This is a list of Pakistani national cricket captains who have represented the Pakistani national cricket team in international cricket at a professional level. Pakistan became an official member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 28 July 1952.
The team's greatest successes in One Day International cricket arrived in 1992, when they won the World Cup under the captaincy of Imran Khan. Their most important Twenty20 cricket success came in 2009 when they won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, under the leadership of Younis Khan and another important victory is the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy under the leadership of Sarfraz Ahmed. Babar Azam is the only Pakistan captain who has scored centuries in all formats as a captain. Babar Azam now has the most centuries for Pakistan as a captain.
Men's cricket
Test cricket captains This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistan national cricket team for at least one Test match (not including vice-captains and other players who have deputised on the field for any period of time during a match where the captain has been unable to play).
Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputized for the appointed captain or were appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series.
The current captain is Babar Azam who was made the captain in 2026 before the West Indies and England series.
+ Pakistan Test match captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn 1 Abdul Hafeez Kardar 1952/53 India India 5 1 2 2 1954 England England 4 1 1 2 1954/55 India Pakistan 5 0 0 5 1955/56 New Zealand Pakistan 3 2 0 1 1956/57 Australia Pakistan 1 1 0 0 1957/58 West Indies West Indies 5 1 3 1 Total 23 6 6 11 2 Fazal Mahmood 1958/59 West Indies Pakistan 3 2 1 0 1959/60 Australia Pakistan 2 0 1 1 1960/61 India India 5 0 0 5 Total 10 2 2 6 3 Imtiaz Ahmed 1959/60† Australia Pakistan 1 0 1 0 1961/62 England Pakistan 3 0 1 2 Total 4 0 2 2 4 Javed Burki 1962 England England 5 0 4 1 Total 5 0 4 1 5 Hanif Mohammad 1964/65 Australia Pakistan 1 0 0 1 1964/65 Australia Australia 1 0 0 1 1964/65 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1964/65 New Zealand Pakistan 3 2 0 1 1967 England England 3 0 2 1 Total 11 2 2 7 6 Saeed Ahmed 1968/69 England Pakistan 3 0 0 3 Total 3 0 0 3 7 Intikhab Alam 1969/70 New Zealand Pakistan 3 0 1 2 1971 England England 3 0 1 2 1972/73 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0 1972/73 New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1974 England England 3 0 0 3 1974/75 West Indies Pakistan 2 0 0 2 Total 17 1 5 11 8 Majid Khan 1972/73 England Pakistan 3 0 0 3 Total 3 0 0 3 9 Mushtaq Mohammad 1976/77 New Zealand Pakistan 3 2 0 1 1976/77 Australia Australia 3 1 1 1 1976/77 West Indies West Indies 5 1 2 2 1978/79 India Pakistan 3 2 0 1 1978/79 New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1978/79 Australia Australia 2 1 1 0 Total 19 8 4 7 10 Wasim Bari 1977/78 England Pakistan 3 0 0 3 1978 England England 3 0 2 1 Total 6 0 2 4 11 Asif Iqbal 1979/80 India India 6 0 2 4 Total 6 0 2 4 12 Javed Miandad 1979/80 Australia Pakistan 3 1 0 2 1980/81 West Indies Pakistan 4 0 1 3 1981/82 Australia Australia 3 1 2 0 1981/82 Sri Lanka Pakistan 3 2 0 1 1984/85 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 2 1 1985/86 Sri Lanka Pakistan 3 2 0 1 1987/88 England Pakistan 3 1 0 2 1988/89 Australia Pakistan 3 1 0 2 1990/91 New Zealand Pakistan 3 3 0 0 1992 England England 5 2 1 2 1992/93 New Zealand New Zealand 1 1 0 0 Total 34 14 6 14 13 Imran Khan 1982 England England 3 1 2 0 1982/83 Australia Pakistan 3 3 0 0 1982/83 India Pakistan 6 3 0 3 1985/86 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1 1986/87 West Indies Pakistan 3 1 1 1 1986/87 India India 5 1 0 4 1987 England England 5 1 0 4 1987/88 West Indies West Indies 3 1 1 1 1988/89 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 0 2 1989/90 India Pakistan 4 0 0 4 1989/90 Australia Australia 3 0 1 2 1990/91 West Indies Pakistan 3 1 1 1 1991/92 Sri Lanka Pakistan 3 1 0 2 Total 48 14 8 26 14 Zaheer Abbas 1983/84 India India 3 0 0 3 1983/84 Australia Australia 5 0 2 3 1983/84 England Pakistan 3 1 0 2 1984/85 India Pakistan 2 0 0 2 1984/85 New Zealand Pakistan 3 2 0 1 Total 14 3 1 10 15 Wasim Akram 1992/93 West Indies West Indies 3 0 2 1 1993/94 Zimbabwe Pakistan 2 1 0 1 1995/96 Australia Australia 3 1 2 0 1995/96 New Zealand New Zealand 1 1 0 0 1996 England England 3 2 0 1 1996/97 Zimbabwe Pakistan 2 1 0 1 1997/98 West Indies Pakistan 3 3 0 0 1998/99 India India 2 1 1 0 1998/991 India India 1 1 0 0 1998/991 Sri Lanka Pakistan 1 0 0 1 1998/992 Sri Lanka Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 1999/2000 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0 Total 25 12 8 5 16 Waqar Younis 1993/94† Zimbabwe Pakistan 1 1 0 0 2001 England England 2 1 1 0 2001/021 Bangladesh Pakistan 1 1 0 0 2001/02 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 2001/02 West Indies United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 2001/022 Sri Lanka Pakistan 1 0 1 0 2002 New Zealand Pakistan 1 1 0 0 2002/03 Australia Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0 2002/03 Australia Sharjah 2 0 2 0 2002/03 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0 2002/03 South Africa South Africa 2 0 2 0 Total 17 10 7 0 17 Saleem Malik 1993/94 New Zealand New Zealand 3 2 1 0 1994 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 2 0 0 1994/95 Australia Pakistan 3 1 0 2 1994/95 South Africa South Africa 1 0 1 0 1994/95 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 3 2 1 0 Total 12 7 3 2 18 Rameez Raja 1995/6 Sri Lanka Pakistan 3 1 2 0 1996/97 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 Total 5 1 2 2 19 Saeed Anwar 1996/07 New Zealand Pakistan 2 1 1 0 1997/98 South Africa Pakistan 3 0 1 2 1999/2000 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 0 2 0 Total 7 1 4 2 20 Aamer Sohail 1997/98 South Africa South Africa 2 1 0 1 1998/99 Australia Pakistan 3 0 1 2 1998/99 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 Total 6 1 2 3 21 Rashid Latif 1997/98† South Africa South Africa 1 0 1 0 1997/98 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 2003/04 Bangladesh Pakistan 3 3 0 0 Total 6 4 1 1 22 Moin Khan 1997/8† Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1 1999/2000† Sri Lanka Pakistan 1 1 0 0 1999/2000 West Indies West Indies 3 0 1 2 2000 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 2 0 1 2000/01 England Pakistan 3 0 1 2 2000/01 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1 Total 13 4 2 7 23 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2000/01† New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0 2003/04† South Africa Pakistan 1 0 0 1 2003/04 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1 2003/04 India Pakistan 3 1 2 0 2004/05 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 1 1 0 2004/05† Australia Australia 1 0 1 0 2004/05 India India 3 1 1 1 2004/05 West Indies West Indies 1 1 0 0 2005/06 England Pakistan 3 2 0 1 2005/06 India Pakistan 2 0 0 2 2005/06 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 1 0 1 2006 England England 4 0 33 1 2006/07 West Indies Pakistan 3 2 0 1 2006/07 South Africa South Africa 3 1 2 0 Total 31 11 113 9 24 Mohammad Yousuf 2003/04 South Africa Pakistan 1 1 0 0 2004/05 Australia Australia 2 0 2 0 2009/10 New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 1 1 2009/10 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0 Total 9 2 6 1 25 Younus Khan 2004/05† West Indies West Indies 1 0 1 0 2005/06† India Pakistan 1 1 0 0 2007/08† India India 2 0 0 2 2008/09 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 0 0 2 2009 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 0 2 1 Total 9 1 3 5 26 Shoaib Malik 2007/08 South Africa Pakistan 2 0 1 1 2007/08 India India 1 0 1 0 Total 3 0 2 1 27 Shahid Afridi 2009/10 Australia England 1 0 1 0 Total 1 0 1 0 28 Salman Butt 2009/10 Australia England 1 1 0 0 2009/10 England England 4 1 3 0 Total 5 2 3 0 29 Misbah-ul-Haq 2011/12 South Africa United Arab Emirates 2 0 0 2 2011/12 New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 1 2011/12 West Indies West Indies 2 1 1 0 2011/12 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 1 0 0 2011/12 Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 2011/12 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 2012/13 England United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 2012/13 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 2012/13 South Africa South Africa 3 0 3 0 2013/14 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 2013/14 South Africa United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 2013/14 Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 2014 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0 2014 Australia United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 2014 New Zealand United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 2015 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 2015 England United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 2016 England England 4 2 2 0 2016 West Indies United Arab Emirates 3 2 1 0 2016 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0 2016/17 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0 2017 West Indies West Indies 3 2 1 0 Total 56 26 19 11 30Mohammad Hafeez 2012/13 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0Total 1 0 1 0 31 Azhar Ali 2016 New Zealand New Zealand 1 0 1 0 2019/20 Australia Australia 2 0 2 0 2019/20 Sri Lanka Pakistan 2 1 0 1 2020 Bangladesh Pakistan 1 1 0 0 2020 England England 3 0 1 2 Total 9 2 4 3 32Sarfraz Ahmed 2017/18 Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0 2017 Ireland Ireland 1 1 0 0 2018 England England 2 1 1 0 2018/19 Australia United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 2018/19 New Zealand United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0 2018/19 South Africa South Africa 3 0 3 0 Total 13 4 8 1 33Mohammad Rizwan 2020/21 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 2 0Total202034Babar Azam 2020/21 South Africa Pakistan 2 2 0 0 2021 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0 2021 West Indies West Indies 2 1 1 0 2021 Bangladesh Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 2022 Australia Pakistan 3 0 1 22022Sri LankaSri Lanka21102022EnglandPakistan30302022/2023New ZealandPakistan20022023Sri LankaSri Lanka 22002026West IndiesPakistan21102026EnglandEngland2020Total 24 11 9 435Shan Masood2023/24AustraliaAustralia 3 0 3 02024/25BangladeshPakistan 2 0 2 02024/25EnglandPakistan32102024/25South AfricaSouth Africa20202025West IndiesPakistan21102025/26South AfricaPakistan21102026BangladeshBangladesh 2 0 2 0Total 16 4 12 036Salman Ali Agha2026EnglandEngland 1 0 1 0Total 1 0 1 0
Notes: 1 Asian Test Championship 2 Final of the Asian Test Championship 3 Includes one forfeited match.
Men's One Day International Captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistan national cricket team for at least one One Day International. The table of results is complete to the end of the Micromax Asia Cup. Pakistan's most successful One Day captain in terms of number of won matches is Imran Khan, who retired after lifting the 1992 cricket World Cup. The current captain is Shaheen Shah Afridi, who was appointed captain in October 2025 and replaced Mohammad Rizwan.
Pakistani One Day International captainsNumberImageName Year Played Won Tied Lost NR Win %1 Intikhab Alam 1972-1974 3 2 0 1 0 67.33%2 Asif Iqbal 1975–1979 6 2 0 4 0 33.33%3 Majid Khan 1975 2 1 0 1 0 50%4 Mushtaq Mohammad 1976-1979 4 2 0 2 0 50%5 Wasim Bari 1977-1978 5 1 0 4 0 20%6 Javed Miandad 1980-1993 62 26 1 33 2 44.16%7 Zaheer Abbas 1981-1985 13 7 0 5 1 58.23%8 Imran Khan 1982-1992 139 75 1 59 4 55.92%9 Sarfraz Nawaz 1983-1984 1 0 0 1 0 0%10 Abdul Qadir 1987-1989 5 1 0 4 0 20%11 Saleem Malik 1992-1995 34 21 2 11 0 64.70%12 Rameez Raja 1992–1997 22 7 0 13 2 35.00%13 Wasim Akram 1992-2000 109 66 2 41 0 61.46%14 Waqar Younis 1993-2003 62 37 0 23 2 60.61%15 Moin Khan 1994-2001 34 20 0 14 0 58.82%16 Saeed Anwar 1994-2000 11 5 0 6 0 45.45%17 Aamer Sohail 1995-1999 22 9 0 12 1 42.85%18 Rashid Latif 1997-2003 25 13 0 12 0 52.00%19 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2002-2007 87 51 0 33 3 60.71%20 Mohammad Yousuf 2003-2010 8 2 0 6 0 25.00%21 Younis Khan 2005–2009 21 8 0 13 0 38.09%22 Abdul Razzaq 2006 1 0 0 1 0 0%23 Shoaib Malik 2007–2019 41 25 0 16 0 60.97%24 Misbah-ul-Haq 2008–2015 87 45 2 39 1 51.72%25 Shahid Afridi 2009–2014 38 19 0 18 1 51.35%26 Azhar Ali 2015–2017 31 12 0 18 1 38.70%27 Sarfraz Ahmed 2015–2019 50 28 0 20 2 56.00%28 Mohammad Hafeez 2017 2 1 0 1 0 50.00%29 Imad Wasim 2019 2 0 0 2 0 0.00%30 Babar Azam 2020–2023 43 26 1 15 1 60.46%31 Mohammad Rizwan 2023-2025 20 9 11 0 0 45.00%32 Shaheen Shah Afridi 2025-Present 9 6 3 0 0 66.66% Grand total999 527 9 442 21 52.75%Statistics are correct as of Bangladesh v Pakistan 2026
Men's Twenty20 International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani national cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International (T20I). The current captain is Salman Ali Agha who replaced Mohammad Rizwan.