglandEngland3003
1974/5West IndiesPakistan2002
Total171511
8 Majid Khan 1972/3EnglandPakistan3003
Total3003
9 Mushtaq Mohammad 1976/7New ZealandPakistan3201
1976/7AustraliaAustralia3111
1976/7West IndiesWest Indies5122
1978/9IndiaPakistan3201
1978/9New ZealandNew Zealand3102
1978/9AustraliaAustralia2110
Total19847
10 Wasim Bari 1977/8EnglandPakistan3003
1978EnglandEngland3021
Total6024
11 Asif Iqbal 1979/80IndiaIndia6024
Total6024
12 Javed Miandad

1979/80AustraliaPakistan3102
1980/1West IndiesPakistan4013
1981/2AustraliaAustralia3120
1981/2Sri LankaPakistan3201
1984/5New ZealandNew Zealand3021
1985/6Sri LankaPakistan3201
1987/8EnglandPakistan3102
1988/9AustraliaPakistan3102
1990/1New ZealandPakistan3300
1992EnglandEngland5212
1992/3New ZealandNew Zealand1100
Total3414614
13 Imran Khan
1982EnglandEngland3120
1982/3AustraliaPakistan3300
1982/3IndiaPakistan6303
1985/6Sri LankaSri Lanka3111
1986/7West IndiesPakistan3111
1986/7IndiaIndia5104
1987EnglandEngland5104
1987/8West IndiesWest Indies3111
1988/9New ZealandNew Zealand2002
1989/90IndiaPakistan4004
1989/90AustraliaAustralia3012
1990/1West IndiesPakistan3111
1991/2Sri LankaPakistan3102
Total4814826
14 Zaheer Abbas 1983/4IndiaIndia3003
1983/4AustraliaAustralia5023
1983/4EnglandPakistan3102
1984/5IndiaPakistan2002
1984/5New ZealandPakistan3201
Total143110
15 Wasim Akram

1992/3West IndiesWest Indies3021
1993/4ZimbabwePakistan2101
1995/6AustraliaAustralia3120
1995/6New ZealandNew Zealand1100
1996EnglandEngland3201
1996/7ZimbabwePakistan2101
1997/8West IndiesPakistan3300
1998/9IndiaIndia2110
1998/91IndiaIndia1100
1998/91Sri LankaPakistan1001
1998/92Sri LankaBangladesh1100
1999/2000AustraliaAustralia3030
Total251285
16 Waqar Younis

1993/4†ZimbabwePakistan1100
2001EnglandEngland2110
2001/21BangladeshPakistan1100
2001/2BangladeshBangladesh2200
2001/2West IndiesUnited Arab Emirates2200
2001/22Sri LankaPakistan1010
2002New ZealandPakistan1100
2002/3AustraliaSri Lanka1010
2002/3AustraliaSharjah2020
2002/3ZimbabweZimbabwe2200
2002/3South AfricaSouth Africa2020
Total171070
17 Saleem Malik 1993/4New ZealandNew Zealand3210
1994Sri LankaSri Lanka2200
1994/5AustraliaPakistan3102
1994/5South AfricaSouth Africa1010
1994/5ZimbabweZimbabwe3210
Total12732
18 Rameez Raja 1995/6Sri LankaPakistan3120
1996/7Sri LankaSri Lanka2002
Total5122
19 Saeed Anwar 1996/7New ZealandPakistan2110
1997/8South AfricaPakistan3012
1999/2000Sri LankaPakistan2020
Total7142
20 Aamer Sohail 1997/8South AfricaSouth Africa2101
1998/9AustraliaPakistan3012
1998/9ZimbabweZimbabwe1010
Total6123
21 Rashid Latif 1997/8†South AfricaSouth Africa1010
1997/8ZimbabweZimbabwe2101
2003/4BangladeshPakistan3300
Total6411
22 Moin Khan 1997/8†ZimbabweZimbabwe1001
1999/2000†Sri LankaPakistan1100
1999/2000West IndiesWest Indies3012
2000Sri LankaSri Lanka3201
2000/1EnglandPakistan3012
2000/1New ZealandNew Zealand2101
Total13427
23 Inzamam-ul-Haq
2000/1†New ZealandNew Zealand1010
2003/4†South AfricaPakistan1001
2003/4New ZealandNew Zealand2101
2003/4IndiaPakistan3120
2004/5Sri LankaPakistan2110
2004/5†AustraliaAustralia1010
2004/5IndiaIndia3111
2004/5West IndiesWest Indies1100
2005/6EnglandPakistan3201
2005/6IndiaPakistan2002
2005/6Sri LankaSri Lanka2101
2006EnglandEngland40331
2006/7West IndiesPakistan3201
2006/7South AfricaSouth Africa3120
Total31111139
24 Mohammad Yousuf

2003/4South AfricaPakistan1100
2004/5AustraliaAustralia2020
2009/10New ZealandNew Zealand3111
2009/10AustraliaAustralia3030
Total9261
25 Younus Khan

2004/5†West IndiesWest Indies1010
2005/6†IndiaPakistan1100
2007/8†IndiaIndia2002
2008/9Sri LankaPakistan2002
2009Sri LankaSri Lanka3021
Total9135
26 Shoaib Malik 2007/8South AfricaPakistan2011
2007/8IndiaIndia1010
Total3021
27 Shahid Afridi 2009/10AustraliaEngland1010
Total1010
28 Salman Butt
2009/10AustraliaEngland1100
2009/10EnglandEngland3120
Total4220
29 Misbah-ul-Haq

2011/12South AfricaUnited Arab Emirates2002
2011/12New ZealandNew Zealand2101
2011/12West IndiesWest Indies2110
2011/12ZimbabweZimbabwe1100
2011/12Sri LankaUnited Arab Emirates3102
2011/12BangladeshBangladesh2200
2012/13EnglandUnited Arab Emirates3300
2012/13Sri LankaSri Lanka2002
2012/13South AfricaSouth Africa3030
2013/14ZimbabweZimbabwe2110
2013/14South AfricaUnited Arab Emirates2110
2013/14Sri LankaUnited Arab Emirates3111
2014Sri LankaSri Lanka2020
2014AustraliaUnited Arab Emirates2200
2014New ZealandUnited Arab Emirates3111
2015BangladeshBangladesh2101
2015Sri LankaSri Lanka3210
2015EnglandUnited Arab Emirates3201
2016EnglandEngland4220
2016West IndiesUnited Arab Emirates3210
2016New ZealandNew Zealand1010
2016/17AustraliaAustralia3030
2017West IndiesWest Indies3210
Total56261911
30 Mohammad Hafeez 2012/13Sri LankaSri Lanka1010
Total1010
31 Azhar Ali

2016New ZealandNew Zealand1010
2019/20AustraliaAustralia2020
2019/20Sri LankaPakistan2101
2020BangladeshPakistan1100
2020EnglandEngland3012
Total9243
32 Sarfraz Ahmed

2017/18Sri LankaUnited Arab Emirates2020
2017IrelandIreland1100
2018EnglandEngland2110
2018/19AustraliaUnited Arab Emirates2101
2018/19New ZealandUnited Arab Emirates3120
2018/19South AfricaSouth Africa3030
Total13481
33 Mohammad Rizwan 2020/21New ZealandNew Zealand2020
Total2020
34 Babar Azam 2021-presentSouth AfricaPakistan2200
Total2200
Grand total[4] 4351401333162

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 Pakistani 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. And the current Captain is Babar Azam. He was appointed in May 2020.

Pakistani One Day International captains[5]
N0.NameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNRWin %
1Intikhab Alam1972/3-19743201067.33%
2Asif Iqbal1975–19796204033.33%
3Majid Khan19752101050%
4Mushtaq Mohammad1976/7-1978/19794202050%
5Wasim Bari1977/8-19785104020%
6Javed Miandad1980/1-1992/36226133244.16%
7Zaheer Abbas1981/2-1984/513705158.23%
8Imran Khan1982-1991/213975159455.92%
9Sarfraz Nawaz1983/4100100%
10Abdul Qadir1987/8-1988/95104020%
11Saleem Malik1992-1994/53421211064.70%
12Rameez Raja1992–1997227013235.00%
13Wasim Akram1992/3-1999/200010966241061.46%
14Waqar Younis1993/4-2002/36237023260.61%
15Moin Khan1994/5-2000/13420014058.82%
16Saeed Anwar1994/5-1999/200011506045.45%
17Aamer Sohail1995/6-1998/9229012142.85%
18Rashid Latif1997/8-20032513012052.00%
19Inzamam-ul-Haq2002/3-20078751033360.71%
20Mohammad Yousuf2003/4, 2004/5, 2009/108206025.00%
21Younis Khan2005–2009218013038.09%
22Abdul Razzaq2006100100%
23Shoaib Malik2007–2009; 20194125016060.97%
24Misbah-ul-Haq2008–20158745239151.72%
25Shahid Afridi2009–20143819018151.35%
26Azhar Ali2015–20172912016140.00%
27Sarfraz Ahmed2015, 2017–20195027020156.00%
28Mohammad Hafeez20172101050.00%
29Imad Wasim2019200200.00%
30Babar Azam2020–present3210066.67%
Grand total [6] 93048894132054.12

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).[7] Shahid Afridi was named as the T20I captain in September 2014 replacing Mohammad Hafeez and Babar Azam has now been assigned to lead team Pakistan immediately after his supercharged performances in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.[8]

Pakistani Twenty20 International captains[7]
NumberNameYearPlayedWonLostTiedNo result%
1Inzamam-ul-Haq2006-200611000100.00
2Younis Khan2007–20098530062.50
3Shoaib Malik2007–2010; 2019201361067.50
4Misbah-ul-Haq2011–20128620075.00
5Shahid Afridi2009–2011; 2014–20164319231045.34
6Mohammad Hafeez2012–20142917111060.34
7Sarfraz Ahmed2016–2019/20372980078.37
8Babar Azam2019/20–present11630266.67
9 Shadab Khan 2020 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
Grand total[9] 15796563262.90

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 1997/8Sri LankaSri Lanka1010
2000IrelandIreland1010
2003/4West IndiesPakistan1001
Grand total3021

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.

Pakistani women's One Day International captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Shaiza Khan1997–20043970320
2Sadia Butt200311000
3Sana Javed2005–0640040
4Urooj Mumtaz2006–20092640211
5Sana Mir2009–201836170181
6Bismah Maroof2018- present22000
Grand total108310752

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.

Pakistani Under-19 Test cricket captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1Javed Qureshi1978/9IndiaIndia5005
2Rameez Raja1980/1AustraliaPakistan3201
3Saleem Malik1981/2AustraliaAustralia3102
4Basit Ali1988/9IndiaPakistan4013
5 Moin Khan 1989/90IndiaIndia4013
1990EnglandEngland3012
Total7025
6Aaley Haider1991/2EnglandPakistan2110
7Mohammad Afzal1991/2♠EnglandPakistan1001
8Qayyum-ul-Hasan1993/4New ZealandNew Zealand3003
9Maisam Hasnain1994/5New ZealandPakistan3003
10Naved-ul-Hasan1995/6West IndiesPakistan3021
11Mohammad Wasim1996/7West IndiesWest Indies3003
12Shadab Kabir1996/7EnglandPakistan2011
13 Ahmer Saeed 1996/7♠EnglandPakistan1001
1996/7South AfricaSouth Africa3201
1996/7AustraliaPakistan3111
Total7313
14 Bazid Khan 1997/8AustraliaAustralia3003
1998EnglandEngland3120
Total6123
15Hasan Raza1999South AfricaPakistan3102
16Khalid Latif2003Sri LankaSri Lanka2002
17Jahangir Mirza2005Sri LankaPakistan2002
18Mohammad Ibrahim2006IndiaPakistan2020
19 Imad Wasim 2007PakistanEngland2110
2007BangladeshPakistan1001
Total3111
20Imran Rafiq2015Sri LankaSri Lanka2002
Grand total66101343

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 table of results is complete to the Pakistani Under-19 tour of South Africa in 2018/19.

Pakistani Under-19 One Day International captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Saleem Malik1981/8221010
2Zahoor Elahi1987/8896030
3Ghulam Pasha1989/9020020
4Moin Khan1989/90-199042020
5Aaley Haider1991/233000
6Qayyum-ul-Hasan1993/432010
7Maisam Hasnain1994/531020
8Naved-ul-Hasan1995/632010
9Mohammad Wasim1996/731020
10Ahmer Saeed1996/762130
11Bazid Khan1997/8-1998124071
12Hasan Raza1998/9-1999/200087010
13Salman Butt2001/297020
14Junaid Zia2001/221010
15Khalid Latif2003-2003/41612040
16Jahangir Mirza2004/531020
17Sarfraz Ahmed2005/61510050
18Riaz Kail2006/730030
19Imad Wasim20062618071
20Ahmed Shehzad200752030
21Azeem Ghumman2009/101611041
22Babar Azam20122113170
23Sami Aslam2013/141915031
24Imran Rafiq2015/1640031
25Gauhar Hafeez2015/1686020
26Zeeshan Malik2015/1621010
27Nasir Nawaz2016/1711000
28Hassan Khan2017/18138041
29Rohail Nazir2018/191410040
Grand total2351472806

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