The Pakistan cricket team (Urdu: پاکستان کرکٹ ٹیم‎), nicknamed as Green Shirts, is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Represented by thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the team is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and participates in Test, ODI and Twenty20 Internationalcricket matches. Currently Pakistan is ranked number four as per the ICC Test rankings.[1] Pakistan have played 780 ODIs, winning 419, losing 338,tying 6 and with 17 ending in no-result.[2] Pakistan were the 1992 World Cup champions, and also came runners-up in the 1999 tournament and are the current Asian Champions. Pakistan, in conjunction with other countries on the Subcontinent, have hosted the 1987 & 1996, with the 1996 finalbeing hosted at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The team has also played 66 Twenty20 Internationals, the most of any team, winning 39, losing 25 andtying 2.[3] Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and came runners-up in the inaugural tournament in 2007.

Pakistan have played 370 Test matches, with winning 115, losing 101 and drawing 154. The team has the 3rd-best win/loss ratio in Test cricket of 1.13, and the 5th-best overall win percentage of 31.33%.[4] Pakistan was given Test status on 28 July 1952, following a recommendation by India, and made its Test debut against India at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, in October 1952, with India winning by an innings and 70 runs.[5] Previously, Pakistani cricketers had competed as a part of the British Indian national team before independence of Pakistan in 1947.