vice-captain


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vice-captain

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a person who deputizes for a captain and serves in his or her place during his or her absence or indisposition
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First XI - Imran Farhat (vice-captain) (Lahore), Abu Bakar (Faisalabad), Ali Shafiq (Sialkot), Ammad Butt (Sialkot), Asif Zakir (Karachi), Azeem Ghumman (Hyderabad), Bismillah Khan (wicketkeeper) (Quetta), Hussain Talat (Lahore), Imran Butt (Lahore), Khurram Shehzad (Faisalabad), Mohammad Asghar (Quetta), Shahbaz Khan (Quetta), Shahzaib Ahmed Khan (Karachi), Taimur Khan (Quetta), Taj Wali (Peshawar) and Umar Gul (Abbottabad).
BEN STOKES has revealed his pride after being reinstated as England's Test vice-captain. Stokes was stripped of the role in 2017 following a late night brawl in Bristol but was restored as Joe Root's deputy ahead of the Ashes, which starts in Edgbaston on Thursday.
BEN Stokes has revealed the pride he felt after being reinstated as England's Test vice-captain.
I have been given the responsibility, as regular captain Mashrafe [Mortaza] bhai is injured, while vice-captain Shakib [Al Hasan] is not available for personal reasons," ICC quoted Iqbal as saying.
Kashif Ali is the vice-captain and was another star performer in the series.
"It is a huge shock, the difference from being a player where you can't understand why you're not playing all five matches to being a vice-captain and seeing the different pressures and pulls on the captain's time," said Harrington, who was unveiled as Europe's new captain on Tuesday.
He's since experienced the biennial contest as part of the management team, serving as a vice-captain at the last three events - ahead of taking full control at Whistling Straits in 2020.
Anncoing the squad on Thursday, Nanitalwala Group managing director Junaid Khalil also nominated Umar Zeeshan Lohya as the vice-captain.
Aneela Shahzadi has been named as Vice-Captain of the team, she is also doing BS in Lahore College for Women University Lahore.
"Being a vice-captain the last couple years, you realise you really don't control the play.
Squad: Aaron Finch (captain), Mitch Marsh (vice-captain), Alex Carey (vice-captain), Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, Darcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Mitch Starc, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.