Pakistan suffered a big blow, Babar Azam out of the first test against England, this player got the responsibility of captaincy.

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Pakistan vs England: Pakistan cricket team has suffered a big setback just before the start of the Test series against England. Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the first test match to be played at Headingley. In his place, Salman Ali Aga will take over the responsibility of captaincy. Let us tell you that Babar Azam is suffering from a finger injury. There was already a possibility that Babar might be out of the first test match. Babar Azam's exclusion from the first Test against England is a big blow for Pakistan. Let us tell you that in the current edition of the World Test Championship, the Pakistani team has seen a very poor performance. In such a situation, this is another bad news for Pakistan just before the start of the Test series against England.

Pakistani captain Babar Azam out of first test against England

Pakistan team is on England tour for 3 test match series. This test series will start from 19th August. Before the start of this test series, the Pakistani team got a chance to play a warm-up match against PCC Select XI. Babar Azam got injured while batting in the first innings in this warm-up match. He had an injury in his right hand, after which he did not play further practice matches. Earlier, Babar had also got injured during the second Test against West Indies. He suffered a finger injury and was out of that match.

Salman Aga will take over the responsibility of captaincy

Babar Azam was expected to be fit and play in the Headingley Test against England, but now the Pakistan Cricket Board has made it clear that Babar has been ruled out of the first Test. PCB has handed over the responsibility of captaining the first Test match to Salman Ali Aga, who is also the captain of Pakistan in T20 International. Let us tell you that this series is very important for both Pakistan and England teams from the point of view of World Test Championship. Whichever team wins this series, its chances of going further in the WTC will increase.

Babar Azam took over the Test captaincy again from the West Indies tour.

Pakistan Cricket Board had handed over the captaincy of the Test team to Babar Azam for the West Indies tour. The PCB had taken this decision in view of Pakistan's poor performance under the captaincy of Shan Masood in the Test format. However, under the captaincy of Babar, Pakistan team was able to end the two-match Test series on the West Indies tour with a draw of 1-1.

Pakistan and England squad for test series

Pakistan's Test squad: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Ghazi Ghauri, Awais Zafar, Azan Awais, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Abdullah Fazal, Aamer Jamil, Salman Ali Aga, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ali, Sajid Khan, Ubaid Shah and Ali Usman.

England's Test squad: Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sam Cook, Matthew Fisher, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir, Josh Tong.

England vs Pakistan 2026 Schedule (Local Time)

1st Test: 19-23 August, Headingley, Leeds (11:00 am)

Second Test: 27-31 August, Lord's, London (11:00 pm)

Third Test: 9-13 September, Edgbaston, Birmingham (11:00 am)

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