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The duo played two warm-up matches against West Indies and South Africa, compiling a partnership of 36 and 27, respectively.[35][36] Pakistan played its first match against arch-rival India. Azam and Rizwan made history by scoring an unbeaten 152 and defeating India by 10 wickets.[37][38] Immense appreciation and recognition were given to the pair as Pakistan has never defeated India in a World Cup stage match before.[39][40] The duo registered another partnership of 28 runs against New Zealand, defeating them by 5 wickets.[41][42] The duo could only sustain a partnership of 12 against Afghanistan but with an economical innings by Asif Ali, won the match.[43][44] The duo again scored a smacking 113 and 35 against Namibia and Scotland in the fourth and fifth match, respectively.[45][46] This was their fifth 100+ partnership in T20Is. Pakistan remained unbeaten in the group stage but could not qualify for the Final after losing to Australia in the Semi Final even after the duo held a partnership of 71 off 60 balls.[47][48]

Pakistan toured Bangladesh in November 2021. Even though Pakistan won all three matches, the pair couldn't list a big score on the board, registering only 16 (16), 12 (15) and 32 (42), respectively.[49][50]

The duo then played against West Indies in December 2021. The duo couldn't score much together in the first two matches again but a massive 158 (91) was made by the partners which helped the team chase down a target of 208. Pakistan won the series 3–0. Rizwan was named as the man of the match and series.[51][52]

On 5 April 2022, Pakistan faced Australia in a one off T20I. The duo again came in handy as they scored 67 runs together. The total wasn't enough for the Australians as they defeated Pakistan by 3 wickets.[53][54]

Pakistan played its first match against India in the Asia Cup. The pair could only make a partnership of 15 with Pakistan later on giving the match to India.[55][56] Though Rizwan scored 78 against Hong Kong, the partnership again collapsed between the pair after just 13 runs.[57][58] Pakistan again played against India in the Super 4 but the partnership failed to score a big ton, only scoring 22. Pakistan, nevertheless, won the match with Rizwan scoring 71.[59][60] They couldn't score runs together in the match against Afghanistan as well. Pakistan defeated Afghanistan thus qualifying for the Final while Afghanistan and India were eliminated.[61][62] Pakistan had its last Super 4 match against Sri Lanka. The duo jointly scored 28 but couldn't defeat Sri Lanka.[63][64] The teams again faced each other in the Final. Both the batsman partnered only 22 runs in the Final and Pakistan was thus defeated by Sri Lanka.[65][66]

Just after the Asia Cup, England toured Pakistan for 7 T20Is. Azam and Rizwan had a partnership of 85 (57) in the first match. The duo broke records as they scored an unbeaten 203* to chase down a mighty target of 200. Rizwan scored 88 (51) while Azam had 110 (66) to his name. The pair couldn't do well in the third and fifth match, scoring only 17 together in both the matches but they turned out productive, scoring 97 in the fourth match. Rizwan didn't play in the sixth match as Haris was given a chance. Rizwan played the last match but the pair again collapsed with just 5 runs to their name.[67][68][69]

Pakistan played their first match against Bangladesh, defeating them with the partners scoring 52 off 43 balls. They played against New Zealand twice in the second and third match. The duo scored 36 off 29 balls and won the second match but lost the third match with the pair scoring 30 off 26 balls. The pair turned out well in the last match partnering a joint 101 (75), defeating Bangladesh. Pakistan went against New Zealand in the final and with great teamwork, defeated them. The pair could only hold a partnership of 29 off 26 balls.[70][71]

Pakistan again played two warm-up matches this year against England and Afghanistan. The pair didn't play against England while the match against Afghanistan was affected due to rain stopping the pair at only 19 (16).[72][73] Pakistan played their first World Cup match against India. The duo collapsed early while India took the match away from the Pakistanis in a last over thriller.[74][75] The duo again collapsed in their match against Zimbabwe, scoring only 13 (21). The team also performed poorly with Zimbabwe winning by 1 run.[76][77] Pakistan won their third match against Netherlands with the pair sustaining only 16 (12).[78][79] Both the batsmen again gave substandard performance against South Africa with a partnership of 4 (4).[80][81] They played back in their match against Bangladesh with a 57 (63) partnership[82][83] but gained their actual form back in the Semi Final, defeating New Zealand with 105 (76) standoff.[84][85] The final didn't turn out as expected for the duo as well as the team. Pakistan lost the Final to England. The pair jointly scored 29 (26) which wasn't enough to fight off the favourites.[86][87]

On 14 April 2023, the New Zealand toured Pakistan for 5 T20Is and 5 ODIs. Pakistan won the first match but pair scored a partnership of only 14 off 12 balls. The duo made a fierce come back, scoring a joint 99 off 64 balls with Azam scoring a century. They again couldn't continue with their well to do form and collapsed at 6 (11). Even though the fourth game was washed-out, the pair scored 51 off 34 in their last game with Rizwan missing his century by just 2 runs. Pakistan lost the last match, tying the series with 2–2.[88][89]