Pakistan dropped batting great Babar Azam on Wednesday for next week's one-day international series in Bangladesh, bringing in six uncapped players with an eye on next year's World Cup. The shake-up follows Pakistan's failure to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup currently being played in India and Sri Lanka. Azam scored only 91 runs in the T20 World Cup, but has amassed 6,501 runs in 140 ODIs with 20 centuries. Batsman Fakhar Zaman was ruled out with a hamstring injury suffered at the World Cup. The 50-over World Cup will be hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in October next year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 04, 2026 14:12 UTC