Asia Cup 2023 Pakistan Squad: Players List, Captain New Updates

Asia Cup 2023 Pakistan Squad: The Asia Cup 2023 is the next event with teams from all over Asia. It will take place in 2023. Six teams will fight it out in a tournament that will be held in Pakistan. India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh are the countries in question.

The Asia Cup will start on August 30, 2023, and end on September 17, 2023. In contrast to the last season, the Asia Cup 2023 will be played over 50 overs so that the teams can also get ready for the ICC ODI World Cup in October.

Asia Cup 2023 Pakistan Squad

PCB will publish the Pakistan team Squad for Asia Cup 2023 in the Last week of July 2023.

Expected Team (Squad): Babar Azam (c), Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Rizwan, Abdullah Shafique, Haris Sohail, Ihsanullah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-haq, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.

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Asia Cup 2023 Pakistan Captain

In 2023, Babar Azam will be in charge of the Pakistani national team when they compete in the Asia Cup. It was against Zimbabwe in 2015 that he made his first One-Day International (ODI) appearance. Since then, he has competed in a total of 100 ODIs and amassed a total of 5089 runs.

Asia Cup 2023 Pakistan Wicket-keeper

It’s possible that Mohammad Rizwan may maintain wicket for Pakistan when they compete in the Asia Cup in 2023. He made his One-Day International (ODI) debut in 2015 against Bangladesh. As of right now, he has participated in 57 ODI matches and accumulated a total of 1,408 runs.

Mohammad Rizwan has not had an especially remarkable career thus far, but there is little doubt that he has a great deal of potential to become the best wicketkeeper in the world.

Tournament Overview

• Name of the Tournament: Asia Cup 2023
• Conducting Authority: Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
• Host Country: Pakistan & Sri Lanka
• Format: ODI
• No. of times Pakistan Hosted Asia Cup: 2008, 2023 (co-hosting with Sri Lanka)
• No. of Asia Cups won by Pakistan: 2 Times (2000, 2012)
• ODI Ranking of Pakistan: 2
• First Match of Pakistan in Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan vs Nepal (August 30, 2023)

Most Runs In Asia Cup by Pakistani Players

Shoaib Malik:       17 Matches | 786 Runs

Inzamam-ul-Haq: 15 Matches | 591 Runs

Younis Khan:       14 Matches | 546 Runs

Shahid Afridi:      23 Matches | 532 Runs

Umar Akmal:       12 Matches | 510 Runs

Most Wickets in Asia Cup by Pakistani Players

Saeed Ajmal:    12 Matches | 25 Wickets

Abdul Qadir:      8 Matches | 17 Wickets

Wasim Akram: 12 Matches |16 Wickets

Abdul Razzaq:  11 Matches |16 Wickets

Umar Gul:         11 Matches |14 Wickets

Conclusion

From August 30 to September 17, 2023, the Asia Cup will be held. The Asia Cup 2023 will be held in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The first game will be between Pakistan and Nepal on August 30 at Multan.

The Asia Cup was first held in Pakistan in 2008. They have won the Asia Cup twice, in 2000 and 2012. Every two years, the Asia Cup changes between One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 (T20) games. The ODI version will be used for the games in the 2023 Asia Cup.