Pakistan Drop Agha As T20 Captain, Hand Job To Farhan
Pakistan have dropped Salman Ali Agha as T20 captain. Sahibzada Farhan will lead the side in the T20 series against Sri Lanka. The Pakistan Cricket Board named the squads on Monday.
Agha was also left out of the T20 squad. He remains in the ODI setup. Farhan led Pakistan to a silver medal at the Asian Games.
He was the leading run-scorer at the T20 World Cup in March, with 383 runs at a strike rate of 160. Shaheen Shah Afridi keeps the ODI captaincy for the tri-series. Babar Azam is back in the ODI squad.
The three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka starts on Friday in Rawalpindi. The ODI tri-series begins on October 18 with Pakistan facing Sri Lanka. Farhan scored 383 runs at a strike rate of 160 at the T20 World Cup.
He was the tournament's top scorer. The T20 series against Sri Lanka starts Friday in Rawalpindi. The ODI tri-series starts on October 18.
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