All-rounder Salman Ali Agha replaces Muhammad Rizwan as the skipper of the T20 side. The Pakistan squad undergoes major changes as the selection committee inducts emerging players in the team for the upcoming New Zealand series.
Salman Ali Agha has replaced Muhammad Rizwan as the skipper for the national T20i side. Rizwan retained his ODI captaincy. Meanwhile, Rizwan and Babar have been dropped from the T20 squad.
To the surprise of the crickets fans, dropped all-rounder Shadab Khan makes a comeback into the T20 squad as the vice-captain.
The new inductees in the ODI squad are Akif Javed, Muhammad Ali, and Sufyan Moqim. Whereas in the T20 squad, the new inductees are Abdul Samad, Hasan Nawaz, Jahandad Khan, Muhammad Ali, and Omair Bin Yousuf.
Squads
T20I: Salman Ali Agha (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Jahandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haris, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim
ODI: Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir
A wicketkeeper/batter will be added to the ODI squad following the T20Is.
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In a statement, PCB added that changes are introduced in the team concerning the two major upcoming events. The events include the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 (September 2025) and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (February/March 2026).
The PCB said that Rizwan will continue leading the ODI side as Pakistan builds toward the ICC Men’s 50-over Cricket World Cup 2027, which will take place in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe in October-November 2027.
Muhammad Yousuf has been appointed as the batting coach of the team. Whereas the interim head coach contract of Aqib Javed has been extending till PCB finds a new head coach.