Pakistan captain Babar Azam and teammate Mohammad Rizwan will be the first cricketers to complete the elite executive education programme at Harvard Business School.

The Pakistani duo will join a lengthy list of top-tier athletes who have already pursued the course. Footballers like Kaka, Edwin van der Sar, Gerard Pique, and Oliver Kahn are on the list, as are NBA players like Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Paul, and Paul Gasol.

According to the facts, Babar and Rizwan are enrolled in the executive education programme on The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (BEMS) at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, which will run from May 31 to June 3.