Pakistan Cricket Captains (2000-2025)

This page documents the captains of the Pakistan national cricket team from 2000 to 2025 across all formats (Test, ODI, and T20I).

List of Captains

Period Captain Format(s) Matches Wins Losses Draw/Tie/NR Win %
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

Best Captain Analysis

Babar Azam - The Most Successful Modern Captain

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.

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Notable Achievements by Captains