PAKISTAN · WICKETKEEPER-BATTER

Mohammad Rizwan

A right-handed wicketkeeper-batter from Peshawar, Rizwan made his comeback in 2019 and became a fixture in all three formats. He was the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year in 2021 and one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year. He was part of the Test squad that toured England in 2026 and captains Rawalpindiz in the PSL.

CAREER STATISTICS

International career in numbers

Format	Matches	Runs	Average	100s / 50s	Best	Catches / Stumpings
Test	47	2,682	37.77	3 / 14	171*	127 / 10
ODI	103	2,979	40.80	4 / 19	131*	113 / 7

Figures from ESPNcricinfo (via Wikipedia), 31 August 2026. Rizwan also played more than 100 T20Is, mostly as an opener, with hundreds in all three formats.

RECORDS & HIGHLIGHTS

Career highlights

ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year, 2021.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year, 2021.
Scored 67 off 58 balls on his ODI debut against Bangladesh in April 2015.
Maiden ODI hundred (115) against Australia in March 2019.
Named Pakistan’s player of the Test series in England in 2020 after cementing his place as first-choice Test keeper.
Led Multan Sultans to their first PSL title in 2021.
Part of Pakistan’s 2022 T20 World Cup and Asia Cup runner-up squads.

PROFILE

Player profile

Born: 1 June 1992, Peshawar
Batting: Right-handed
Role: Wicketkeeper-batter
International debut: ODI v Bangladesh, 17 April 2015
Test debut: v New Zealand, 25 November 2016
Teams: Rawalpindiz (PSL, captain); Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (domestic, captain)