The Pakistan National Cricket Team will be up against Sri Lanka for a three-match T20I series and also a tri-series in which the Island nation will be featuring alongside the England National Cricket Team. Ahead of the white-ball series, the Men in Green have named their squad for the T20I and ODI side, as Sahibzada Farhan has been named captain for the side.
The Men in Green have been in poor form across formats. They lost to Bangladesh in the ODI series and won against Australia. But they were outplayed in the Test series against England in England. Despite reaching the final of the Asian Games 2026, they lost to India by 19 runs and won the silver medal.
Sahibzada Farhan named as captain
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday evening announced the T20I and ODI squad for the forthcoming series. Sahibzada Farhan has been appointed as the captain, with Salman Ali Agha sacked from the role and also dropped from the T20I squad. But he remains in the ODI squad as of now. It was inevitable after they failed in the T20 World Cup 2026.
Pakistan T20I and ODI squad
T20I squad: Sahibzada Farhan (captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Arafat Minhas, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Muhammad Imran Randhawa, Naseem Shah, Razaullah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Moqim
ODI squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Naseem Shah, Razaullah, Saad Baig (wk), Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Moqim
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