The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a hefty fine of PKR 5 million (approximately US$ 18,000) on each member of the national squad following their disappointing exit from the T20 World Cup 2026.
Bangladesh were dropped from the tournament after refusing to travel to India for their scheduled fixtures and were replaced by Scotland in the expanded 20-team competition.
Pakistan have announced their 16-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series at home against Australia, which starts January 29. The team will see the return of the experienced duo of Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi in the T20I setup, according to the ICC's website.
The T20I series will be played from January 7-11. As per ICC, the star trio will skip the series due to their franchise cricket commitments in Australia's Big Bash Cricket League (BBL). Notably, all three have struggled in their stints so far, with Babar managing just 71 runs in four innings
Pakistan clinched the T20I tri-series at home against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Salman Ali Agha hinted that the majority of the players who featured in the T20I tri-series will be part of the T20 World Cup 2026 squad.
Babar has not featured in the shortest format for Pakistan since the end of last year, and the right-hander was recently left out of the side's squad for the upcoming tri-series against UAE and Afghanistan and next month's Asia Cup.
For the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025, the defending champions, Pakistan, are expected to recall Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman back into the squad, according to Geo News.
Pakistan unveiled its squads for the multi-format tour of South Africa which will kick off on December 10 in Durban. A couple of surprises came along with the decision as Babar returned to the Test side after being dropped from the second and third Tests against England.
Following extensive conversations held by a newly-formed selection committee, some of Pakistan's most well-renowned players will miss the second Test in Multan against England in a host of changes. Babar headlines numerous changes made by a newly-formed selection committee in the immediat
Following extensive conversations held by a newly-formed selection committee, some of Pakistan's most well-renowned players will miss the second Test in Multan against England in a host of changes. Babar headlines numerous changes made by a newly-formed selection committee in the immediate a
Former cricketer Basit Ali expects a lot of changes to be made in the Pakistan squad if they end up suffering a defeat in their opening Test against England, next month.
Pakistan have included the left-arm spinner Noman for the first Test of the three-match series starting from October 7 in Multan. He has played 15 Test matches for Pakistan, taking 47 wickets at an average of 33.53. In his last Test match for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Ali had ta