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Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi were Pakistan's shining stars in 2021
It was generally believed that this time India would win the Test series in South Africa, but the hosts turned out to be stronger than they looked
The legendary New Zealander, who walked in the footsteps of Martin Crowe and Stephen Fleming, had the special ability to mix offence with defense
The prolific Hafeez scored 12,789 runs and took 253 wickets in 392 international matches. He appeared in three ODI and six T20 world cups
The Pakistanis played seven bilateral T20 series, and won six - against South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies and Bangladesh - during 2021
Hosts Pakistan comfortably outclassed an inexperienced West Indies team in all departments of the game
Despite enjoying a home advantage, a depleted Bangladesh side was unable to put up a good fight against Pakistan
Most matches in the UAE were won by teams that won the toss
Shaheen Shah Afridi has been performing well enough to be compared with Pakistan's pace legends
Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan have been the most prolific opening pair in the shortest format of the game this year
