Pakistan Asian Games team: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the men’s cricket team for the 2026 Asian Games. This time the command of the team has been handed over to Sahibzada Farhan, who made records in T20 cricket. The Asian Games will be held from September 13 to October 4 at the Korogi Athletic Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
The biggest thing is that senior players like Babar Azam, Roylon Shah Afridi and Salman Ali Aga have not got a place in this team of Pakistan. The selectors have trusted young players and emerging talents. Earlier, Salman Ali was the captain of the T20 team, he took command of the team in the T20 World Cup 2026. Babar and Royal also joined the team in the T20 World Cup. But his team has been dismissed. Kulvi Player PCB Chairman Mohs Kishan Nak has taken this big action.
Sahibzada Farhan will be the captain, while Abdul Samad has been made the vice captain. 15 Russell’s team also includes four players who have not yet been launched for Pakistan in T20 International cricket. These include Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat and Saad Masood. 14 out of 15 players of the team are going to be part of the white-ball camp of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore starting from June 15.
Farhan T has an impressive 20 record behind the Co Enterprises meeting. He has scored 1305 runs in 46 T20 International matches at a strike rate of 137. In the 2026 T20 World Cup, he made the world record of scoring the most runs in a single edition by scoring 383 runs. Apart from this, he has 9 centuries to his name in T-20 cricket, making him one of the most successful batsmen.
A record total of 10 men will participate in the 2026 Asian Games cricket competition. Apart from Japan, full member scores will be played in countries like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Apart from this, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal and Oman have also qualified.
Pakistan’s Asian Games record has been excellent. The team won gold medals at the 2010 Guangzhou and 2014 Incheon Asian Games. However, Pakistan finished fourth in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. In such a situation, this time the team will again have its eyes on the gold medal.
Pakistan’s 2026 Asian Games squad: Sahibzada Farhan (captain), Abdul Samad (vice-captain), Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniel, Akif Javed, Ali Raja, Arafat Minhas, Haider Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Saad Masood, Sam Ayub and Sufiyan Muqeem.
Keep in mind that Pakistan team last played in T20 World Cup 2026, since then there has been a big change in the current squad.
The first team in T20 World Cup 2026 was like this: Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibza Farhan (wicketkeeper), Sam Ayub, Roylan Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper) and Usman Tariq.
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