{"id":2977,"date":"2026-10-06T15:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:35:17","slug":"pakistan-cricket-boardannounces-squads-for-t20i-and-odi-tri-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/?p=2977","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Cricket BoardAnnounces Squads for T20I and ODI Tri-Series."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Sahibzada Farhan captain for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, while Shaheen Shah Afridi will continue to lead the ODI side in the tri-series featuring England and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farhan takes charge after leading Pakistan to a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games, where they lost to India in the final .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohammad Imran Randhawa has received his first T20I call-up, while wicketkeeper-batter Saad Baig has been included in the ODI squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salman Ali Agha has been dropped from the T20I squad following his removal as captain but retains his ODI place. Usman Khan and Usman Tariq are absent from both squads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rawalpindi will host the T20Is on October 9, 11, and 13. The seven-match ODI tri-series will begin in Rawalpindi before moving to Lahore for the remaining league matches and final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pakistan vs Sri Lanka T20I Squad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-neutral-color has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sahibzada Farhan (c)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Abdul Samad<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Abrar Ahmed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Arafat Minhas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fakhar Zaman<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Hasan Nawaz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Muhammad Imran Randhawa<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Khawaja Nafay (wk)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Maaz Sadaqat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Naseem Shah<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Razaullah<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Saim Ayub<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Salman Mirza<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Shadab Khan<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sufiyan Muqeem<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pakistan ODI Tri-Series Squad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(196,253,230) 0%,rgb(0,82,12) 54%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%)\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Shaheen Shah Afridi (c)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Babar Azam<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Abrar Ahmed<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Haris Rauf<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Arafat Minhas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fakhar Zaman<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Hasan Nawaz<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Salman Ali Agha<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Faheem Ashraf<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Saad Baig (wk)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Shadab Khan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Naseem Shah<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Razaullah<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Saim Ayub<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sufiyan Muqeem<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xl-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">After the great performance in test cricket RAZAULLAH made his place in white ball cricket also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Sahibzada Farhan captain for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, while Shaheen Shah Afridi will continue to lead the ODI side in the tri-series featuring England and Sri Lanka. Farhan takes charge after leading Pakistan to a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games, where they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-latest-cricket-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2984,"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions\/2984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportivox.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}