Shaheen Shah Afridi was injured in the Big Bash League about a month before the start of the T20 World Cup 2026. Due to this injury, he had to be out of the league, now he himself gave a big update on his injury and said that he will start bowling from next week. This is good news for Pakistan that the main bowler of their team will be with them from the first match of the tournament.

The organization of T20 World Cup 2026 will start from 7 February. Pakistan will play all its matches in Sri Lanka. India vs Pakistan match will be held in Colombo on 15th February. Afridi said, “My rehab is going on, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) team is keeping an eye on it.”

Will start bowling next week

Shaheen Shah Afridi told ICC, “I am working out in the gym right now and working on my batting. I will also start bowling from next week. It is not as serious as last time. There is a little swelling on the bone. The MRI report was not that worrying, it might not even take a month. It is a matter of a week at most.”

This news is a relief for the Pakistan team and their fans. Pakistan won its last T20 World Cup in 2009. This was the second edition of the tournament, in the first edition also the team had reached the finals. Where India had defeated him. Pakistan had also reached the final in 2022.

Afridi said, “There are always ups and downs in any game. But the aim is to learn from everywhere so that when you play for your country, you have become better. Our focus was to see how we can improve when we play for our country, what mistakes we can correct, what good things we can continue.”

The fast bowler further said, “It is not necessary that you go there and take five wickets in every match or score 50 or 100 runs in every match. Everyone is trying to do better.”

Pakistan’s schedule

Pakistan cricket team is included in Group A in T20 World Cup 2026. The team’s first match is with Netherlands on 7 February. The team faces America on 10th February. In the third match, he faces India on 15 February. In the last match of the group stage, Pakistan’s match is with Namibia on 18 February.

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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South Africa defeated Pakistan badly in the second ODI. Nandre Berger did wonders in bowling, while Quinton de Kock thrashed Pakistan bowlers in batting. Batting first, Pakistan had set a target of 270 runs for South Africa to win, which the visiting team achieved in 40.1 overs and won by 8 wickets.

Quinton de Kock’s 22nd ODI century

While chasing the target, Quinton De Kock scored a century, this is the 22nd ODI century of his career. He has come third among the batsmen who have scored the most centuries in ODIs for South Africa.

Luan-Dre Pretorius and Quinton de Kock had made a partnership of 81 runs for the first wicket, Pretorius was out after scoring 46 runs in the 12th over. Mohammad Wasim made him his victim. After this there was a partnership of 153 runs between De Kock and Tony De Zorzi.

Tony De Zorzi scored 76 runs in 63 balls, in this innings he hit 3 sixes and 9 fours. Quinton de Kock scored unbeaten 123 runs in 119 balls, in this innings he hit 7 sixes and 8 fours.

8 players of Pakistan bowled

South African batsmen worsened the condition of Pakistan’s main bowlers, due to which Afridi had to bowl to his part-timer bowlers. Let us tell you that a total of 8 Pakistani players bowled.

Shaheen Afridi bowled a spell of 7 overs, he did not get any wicket. He gave 41 runs. Naseem Shah, Faheem Ashraf also did not get any wicket. The only wicket in the innings was taken by Mohammad Wasim, who spent 48 runs in the spell of 8 overs.

Deadly bowling by Nandre Berger and Nakaba Peter.

Earlier, South African bowlers had wreaked havoc on Pakistan. Nandre Berger had already taken a big wicket in the form of Fakhar Zaman on the third ball of the over. After this, Berger scattered Pakistan’s top order by sending Babar Azam (11) and Mohammad Rizwan (4) to the pavilion cheaply. After 3 wickets fell at 22, a partnership of 92 runs between Sam Ayub and Agha Salman took care of Pakistan.

Ayub played a good inning of 53 runs and Salman played a good inning of 69 runs, after which Mohammad Nawaz scored an important half-century to help Pakistan reach a respectable score. Nawaz scored 59 runs in 59 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 3 fours. Pakistan had scored 269 runs while batting first.

Nandre Burger took 4 wickets for 46 runs in his spell of 10 overs. Nakaba Peter took 3 wickets after spending 55 runs in 8 overs. Corbin Bosch took 2 wickets for 58 runs in 10 overs. The 3-match ODI series is now tied at 1-1. The deciding match of the series will be played on Saturday, 8 November.

Pakistan New Captain For Hong Kong Sixes 2025: The era of captaincy in Pakistan cricket keeps changing and now once again a change in captaincy is being seen. However, this change has not happened for the national team, but for the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament. Young fast bowler Abbas Afridi has been made the captain of the Pakistan team for this short format tournament. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a youth team under the captaincy of Abbas Afridi for this fast-paced tournament to be held in November 2025. This tournament will run from 7 to 9 November, in which 12 teams will participate.

Abbas Afridi got command

Abbas Afridi, who is the nephew of Umar Gul, is known for his excellent bowling and batting ability in the lower order in domestic cricket. Abbas also performed well in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), which caught the attention of the selectors. In this tournament, Abbas’s captaincy will be tested to see how he captains in this short format tournament.

Young enthusiasm in Pakistan squad

An excellent combination of experience and youthful enthusiasm is being seen in the Pakistan team selected for Hong Kong Sixes. This team includes many players who can play good cricket for Pakistan in future. The aim of the Pakistani team in this tournament will be to further improve its record, because Pakistan has been the most successful team in the history of this tournament.

Pakistan Hong Kong Sixers Squad:

Abbas Afridi (captain), Abdul Samad, Khawaja Mohammad Nafe, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Shehzad, Saad Masood and Shahid Aziz.

Non-travelling reserve players:

Danish Aziz and Mohammad Kaif

What is Hong Kong Sixes Tournament?

This is a unique and fast-paced tournament of six players, which is known for its explosive style. In this tournament, there are six players in each team and each bowler can bowl only one over. In this format, the thrill of fast batting and fast bowling is seen. Pakistan team is in Pool C with India and Kuwait. This tournament is starting from 7th November.

On Monday, October 20, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the name of Shaheen Shah Afridi as the ODI captain in place of Mohammad Rizwan. This news shocked everyone as to why Rizwan was suddenly removed from the captaincy. Now a report has revealed that performance is not the reason behind snatching the captaincy from Rizwan. Rather, its connections are linked to betting companies.

The reason for snatching the captaincy from Mohammad Rizwan has been revealed in the report of Times of India. According to the report, when Rizwan refused to promote betting companies, PCB removed him from the captaincy. PCB wanted Rizwan to promote these companies, but Rizwan stuck to his principles and refused to do so.

Source related to PCB confirmed!

This was confirmed in the report quoting a PCB source. The source said, “Mohammad Rizwan had told the Pakistan Cricket Board that he would not promote these betting companies, which was the main reason for his removal from the captaincy. He was against the cooperation between betting companies and PCB.”

However, when PCB announced the selection of Shaheen Shah Afridi as the captain before the ODI series against South Africa, they did not give the reason for the removal of Rizwan, even his name was not mentioned.

“At a meeting of the selection committee, which also included Pakistan’s limited overs head coach Mike Hesson, it was decided to appoint Shaheen as the captain of Pakistan’s ODI team against South Africa,” the PCB said in its statement.

Mohammad Rizwan is a staunch Muslim

This is not the first time that Rizwan has taken such a decision. This year itself, while playing in the CPL (Caribbean Premier League), he had refused to wear the jersey of the team (St Kitts and Nevis Patriots) which had the ‘logo’ of the betting company on it, even though it was the main sponsor of the team. Rizwan never even shakes hands with female fans, it is because he follows the principles of Islam that he refuses to promote these companies.

Pakistan New ODIs Captain: Another new twist has come in the captaincy of Pakistan cricket. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has removed Mohammad Rizwan from the captaincy of the ODI team and in his place, fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has been made the new ODI captain. Now Shaheen will captain the team in the 3-match ODI series against South Africa next month. All three ODI matches between Pakistan and South Africa will be played in Faisalabad on 4, 6, and 8 November. Ever since Shaheen got the captaincy, people have been searching a lot about him and people want to know how much wealth Afridi owns?

Let us tell you that the estimated total net worth of Shaheen Shah Afridi in 2025 is around Rs 58 crore. His main sources of income are PCB’s central contract, PSL, BBL and brand endorsement. Shaheen also plays in many franchise leagues. This time he will also be seen playing in the Big Bash League. Brisbane Heat has signed Shaheen in BBL for crores of rupees.

Shaheen Afridi’s sources of income

1. Contract of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

Shaheen Afridi is included in ‘A’ category in the central contract of Pakistan Cricket Board. Due to which Shaheen gets 1 crore 14 lakh Indian rupees annually. Apart from the central contract, Shaheen gets a separate match fee for every match he plays. He gets 50,000 Indian rupees for Test match, 25,000 Indian rupees for ODI and 15,000 Indian rupees for T20 International.

2. Franchise Cricket League

Shaheen is the captain of Lahore Qalandars in Pakistan Super League (PSL). He received Rs 1 crore 50 lakh for the 2025 PSL season. Shaheen will play for Brisbane Heat for the 2026 BBL season, from which he will get around 1.5 to 2 crore Indian rupees.

3. Brand Endorsement

Shaheen Afridi is a very popular player, due to which he is the brand ambassador of many brands. Afridi endorses many companies in Fashion, Tech, and Accessories, from which he earns crores.

Let us tell you that Shaheen Shah Afridi lives a very luxury lifestyle. Shaheen owns two luxurious houses in Landi Kotal and another in Islamabad and also has expensive cars like Audi A4, Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic. Because of this Afridi is one of the richest cricketers of Pakistan.

Taking a big decision, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has removed wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan from the captaincy of the ODI team. In his place, fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has been made the new ODI captain. PCB made this announcement immediately after the first day of the Test match being played between Pakistan and South Africa in Rawalpindi.

PCB’s sudden decision

However, the board has not given any clear reason for this change. PCB did not even take the name of Rizwan in its official statement. The board informed that this decision has been taken after a meeting with the selection committee and white-ball head coach Mike Hesson in Islamabad.

Clouds were already hovering over Rizwan’s captaincy

Questions were being raised on Mohammad Rizwan’s ODI captaincy for the last few weeks. In a recent statement issued by PCB, it was not made clear whether Rizwan would remain the captain for the South Africa tour or not. Mohammad Rizwan was given the command of the ODI team last year. Under his leadership, Pakistan won the series against South Africa and Australia in 2024. However, the team’s performance declined in 2025. Especially after Pakistan’s exit from the first round in the domestic Champions Trophy 2025, the criticism intensified. While being the captain, Rizwan has scored runs at an average of around 42, but questions started being raised on his strategy and decision making ability.

Afridi got another chance

For Shaheen Afridi, this will be the second time that he will captain Pakistan in a white-ball format. In January 2024, he was made the captain for the T20 series against New Zealand, but Pakistan had to face 4-1 defeat in that series. After this, Babar Azam was made the captain in his place.

Afridi is in great form

However, Afridi is in great form at the moment. He has been Pakistan’s highest wicket taker bowler in the last one year. Since the 2023 World Cup, no bowler of any full-member team has taken more wickets than him. He has taken 45 wickets during this period, that is, on an average, more than two wickets in every match.

Next challenge, South Africa series

Shaheen Afridi will play his first series as ODI captain against South Africa next month. This series will be of three ODI matches and all the matches will be played in Faisalabad. Now it will be interesting to see whether Afridi is able to show the same edge in captaincy as in his bowling or not.

Asia cup 2025: The final of the Asia Cup 2025 was played between India and Pakistan in Dubai, in which Team India won the trophy by winning by 5 wickets in a thrilling match. This time, where the batsmen played many memorable innings, the magic of the bowlers was also seen a lot. In this tournament, India’s star spinner Kuldeep Yadav took the most wickets while performing brilliantly. Know about the top 5 bowlers who took the most wickets in the entire tournament

Kuldeep Yadav – India

The biggest role in India won was that of spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who bowled brilliantly throughout the tournament and proved to be the biggest challenge for the opposition teams. Kuldeep has become the bowler to take the most wickets of the Asia Cup 2025 by taking 17 wickets. His best performance was 4/7, which will be counted among the memorable spells of this tournament.

Shaheen Afridi – Pakistan

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi was also very effective in the tournament. He took 10 wickets in seven matches. His best spell was 3/17. However, in the final, he could not disturb the Indian batsmen much and India easily achieved the target.

Surprise Package – Junaid Siddiqui

Among the small teams, UAE’s Junaid Siddiqui surprised everyone. He took 9 wickets in just 3 matches. His best was 4/18 and continued to take wickets at an average of 6.33. The special thing is that his strike rate was only 6 balls per wicket, that is, one wicket in almost every over.

Mustafizur Rahman – Bangladesh

Bangladesh veteran fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was also involved in the top wicket Taker. He took 9 wickets in 6 matches. His best figure was 3/20. Mustafizur bowled with an economy of 7.43 and gave the team a continuous success in the middle overs.

Haris Rauf – Pakistan

Another Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf also managed to make a place in this list. He took 9 wickets in 5 matches. His best performance was 3/33. Although his economy was 9.00, which proved to be a little expensive, but the ability to take wickets kept him a dangerous bowler. His speed and aggression harassed many batsmen.

Asia cup 2025: In the Super-4 match of the Asia Cup 2025 played in Dubai, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 11 runs and entered the finals. Pakistan’s veteran fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi’s performance was the most important in this victory. Along with the bowling, he also made a great contribution with the bat, which led Pakistan to win in difficult circumstances. After the match, Afridi made a special emotional statement at the award ceremony and dedicated his victory to wife and family.

Emotional Afridi in prize ceremony

After winning the match, Shaheen Shah Afridi in the prize ceremony said, “I would like to give this award to my beautiful wife and son. The initial wickets were very important for us and we achieved it. This victory is a big achievement for our team.” He said that this victory for the team was a breakthrough and he bowled with this thinking.

Afridi’s strong performance

In the match against Bangladesh, Shaheen Afridi scored 19 runs in 13 balls and took Pakistan to 135/8. After this, in bowling, he took 3 important wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs. His performance proved to be decisive for Pakistan and brought the team to the finals.

A big statement about India also

Afridi further said, “We are fully prepared for the final against India. We have both experience and plan. After the initial wickets, we were successful in pressurizing the entire team.” He also said that he did a special job on his slow ball and changed the attitude of the match using it at the right time.

Preparation to compete with India

This victory is special for Pakistan as they have set a difficult way to reach the finals. However, he had to face a crushing defeat 2 times from India. Now on September 28, there will be a great match of Asia Cup 2025 between India and Pakistan in Dubai. Shaheen Afridi’s farm and experience can prove to be important in the finals for Pakistan.