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No Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam as Pakistan name Asia Cup squad; Fakhar Zaman returns
Salman Ali Agha has been retained as captain of the squad, which does not feature either Babar Azam or Mohammad Rizwan.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced Pakistan's 17-man squad for the upcoming UAE T20 tri-series and the subsequent Asia Cup, also to be held in the UAE. Salman Ali Agha has been retained as captain of the squad, which does not feature either Babar Azam or Mohammad Rizwan.
Babar last played a T20I in December 2024. He later participated in the 2025 PSL season, scoring 56*, 53*, and 94 in his last seven appearances for Peshawar Zalmi. The former captain was more recently part of the ODI series in the West Indies, where he scored 47, 0, and 9 across three matches. Rizwan, too, was not picked for Pakistan's recent T20I series in Bangladesh and the West Indies, but he did feature in the ODIs in the Caribbean, scoring 16 and 0.
Meanwhile, Fakhar Zaman, who suffered a hamstring injury in the West Indies, has recovered and been included in the squad for both contests. Other prominent senior players include Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, and Faheem Ashraf, while youngsters Saim Ayub, Hasan Nawaz, and Mohammad Haris will also look to make their mark in the upcoming competitions.
Salman Mirza, 31, has also been retained following his impressive performance in Bangladesh, where he claimed seven wickets in three matches at an economy rate of 5.21.
"We have retained Salman Mirza because of his performance in Bangladesh," Pakistan’s white-ball head coach Mike Hesson said at the press conference following the squad announcement.
The tri-series will feature Afghanistan, Pakistan, and UAE and will be played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium from 29 August to 7 September. It will be followed by the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from 9 to 28 September.
Pakistan squad: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sufyan Moqim.
Tri-series schedule (all matches at Sharjah Cricket Stadium):
29 August – Afghanistan v Pakistan
30 August – UAE v Pakistan
1 September – UAE v Afghanistan
2 September – Pakistan v Afghanistan
4 September – Pakistan v UAE
5 September – Afghanistan v UAE
7 September – Final
ACC Asia Cup T20 2025 (Pakistan fixtures, Super Fours and Final)
12 September – Oman v Pakistan, DICS
14 September – India v Pakistan, DICS
17 September – UAE v Pakistan, DICS
20-26 September – Super Fours fixtures (Abu Dhabi and Dubai)
28 September – Final, DICS
