{"id":415897,"date":"2024-07-02T07:48:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=415897"},"modified":"2024-07-02T07:48:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:48:12","slug":"babar-azam-to-now-play-under-mohammad-rizwans-captaincy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/babar-azam-to-now-play-under-mohammad-rizwans-captaincy\/","title":{"rendered":"Babar Azam to now play under Mohammad Rizwan\u2019s captaincy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Islamabad<br \/>\nPakistan team skipper Babar Azam will now play under wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan\u2019s captaincy.<br \/>\nA Global T20 Canada League franchise, Vancouver Knights, has appointed Rizwan for the skipper\u2019s role on Sunday. The GT20 Canada franchise has also given the Pakistani opener title of \u2018sir\u2019 in the social media announcement.<br \/>\n\u201cHear ye, hear ye! The Vancouver Knights have chosen their captain for GT20 Season 4: Sir Muhammad Rizwan! ????\ufe0f With his mighty batting skills and sharp wicketkeeping, he\u2019s ready to lead our charge to victory. Prepare for battle, Knights!,\u201d Vancouver Knights wrote on Facebook announcing Rizwan as their captain.<br \/>\nPacer Mohammad Amir, Asif Ali, New Zealand\u2019s Michael Rippon, South African Dwaine Pretorius, Namibia\u2019s Ruben Trumpelmann and Guyana\u2019s Jeremy Gordon too are part of the Knights.<br \/>\nGT20 Canada\u2019s season 4 will begin on July 25 and its final will be held on August 11 in Canada.<br \/>\nSeven Pakistan cricket players \u2014Babar, Asif, Amir, Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz \u2014 will feature in the league cricket.<br \/>\nNotably, Babar, Rizwan, Amir, Iftikhar and Shaheen were also part of Pakistan\u2019s squad for the T20 World Cup 2024, wherein the team failed miserably and exited early on.<br \/>\nThe league will see other international cricketers too such as Mohammad Nabi, Sunil Narine, Shakib Al Hasan Rahmanullah Gurbaz, David Wiese, Hazratullah Zazai, David Warner and Carlos Brathwaite.<br \/>\nThe defending champions of the GT20 Canada are Montreal Tigers and they won the title in 2023 by defeating the Knights in the final. Rizwan was part of the Knights last year as well.<\/p>\n<p>Complete squads of the GT20 Canada:<br \/>\nMontreal Tigers: Chris Lynn, Aayan Afzal Khan, Dilpreet Bajwa, Gerhard Erasmus, Zahoor Khan, Tom Latham, Ben Manenti, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sherfane Rutherford, Mohammad Saifuddin, Kaleem Sana, Naveen-ul-Haq, Parveen Dhull, Yuvraj Hundal, Prabhasees Raina, Charanjit Randhawa, Anoop Ravi, Aaditya Varadarajan.<br \/>\nSurrey Jaguars: Marcus Stoinis, Uday Bhagwan Singh, Rizwan Cheema, Navneet Dhaliwal, Terrance Hinds, Ben Lister, Kyle Mayers, Brandon McMullen, Shreyas Movva, Mohammad Nabi, Sunil Narine, Junaid Siddiqui, Virandeep Singh, Harmeet Singh Baddhan, Hamza Tariq, Logan van Beek, Mansab Gill, Padam Joshi.<br \/>\nToronto Nationals: Shaheen Afridi, Saad Bin Zafar, Rassie van der Dussen, Nikhil Dutta, Andries Gous, Rishad Hossain, Nicholas Kirton, Colin Munro, Mohammad Nawaz, Rohit Paudel, Romario Shepherd, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilraj Deol, Armaan Kapoor, Kanwar Mann, Jatinder Matharu, Mohammad Rohid Khan, Jagandeep Singh.<br \/>\nVancouver Knights: Babar Azam, Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Jeremy Gordon, Rishiv Joshi, Sandeep Lamichhane, Dwaine Pretorius, Michael Rippon, Dipendra Singh Airee, Harsh Thaker, Ruben Trumpelmann, Paul van Meekeren, Sarmad Anwar, Mandeep Girdhar, Yuvraj Samra, Shubham Sharma, Ajayveer Singh.<br \/>\nBangla Tigers Mississauga: Shakib Al Hasan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dillon Heyliger, Shoriful Islam, Rayyan Pathan, Pargat Singh, Odean Smith, Muhammad Waseem, David Wiese, Hazratullah Zazai, Gurbaz Bajwa, Navjot Dosanjh, Farhan Khan, Nav Pabreja, Ravinder Reddy, Gurpal Sidhu, Tajinder Singh.<br \/>\nBrampton Wolves: David Warner, Carlos Brathwaite, Josh Brown, Aryan Dutt, Jack Jarvis, Muhammad Jawadullah, Aaron Johnson, Abhijai Mansingh, George Munsey, Ravinderpal Singh, Kanwarpal Thagur, Andrew Tye, Beau Webster, Harmandeep Bahia, Kobe Herft, Akhil Kumar, Robin Singh, Samerjeet Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad Pakistan team skipper Babar Azam will now play under wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan\u2019s captaincy. A Global T20 Canada League franchise, Vancouver Knights, has appointed Rizwan for the skipper\u2019s role on Sunday. The GT20 Canada franchise has also given the Pakistani opener title of \u2018sir\u2019 in the social media announcement. \u201cHear ye, hear ye! 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