Pakistan on Monday appointed Shaheen Shah Afridi as its new white ball captain, taking over from Mohammad Rizwan. “The decision to replace Rizwan and appoint Afridi as captain was made following a meeting attended by white-ball head coach Mike Hesson, Director of High Performance Aqib Javed and members of the national selection committee in Islamabad,” an ICC statement revealed.

Afridi will take charge of the Men in Green when they take on South Africa in the upcoming ODI series, starting from November 4. Afridi made his debut in 2018 and has taken part in 66 matches for Pakistan in the 50-over format where he has scalped 131 wickets at an average of 24.28.

The last time that Shaheen had captained Pakistan was in 2024 where he lead them against New Zealand in a 5-match T20I series that e

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