Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a 15-member squad for the Asian Games 2026 in Japan, with Sahibzada Farhan named captain and Abdul Samad vice-captain. The T20 tournament will be held from September 24 to October 3. Four uncapped players have been included, while most squad members will participate in the National Cricket Academy's White-Ball Camp in Lahore ahead of the event.
Lahore: Sahibzada Farhan will captain the Pakistan at the Asian Games 2026, scheduled from September 19 to October 4 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan as the Pakistan Cricket Board announced a 15-man squad on Wednesday.
Farhan, 30, has appeared in 46 T20Is for Pakistan, accumulating 1,305 runs with two centuries and 10 half-centuries. Abdul Samad, with five T20I appearances for Pakistan, has been appointed vice-captain of the team.
Of the 15 players in the squad, Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat, and Saad Masood are the four who have not yet played T20I for Pakistan.
Furthermore, 14 out of the 15 players chosen for the Asian Games squad are members of the National Cricket Academy’s White-Ball Camp, which will begin in Lahore on Monday, June 15 and continue until June 18.
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