Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates with teammates after dismissing England captain Jos Buttler throughout the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 Tremendous 8 match at Pallekele Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on February 24, 2026. — Reuters
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) introduced a 15-member squad for the Asian Video games 2026, with opening batter Sahibzada Farhan named as captain.
The Asian Video games 2026 cricket occasion is scheduled to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4 with 10 groups taking part in for the Gold. The cricket occasion will start on September 24, whereas the medal matches are set to happen on October 3.
Farhan, 30, has represented Pakistan in 46 T20 Internationals, scoring 1,305 runs, together with two centuries and 10 half-centuries. Abdul Samad has been appointed vice-captain of the facet.
Opener Saim Ayub, wicketkeeper Usman Khan, thriller spinner Abrar Ahmed, and Salman Mirza are additionally a part of the group. Haider Ali and Ahmed Daniyal made a comeback to the facet whereas 4 members of the 15-player squad — Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat and Saad Masood — are but to make their T20I debut for Pakistan.
Moreover, 14 of the 15 gamers chosen for the Asian Video games squad are a part of the NCA White-Ball Camp, which is ready to start in Lahore from Monday, 15 June.
Squad
Sahibzada Farhan (captain), Abdul Samad (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Arafat Minhas, Haider Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Saad Masood, Saim Ayub, Sufyan Moqim and Usman Khan (wicket-keeper)
Help employees
Mike Hesson (head coach), Ashley Noffke (bowling coach), Shane McDermott (fielding coach), Muhammad Tahir (physiotherapist), Imran Ullah (coach), Usman Hashmi (analyst-cum-team operations coordinator
