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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a 15-player squad for the Asian Games 2026, naming opener Sahibzada Farhan as captain for the multi-sport event.
The cricket competition will take place in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4, with 10 teams vying for top honours. Matches will commence on September 24, while the gold-medal contest is scheduled for October 3.
Farhan, 30, has represented Pakistan in 46 T20 Internationals, scoring 1,305 runs, including two centuries and 10 half-centuries. Abdul Samad has been appointed vice-captain of the side.
Opener Saim Ayub, wicketkeeper Usman Khan, mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed, and Salman Mirza are also part of the team. Haider Ali and Ahmed Daniyal made a comeback to the side while four members of the 15-player squad — Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat and Saad Masood — are yet to make their T20I debut for Pakistan.
Additionally, 14 of the 15 players selected for the Asian Games squad are part of the NCA White-Ball Camp, which is set to commence in Lahore from Monday, 15 June.
Sahibzada Farhan (captain), Abdul Samad (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Arafat Minhas, Haider Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Saad Masood, Saim Ayub, Sufyan Moqim and Usman Khan (wicket-keeper)
Mike Hesson (head coach), Ashley Noffke (bowling coach), Shane McDermott (fielding coach), Muhammad Tahir (physiotherapist), Imran Ullah (trainer), Usman Hashmi (analyst-cum-team operations coordinator).
