List of Pakistan national cricket captains
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 position of captain in the Pakistan team has often been accused of controversy by critics, particularly in recent times, with several players being banned for unprofessional behaviour. 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 in recent years, came in 2009 when they won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, under the leadership of Younis Khan and another recent 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 Shan Masood[1] He was appointed in November 2023 after Babar Azam's resignation as captain of Pakistan in all 3 formats following the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
| 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 | 1977/8 | 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.jpg) | 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_cropped.jpg) | 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.png) | 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.jpg) | 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_01.jpg) | 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.jpg) | 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.jpg) | 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 | ||||
| 30 | Mohammad Hafeez | 2012/13 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 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 | ||||
| 32 | Sarfraz Ahmed_02.jpg) | 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 | ||||
| 33 | Mohammad Rizwan | 2020/21 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | Babar 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 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | England | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2022/2023 | New Zealand | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 35 | Shan Masood | 2023/24 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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 Babar Azam, who was reappointed captain in March 2024.
| Pakistani One Day International captains[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Image | Name | 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 | .jpg) | 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 | _(cropped).jpg) | 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–present | 28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 69.64% |
| Grand total[4] | 955 | 505 | 8 | 421 | 20 | 54.49 | |||
| Statistics are correct as of Afghanistan v Pakistan at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, 2ndt ODI, 24 August 2023 [1] | |||||||||
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).[5] The current captain is Babar Azam who replaced Shaheen Afridi after Azam was reappointed captain in March 2024.[6]
| Pakistani Twenty20 International captains[5] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Photo | Name | Year | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | % | |
| 1 | | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 2006-2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| 2 | | Younis Khan | 2007–2009 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| 3 | | Shoaib Malik | 2007–2019 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 67.50 | |
| 4 | | Misbah-ul-Haq | 2011–2012 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| 5 | | Shahid Afridi | 2009–2016 | 43 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 45.34 | |
| 6 | | Mohammad Hafeez | 2012–2014 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 60.34 | |
| 7 | | Sarfraz Ahmed | 2016–2020 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 78.37 | |
| 8 | | Babar Azam | 2019-present | 71 | 42 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 64.61 | |
| 9 |  | Shadab Khan | 2020–2023 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| 10 | .jpg) | Shaheen Afridi | 2024 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Total[7] | 228 | 135 | 83 | 3 | 6 | 61.75 | ||||
Women's cricket
Test cricket captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. The table of results is complete to the Test as of June 2005.
| Pakistani women's Test cricket captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| 1 | Shaiza Khan | 1997/8 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | Ireland | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2003/4 | West Indies | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Grand total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Women's One Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. The table of results is complete as of present(2017). Pakistan have only ever competed in one World Cup, that of 1997/8, when they finished bottom of their qualifying group.The current Captain is Nida Dar. She was appointed since April 2023.
| Pakistani women's One Day International captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result | |
| 1' | Shaiza Khan | 1997–2004 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2 | Sadia Butt | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Sana Javed | 2005–06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | .jpg) | Urooj Mumtaz | 2006–2009 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 5 |  | Sana Mir | 2009–2017 | 72 | 26 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| 6 |  | Bismah Maroof | 2013 – present | 18 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Javeria Khan | 2018–2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Grand total | 168 | 48 | 1 | 116 | 3 | |||
Youth cricket
Under-19 Test captains
captained the Pakistani Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the second Test against Sri Lanka in 2004/5. A cricketer who has a symbol of ♠ next to a Test match series describes their role as captain and their participation in at least one game for the team. The rules of the Under-19 cricket describes no youth, captains the side for more than one year.The current Captain is Qasim Akram. He is appointed in April 2021.
| Pakistani Under-19 Test cricket captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| 1 | Javed Qureshi | 1978/9 | India | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Rameez Raja | 1980/1 | Australia | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Saleem Malik | 1981/2 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Basit Ali | 1988/9 | India | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Moin Khan | 1989/90 | India | India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1990 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Aaley Haider | 1991/2 | England | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Mohammad Afzal | 1991/2♠ | England | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Qayyum-ul-Hasan | 1993/4 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Maisam Hasnain | 1994/5 | New Zealand | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Naved-ul-Hasan | 1995/6 | West Indies | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Mohammad Wasim | 1996/7 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Shadab Kabir | 1996/7 | England | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Ahmer Saeed | 1996/7♠ | England | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996/7 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1996/7 | Australia | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | Bazid Khan | 1997/8 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | Hasan Raza | 1999 | South Africa | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Khalid Latif | 2003 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Jahangir Mirza | 2005 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Mohammad Ibrahim | 2006 | India | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Imad Wasim | 2007 | Pakistan | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | Bangladesh | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 20 | Imran Rafiq | 2015 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Qasim Akram | 2021 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand total | 66 | 10 | 13 | 43 | ||||
Under-19 One Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistani Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The current Captain is Qasim Akram. He is appointed in April 2021.
| Pakistani Under-19 One Day International captains | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Year | Played | Won | Tied | Lost | No result |
| 1 | Saleem Malik | 1981/82 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Zahoor Elahi | 1987/88 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Ghulam Pasha | 1989/90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Moin Khan | 1989/90-1990 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Aaley Haider | 1991/2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Qayyum-ul-Hasan | 1993/4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Maisam Hasnain | 1994/5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Naved-ul-Hasan | 1995/6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Mohammad Wasim | 1996/7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Ahmer Saeed | 1996/7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Bazid Khan | 1997/8-1998 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | Hasan Raza | 1998/9-1999/2000 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Salman Butt | 2001/2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Junaid Zia | 2001/2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Khalid Latif | 2003-2003/4 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Jahangir Mirza | 2004/5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 2005/6 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Riaz Kail | 2006/7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Imad Wasim | 2006 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | Ahmed Shehzad | 2007 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Azeem Ghumman | 2009/10 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | Babar Azam | 2012 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Sami Aslam | 2013/14 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | Imran Rafiq | 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Gauhar Hafeez | 2015/16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Zeeshan Malik | 2015/16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Nasir Nawaz | 2016/17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Hasan Khan | 2017/18 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | Rohail Nazir | 2018/19 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | Qasim Akram | 2021/22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand total | 246 | 152 | 2 | 85 | 7 | ||