Muhammad Rizwan will be leading Pakistan in a series of 3 ODI matches against Australia scheduled to be held from 4th November to 10th November. Pat Cummins will be leading the host side, the star pacer returning to International cricket after a break of almost 1.5 years. The two opposing teams have faced each other 107 times in One Day Internationals. Of these 107 encounters, Australia enjoys the upper hand with 69 wins as Pakistan has 34 victories to its name. A detailed ODI schedule is provided below:
Schedule
3 ODIs
- 4th November 2024
1st ODI at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
8:30 am PST, 9:00 am IST, and 3:30 am GMT
- 8th November 2024
2nd ODI at Adelaide Oval, Australia
8:30 am PST, 9:00 am IST, and 3:30 am GMT
- 10th November 2024
3rd ODI at Optus Stadium, Australia
8:30 am PST, 9:00 am IST, and 3:30 am GMT
Squads
Pakistan:
- Aamir Jamal
- Abdullah Shafique
- Arafat Minhas
- Babar Azam
- Faisal Akram
- Haris Rauf
- Haseebullah
- Kamran Ghulam
- Mohammad Hasnain
- Mohammad Rizwan (captain)
- Muhammad Irfan Khan
- Naseem Shah
- Saim Ayub
- Salman Ali Agha
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
Australia:
- Pat Cummis (captain)
- Sean Abbott
- Mitchell Starc
- Matt Short
- Adam Zampa
- Marcus Stoinis
- Glenn Maxwell
- Josh Inglis
- Josh Hazelwood
- Steve Smith
- Aaron Hardie
- Cooper Connolly
- Marnus Labuschangne
- Jake Fraser-McGurk
Conclusion
Both teams participating in this series feature few talented names and we expect a couple of highly thrilling and entertaining games of cricket in the upcoming week. All eyes are on Muhammad Rizwan to see how well he will respond with added pressure of captaincy. Travis Head is also likely to miss both ODI and T20I series against Pakistan due to some personal engagements.
