Pakistan has suffered a big setback before the 2026 T20 World Cup. Pakistan’s star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi is injured. It is also being said that it is difficult for him to play in the T20 World Cup. Shaheen was playing Big Bash League in Australia, but now due to injury he is out of BBL.

Shaheen Afridi to Pakistan Cricket Board (pcb) Has called for treatment at the High Performance Center in Lahore. He suffered the injury while fielding for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. Shaheem was a part of the Brisbane team in the Big Bash League. He was injured while fielding. Now Shaheen is out of Big Bash League.

A PCB official said that he has been called back after talks with Cricket Australia. The initial feedback regarding his injury has been that he needs complete rest and it will take time to recover from the injury. He said that the seriousness of the injury and the time taken to recover from it will be known only by meeting the doctors of the board.

Shaheen Afridi said in a statement issued by the BBL team, ,It was a lot of fun playing in Brisbane and I am sad that I will not be able to play the entire season this time. Hopefully I will return to the field soon.,

For your information, let us tell you that Pakistan Cricket Board has not yet announced the team for the 2026 T20 World Cup to be played in India and Sri Lanka in February-March. Pakistan has to play a three-match T20 series with Sri Lanka in the beginning of the new year. Shaheen was not selected for this series because he was playing in the Big Bash League. Apart from Shaheen, Pakistan’s Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf are also playing in the Big Bash League.

We, you and the entire cricket world is about to enter the New Year. Some cricketers are going to say goodbye to the year 2025 with good memories, who scored a lot of runs and took wickets this year. Here we will discuss such batsmen, who came to bat but many times got out without opening the account. So see here, who were the 7 batsmen who were out on zero the most number of times in the year 2025. This list includes only the names of players from countries with full membership of ICC.

These batsmen were out on zero the most number of times

Pakistan’s rising star Sam Ayub could not even open his account in eight innings in 2025. Ayyub scored 817 runs in 37 innings this year. Second in this list is West Indies’ Roston Chase, who was out on zero seven times this year. The year 2025 was not good for Pakistan ODI team captain Shaheen Afridi from the batting point of view. He was out 6 times this year in an innings without opening an account.

Jaden Seals of West Indies has also been out on zero 6 times. The next name in the list is also from West Indies, which is Sherfan Rutherford. Rutherford was also out without an account in 6 innings this year. You will be shocked that the next name is that of Jomel Warrican, who comes from West Indies. Warrican was out for zero five times. The batsman who has been out on zero the most number of times for India in 2025 is Jasprit Bumrah.

• 8 times – Sam Ayub (Pakistan)
• 7 times – Roston Chase (West Indies)
• 6 times – Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)
• 6 times – Jaden Seales (West Indies)
• 6 times – Sherfan Rutherford (West Indies)
• 6 times – Jomel Warrican (West Indies)
• 5 times – Jasprit Bumrah (India)

2025 was bad for these Indians

Jasprit Bumrah was the Indian batsman who got out the most number of times this year without opening the account. Bumrah was out on zero 5 times this year. Mohammad Siraj also got out five times in 2025 without scoring any runs. Arshdeep Singh has been out four times and T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav has been out on zero thrice this year.

• 5 times – Jasprit Bumrah
• 5 times – Mohammed Siraj
• 4 times – Arshdeep Singh
• 3 times – Suryakumar Yadav

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Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Afridi is out of the Big Bash League. Afridi was playing for Brisbane Heat in BBL 2025-26, but will not be able to play in the upcoming matches of the tournament due to a knee injury. He was injured while bowling in the match against Adelaide Strikers.

Brisbane Heat contacted the medical team of Pakistan Cricket Board, after which it was decided that it would be best for Shaheen Afridi to return home, so that he can work on fitness before the T20 World Cup 2026.

Shaheen Afridi is the third fast bowler who has been out of Brisbane Heat team this season. Before him, Spencer Johnson and Callum Vidler were out of the tournament due to back problems. Whereas Michael Neser is out of the Heat team due to international schedule. In such a situation, the pace attack of Brisbane Heat has become very weak.

The medical team of Brisbane Heat team is not getting any rest. Even the team’s regular captain Nathan McSweeney is struggling with fitness problems and has missed the last two matches due to an ankle injury. At the same time, Tom Aslop is also suffering from knee problem, due to which he will not be able to play the next match with the Strikers.

After the injury, Shaheen Afridi said that he enjoyed playing with the Brisbane team, but he is sad about not being able to play the entire season.

Shaheen Afridi’s BBL debut was very bad. In the match against Melbourne Renegades, he bowled 2 beamers, due to which he was stopped from bowling. Now it will be worth seeing whether Afridi is fit before the T20 World Cup 2026 or not. The World Cup is to be played in India and Sri Lanka from 7 February to 8 March.

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Pakistan has to tour Sri Lanka early next year. Pakistan team will play a three-match T20 series in Sri Lanka. This series is very important for the preparations for the 2026 T20 World Cup, because Pakistan also has to play its World Cup matches in Sri Lanka. For this three match series PCB Has announced the Pakistan team. Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi have not got a place in this team. Whereas spin all-rounder Shadab Khan has returned to the team after a long time.

Shadab Khan returns to the team

Let us tell you that star batsman Babar Azam and fast bowler Shaheen Afridi are playing in the Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia. In such a situation, both of these PCB Has not called back. Apart from Babar and Shaheen, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan are also playing in BBL. None of them have been included in the team and they will continue to play in the Australian League.

Shadab Khan will return in the three-match series starting from 7 January 2026. After being out of cricket since June this year due to shoulder surgery, he returned to competitive cricket in the BBL this month, where he has performed better than his other compatriots. Pakistan Cricket Board had assured Cricket Australia that its players playing in BBL would be available for the entire season and that is why these players have not been included in the national team.

These players got place in Pakistan team

Pakistan has selected a 15-member squad under the leadership of Salman Ali Aga, which also includes a new face in the form of batsman Khawaja Nafe. Apart from this, Abdul Samad has also returned to the team. The team is as follows – Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abdul Samad, Sam Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Usman Khan, Khawaja Nafe, Naseem Shah, Salman Mirza and Mohammad Wasim Jr.

ICC announces ICC Awards every year. There is a Cricketer of the Year award, which is given to the best player of the year. It was started in 2004, the first awards ceremony was held on 7 September 2004 in London. See the list of Cricketer of the Year winners, Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson and Virat Kohli have won this award twice.

The Indian player received the Cricketer of the Year award in the first ceremony held in London. This award was won by Rahul Dravid, who later became the head coach of Team India and made India the T20 World Cup champion. In 2005, this award was given to South Africa’s Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff, this was the first and last time that this award was shared by two players.

These players have won the award twice

Sachin Tendulkar was the second Indian to win this award after Rahul Dravid, he received it for his excellent performance in the year 2010. R Ashwin became the Cricketer of the Year in 2016 and Virat Kohli in 2017. Virat Kohli became the first Indian to win the Cricketer of the Year award twice. He was also chosen the best cricketer in 2018.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting was the first player to win the Cricketer of the Year award twice. He received this award in 2006 and 2007. After this, Mitchell Johnson also won this award twice (2009 and 2014).

List of Cricketer of the Year winners

• 2004- Rahul Dravid (India)
• 2005- Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Andrew Flintoff (England)
• 2006- Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• 2007- Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• 2008- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
• 2009- Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
• 2010- Sachin Tendulkar (India)
• 2011- Jonathan Trott (England)
• 2012- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
• 2013- Michael Clarke (Australia)
• 2014- Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
• 2015- Steve Smith (Australia)
• 2016- Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
• 2017- Virat Kohli (India)
• 2018- Virat Kohli (India)
• 2019- Ben Stokes (England)
• 2021- Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan)
• 2022- Babar Azam (Pakistan)
• 2023- Pat Cummins (Australia)
• 2024- Jasprit Bumrah (India)
• 2025- Not announced yet.

Shaheen Afridi made his debut in the Big Bash League on 15 December, in which he was badly beaten. Shaheen Afridi is playing for Brisbane Heat in the BBL, which was defeated by Melbourne Renegades by 14 runs. In this match, Tim Seifert, who scored a century in 53 balls, also hit a lot of fours and sixes on Afridi’s balls.

In this match, with the help of Tim Seifert’s century, Melbourne Renegades had scored 212 runs while playing first. Seifert scored 102 runs in 56 balls in this match. In reply, Brisbane Heat team was able to score 198 runs in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 14 runs. Shaheen Afridi was badly beaten in bowling and then flopped in batting also.

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Shaheen Afridi had given 9 runs in his first over, when he came to bowl the 13th over of the innings, Tim Seifert and Oliver Peak scored 19 runs in his over, which included one six and 2 fours. Afridi had given away 28 runs in 2 overs. Afridi’s headache was not over yet, because when he came to bowl the 18th over of the innings, he could not complete the over due to bowling two beamers.

Oliver Peak hit a six on the very first ball of the 18th over. This six made Afridi nervous, so he bowled 3 no-balls in the over. In which 2 beamers were included. However, the batsmen could not hit a six on even a single free hit. In the same over, Seifert completed his century in 53 balls. Later in the same over, Oliver Peak completed his fifty in 25 balls by hitting a four.

Afridi was removed from bowling after the second beamer in the over. According to the rules, if a bowler bowls two beamers in the same over, he is removed from bowling. Nathan McSweeney bowled the last 2 balls in place of Afridi. Afridi gave away 43 runs in 2.4 overs in the match.

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Pakistan has defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final of the tri-series. The Pakistani team first restricted Sri Lanka to a score of 114, after which the batsmen won the match by 6 wickets with 8 balls remaining. Babar Azam remained unbeaten after scoring 37 runs. Whereas Sam Ayyub played an inning of 36 runs. With this, Pakistan also avenged its defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in the league match.

Afridi-Nawaz laid the foundation of victory

Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz laid the foundation of Pakistan’s victory in the final match. Both of them took three wickets each and bowled tightly and prevented Sri Lanka from making a big score. Afridi took 3 wickets for 18 runs in 3 overs, on the other hand Mohammad Nawaz dismissed three batsmen for 17 runs in 4 overs.

Kamil Mishara played an innings of 59 runs for Sri Lanka, but apart from him no other batsman could make a run. At one time, Sri Lanka had scored 84 runs at the loss of one wicket, but after that the Pakistani bowlers wreaked such havoc that within the next 30 runs, Sri Lanka dismissed all the remaining 9 batsmen. For Pakistan, Abrar Ahmed took two wickets, while Sam Ayyub and Salman Mirza took one wicket each.

Babar Azam showed his strength

The Sri Lankan team was all out on the score of 114. Pakistan team also lost wickets at regular intervals, but thanks to Sam Ayyub’s 36 runs and Babar Azam’s 37 runs, Pakistan won the title. Sahibzada Farhan also contributed 23 runs. Pawan Ratnayake took the most wickets for Sri Lanka. He dismissed 2 batsmen. Zimbabwe was also playing in this tri-series, but it could register only one win in the entire series.

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South Africa has scored 194 runs in the first T20 match against Pakistan. Pakistani bowlers were badly beaten right from the beginning, with four out of six bowlers giving away runs at an economy rate of more than 10. Reeza Hendricks played an inning of 60 runs, while Tony De Jorji scored 33 runs while batting at a stormy strike rate of 206. The most successful bowler for Pakistan was Mohammad Nawaz, who took 3 wickets.

The main fast bowler of Pakistan team missed the fifty, as he gave away 45 runs in 4 overs and took only one wicket. Apart from them, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed were also brutally beaten.

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Shaheen Afridi has become the new ODI captain of Pakistan cricket team. He has replaced Mohammad Rizwan, who remained the captain of the Pakistan team for almost a year. Till now Rizwan may not have been able to recover from the shock of snatching the captaincy, then former cricketer Rashid Latif has burst another bomb on Rizwan’s head. Latif has made a surprising claim that Rizwan lost his captaincy in support of Palestine.

Support for Palestine proved costly?

Rashid Latif said on the removal of Mohammad Rizwan from the captaincy, “If he raised the flag of Palestine, will he be removed from the captaincy? Such a mindset is being formed that you will make a non-Islamic cricket captain in an Islamic country.”

Islamic culture in dressing room

Rashid Latif also claimed that Mike Hesson was behind this decision. He said that head coach Mike Hesson did not like religious activities inside the dressing room.

The veteran Pakistani cricketer further said, “Mike Hesson is behind this decision, isn’t it? He doesn’t like this culture in the dressing room. He has a team of 5-6 people, how can such a culture be stopped from the dressing room. When Inzamam ul Haq, Saeed Anwar and Saqlain Mushtaq were in the team, we were never affected by these things.”

Three formats, three different captains

Pakistan now has three different captains in three different formats. The Test team is being captained by Shan Masood, who is currently busy in the Test series against South Africa. Whereas Shaheen Afridi has become the new captain of the ODI team and the command of the T20 team is with Salman Aga.

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Pakistan has defeated South Africa by 93 runs in the first test. In the first Test match played in Lahore, South Africa had a target of 277 runs, in response to which it was reduced to only 183 runs. 39-year-old Pakistani bowler Nauman Ali once again shone, taking 4 wickets in the second innings and a total of 10 wickets in the match. Shaheen Afridi also dismissed 4 batsmen in the second innings. With this, Pakistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the 2 test match series. Now the second test will be played in Rawalpindi from 20th October.

Pakistan defeated world champion

South Africa is the current World Test champion, having defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the WTC final this year. Pakistan team had scored 378 runs in the first innings of Lahore Test. In response, despite Tony De Georgi’s century inning of 104 runs, the African team could score only 269 runs in the first innings. Pakistan got a huge lead of 109 runs in the first innings.

The second innings of Pakistan team, which came with a lead of 109 runs, was reduced to only 167 runs. Babar Azam had contributed 42 runs. Let us tell you that Babar Azam has not been able to score any century in the last 74 innings in Test. In this way South Africa got the target of 277 runs.

While chasing the big target, South Africa lost 4 wickets till the score of 55 runs. Ryan Rickelton and Dewald Brewis somehow took their team’s score beyond 100 by making a partnership of 73 runs. Rickelton scored 45 runs, while Brewis scored 54 runs. The African team lost the last 3 wickets in just 10 runs.

This is the first series of both Pakistan and South Africa in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Current world champion South Africa would like to level the series 1-1 by defeating Pakistan in the next match to move towards maintaining its dominance.

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