Overview
- Mike Hesson told reporters on Monday that Rizwan’s omission from the latest ODI and T20 considerations was a collective, performance-driven choice to try new options ahead of the World Cup.
- Hesson clarified that Rizwan had already been out of the Pakistan T20 setup before Hesson joined and that the wicketkeeper lost the ODI captaincy after poor team results that included only two wins in 12 months.
- Selectors replaced Rizwan in the current ODI group while confirming Rohail Nazir has been picked as the wicketkeeper-batter option for the series against Australia.
- Hesson confirmed Salman Ali Agha has been functioning as Pakistan’s ODI vice-captain on recent tours and that the team will lean on senior leaders such as Babar Azam during the Australia matches.
- The management says this short-term reshuffle is about building depth and testing combinations with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup roughly 18 months away and further selection experiments expected before that event.