The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Shaheen Afridi as the new captain of Pakistan’s ODI team. 

 

According to reports, head coach Mike Hesson, director of high performance Aaqib Javed and members of the selection committee made the decision during a meeting in Islamabad.

 

Shaheen will lead the national side in the three-match series against South Africa.

Pakistan and South Africa will play the ODI series from November 4 to 8 at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

 

Shaheen, 25, has played 66 ODIs and 92 T20Is for Pakistan, taking 249 wickets across both formats.

 

He also has 120 wickets in 32 Test matches. These numbers do not include his stats from the ongoing Rawalpindi Test against South Africa.

 

It may be noted that Shaheen earlier led Pakistan in a five-match T20I series against New Zealand in 2024.