Sahibzada Farhan named Pakistan’s T20 captain as Naseem Shah returns

Salman Agha axed before T20 home series against Sri Lanka, but Shaheen Shah Afridi is retained as ODI captain.Published On 6 Oct 20266 Oct 2026Sahibzada Farhan has replaced Salman Ali Agha as Pakistan’s Twenty20 cricket captain, ushering in changes to the leadership and squad for the upcoming three-match home series against Sri Lanka.Farhan led Pakistan to a silver-medal finish at the Asian Games, losing to India in the final on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4No handshakes and a delayed ceremony as India beat Pakistan at Asian Gameslist 2 of 4How a comedy of errors ‘ruined everything’ for athletes at the Asian Gameslist 3 of 4Pakistan must ‘catch up’ with India in T20 cricket, says coach Hessonlist 4 of 4Smriti Mandhana leads India to Asian Games cricket gold over Sri Lankaend of listBatter Hasan Nawaz and fast bowler Naseem Shah were recalled to the T20 squad.Nawaz had been out of favour since November, but in the Asian Games final he hit 96 and was out off the final ball as Pakistan lost by 19 runs.Shah last played in the shortest format at the T20 World Cup in February. He was also added to the one-day international squad for the following tri-series with S...