Farhan’s inventory has risen steadily after stellar showings eventually yr’s Asia Cup, the place Pakistan completed runners-up to India, after which on the T20 World Cup, the place he was the highest-scorer of the event with 383 runs at a strike price of 160. Whereas he didn’t take pleasure in the identical degree of success with the bat within the two video games Pakistan performed on the Asian Video games, Pakistan pushed India shut within the ultimate earlier than shedding by 19 runs.
Hasan Nawaz, who scored 96 within the Asian Video games ultimate towards India, had returned to the T20I aspect after a yr, and retains his place for the sequence towards Sri Lanka. Earlier than the Asian Video games, Nawaz had final performed a T20I in November 2025, falling out of favour after a poor Asia Cup and a string of low scores.
Naseem Shah, whose final sport within the format got here on the T20 World Cup in February, returns to the aspect as effectively. He has additionally been named within the squad for the ODI tri-series towards Sri Lanka and England that instantly follows the T20Is towards Sri Lanka. Naseem had suffered a knee harm on the PSL in April, however has since constructed up his bowling workloads in home cricket whereas additionally enjoying within the CPL.
Proper-arm fast Razaullah, who impressed together with his tempo on Check debut towards England in September, and adopted it up with an exciting innings with the bat, additionally options in each squads at the same time as he is uncapped in each limited-overs codecs.
There may be much less upheaval within the ODI squad, the place Shaheen Afridi retains his captaincy. The ODI squad contains Babar Azam however not Mohammad Rizwan, who’s at present embroiled in an investigation and authorized proceedings with the Nationwide Cyber Crime Investigation Authority, and would not characteristic within the T20I squad as effectively.
That leaves Ghazi Ghori, who additionally made his Check debut towards England at Edgbaston and has performed 4 ODIs, is now Pakistan’s first-choice wicketkeeper in ODIs. Khawaja Nafay, in the meantime, is the one specialist wicketkeeper within the T20I squad.
The T20Is and tri-series additionally see the return of Shaun Tait as Pakistan’s bowling coach, having beforehand served within the function for a yr from February 2022.
Tait comes again to Pakistan after a profitable 12-month stint as Bangladesh’s fast-bowling coach, which has seen the worth of their fast-bowling inventory soar. He give up in June, overseeing a 2-0 Check sequence victory towards Pakistan, the place Bangladesh’s tempo bowlers performed key roles. Beneath Tait, Bangladesh beat Pakistan in ODI and T20I sequence. Again in Pakistan, he replaces Ashley Noffke, who give up as bowling coach to take up the top coach’s function with Netherlands.
Pakistan’s T20I sequence towards Sri Lanka begins on October 9, with all three matches to be performed in Rawalpindi. The ODI tri-series begins on October 18, with Pakistan taking over Sri Lanka within the opener in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan T20I squad towards Sri Lanka
Sahibzada Farhan (capt), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Arafat Minhas, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Muhammad Imran Randhawa, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Maaz Sadaqat, Naseem Shah, Razaullah, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Shadab Khan, Sufiyan Moqim
Pakistan ODI squad for tri-series towards Sri Lanka and England
Shaheen Shah Afridi (capt), Abrar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Razaullah, Saad Baig (wk), Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Sufiyan Moqim