Pakan squad for Asia Cup 2025: Salman Agha to lead 17-member team; Babar Azam, Rizwan overlooked | Cricket News

Pakan have announced their squads for the upcoming T20I tri-series and Asia Cup scheduled to take place in the UAE from 29 August to 28 September. Salman Agha will continue to lead the side as the team coached Mike Hesson continued to snub senior pros Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam from the shortest format.
Pakan are placed in Group ‘A’ alongside India, Oman and UAE. They will begin their campaign on September 12 against Oman followed the highly-anticipated India clash on September 14 at the same venue.
Having been drubbed in the ODI series decider 202 runs in the West Indies last week, Pakan will aim to regroup and brace for the continental rigours when they travel to the UAE for a tri-series T20 tournament between August 29 and September 7. The tri-series, featuring Afghanan, Pakan and UAE will be played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
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While Babar and Rizwan continued to be overlooked, the senior players who earned a spot are pace bowlers Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf, as well as dependable batters such as Fakhar Zaman and Khushdil Shah. Star wicket-keeper Mohammad Haris also kept his spot. The selectors have also reposed their faith in young names like Hasan Nawaz, Salman Mirza, and Sufyan Moqim.
Pakan’s Asia Cup 2025 squad
Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sufiyan Muqeem.
Asia Cup 2025 schedule

Match No
Teams
Date

1.
Afghanan vs Hong Kong
Sept 9

 2.
India vs UAE
Sept 10

3.
 Bangladesh vs Hong Kong
Sept 11

4.
Pakan vs Oman
Sept 12

5.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
Sept 13

6.
India vs Pakan
Sept 14

7.
UAE vs Oman
Sept 15

8.
Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong
Sept 15

9.
Bangladesh vs Afghanan
Sept 16

10.
Pakan vs UAE
Sept 17

11.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanan
Sept 18

12.
India vs Oman
Sept 19

13.
B1 vs B2
Sept 20

14.
A1 vs A2
Sept 23

15.
A2 vs B1
Sept 24

16.
A1 vs B2
Sept 25

17.
A2 vs B2
Sept 26

18.
A1 vs B1
Sept 27

19.
Final
Sept 28