Babar Azam To Play Under Mohammad Rizwan's Captaincy In This League After T20 World Cup 2024
babar azam to play under mohammad rizwan's captaincy in this league after t20 world cup 2024
Pakistan team skipper Babar Azam will now play under wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy for a new team. It will be first outing for both Babar and Rizwan after T20 World Cup 2024, where Pakistan cricket team failed miserably and exited early on after losing against USA and arch-rivals India.
After a disappointing T20 World Cup 2024 campaign, Babar and Rizwan are set to play for the same franchise in a T20 league. They will represent Vancouver Knights in the upcoming season of Global T20 Canada League.
However, there will be a role reversal for the duo as Vancouver Knights has appointed Rizwan as the skipper of the team, not Babar, who is the captain of Pakistan.
The GT20 Canada franchise has also given the Pakistani opener the title of 'Sir' while making the announcement on social media.
"Hear ye, hear ye! The Vancouver Knights have chosen their captain for GT20 Season 4: Sir Muhammad Rizwan! ????️ With his mighty batting skills and sharp wicketkeeping, he's ready to lead our charge to victory. Prepare for battle, Knights!," Vancouver Knights wrote on X (previously Twitter) while announcing Rizwan as their captain.
The 32-year-old Rizwan has not yet captained the Pakistan national team so far. However, he boasts an impressive captaincy record with Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), having led them to three consecutive finals and winning 32 out of 48 matches as captain.
Apart from Babar and Rizwan, pacer Mohammad Amir, Asif Ali, New Zealand’s Michael Rippon, South African Dwaine Pretorius, Namibia’s Ruben Trumpelmann and Guyana’s Jeremy Gordon also are part of the Knights.
The fourth edition of the Global T20 Canada will be played from July 25 to August 11 with the six teams being Montreal Tigers, Surrey Jaguars, Toronto Nationals, Bangla Tigers Mississauga, Brampton Wolves and Vancouver Knights.
The defending champions of the GT20 Canada are Montreal Tigers and they won the title in 2023 by defeating the Knights in a thrilling final. Notably, Rizwan was part of the Knights last year as well.
Vancouver Knights Squad: Babar Azam, Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Jeremy Gordon, Rishiv Joshi, Sandeep Lamichhane, Dwaine Pretorius, Michael Rippon, Dipendra Singh Airee, Harsh Thaker, Ruben Trumpelmann, Paul van Meekeren, Sarmad Anwar, Mandeep Girdhar, Yuvraj Samra, Shubham Sharma, Ajayveer Singh.