This page documents the captains of the Pakistan national cricket team from 2000 to 2025 across all formats (Test, ODI, and T20I).
Period | Captain | Format(s) | Matches | Wins | Losses | Draw/Tie/NR | Win % |
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1999-2003 | Moin Khan | ODI | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 58.82 |
2001-2003 | Waqar Younis | Test, ODI | 48 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 50.00 |
2003-2004 | Rashid Latif | Test, ODI | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 48.00 |
2003-2007 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Test, ODI | 119 | 65 | 43 | 11 | 54.62 |
2007-2009 | Shoaib Malik | ODI, T20I | 56 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 64.29 |
2007-2010 | Younis Khan | Test, ODI | 44 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 43.18 |
2009-2014 | Shahid Afridi | ODI, T20I | 83 | 46 | 34 | 3 | 55.42 |
2010-2011 | Salman Butt | Test, ODI | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30.77 |
2010-2011 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Test, ODI, T20I | 151 | 77 | 52 | 22 | 50.99 |
2014-2017 | Azhar Ali | Test, ODI | 53 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 39.62 |
2015-2019 | Sarfaraz Ahmed | Test, ODI, T20I | 94 | 54 | 34 | 6 | 57.45 |
2019-2021 | Azhar Ali | Test | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 29.41 |
2019-2022 | Babar Azam | ODI, T20I | 71 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 59.15 |
2020-2023 | Babar Azam | Test, ODI, T20I | 134 | 78 | 43 | 13 | 58.21 |
2023-Present | Shan Masood | Test | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.00 |
2023-Present | Shaheen Afridi | T20I | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67 |
2024-Present | Babar Azam (Reappointed) | ODI, T20I | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00 |
Based on the statistics and achievements, Babar Azam emerges as Pakistan's most successful captain in the modern era (2000-2025).
Key achievements:
Runner-up: Misbah-ul-Haq for stabilizing the team after the 2010 spot-fixing scandal and maintaining respectable results during a transitional period.
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Misbah-ul-Haq
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Babar Azam