Pakistan Tour Of Australia – Squads, Full Schedule, Match Timings, Streaming, Telecast Details & More

Pakistan's men’s cricket team is in Australia these days, where they are set to face the hosts in a three-match Test series. The red-ball matches between the reigning World Test Championship (WTC) winners and table toppers of the 2023–25 WTC will start on December 14 in Perth. Pat Cummins, who became the fifth Australian cricketer to win the ODI World Cup title last month, will lead the Aussies in the Test series, whereas Pakistan will have a new captain in the form of Shan Masood.

The left-handed batter was appointed as the captain of the Pakistan men’s cricket team after star batter Babar Azam quit Pakistan’s captaincy after the team’s poor show in the ODI World Cup 2023. In the 2023 edition of the ODI World Cup, Pakistan could only manage to win four out of nine league stage matches and failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Pakistan has never managed to win a Test series against Australia in Australia, and this time under Masood’s captaincy, the Men in Green would like to script history. But it won’t be an easy task, as the Aussies are a very strong team in their home conditions. The Baggy Greens have won 34 out of 69 Tests played against Pakistan so far, and they will be desperate to make it 37 wins at the end of the series.

Ahead of the start of the Test series, here’s all you need to know about Pakistan’s tour of Australia:

Pakistan: Shan Masood (C), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Noman Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Abrar Ahmed, Mir Hamza, Shaheen Afridi, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Sajid Khan

Australia (1st Test): Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Lance Morris, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, and David Warner

The three-match Test series between Australia and Pakistan will be live telecasted on Star Sports Network in India, and Disney+ Hotstar will live stream the matches online. The first Test in Perth will start at 7:50 a.m. IST, and the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and the New Year Test in Sydney will begin at 5:00 a.m. IST.