Overview

• The PCB has opened consultations on Salman Ali Agha’s role after a poor Asia Cup, including three defeats to India and 72 runs across seven innings at a strike rate of 80.89.
• Selectors and head coach Mike Hesson support keeping Salman in place, arguing for consistency and opposing a return of the captaincy to Shaheen Afridi.
• Reporting says the board has weighed recalling Babar Azam for the South Africa T20Is, though team management objects over balance and strategy concerns.
• Under Salman’s leadership Pakistan has a 17–13 record in 30 T20Is, with the captain contributing 557 runs and four half-centuries.
• Pakistan hosts South Africa for T20Is on October 28 and 31 and November 1, a series framed as a key gauge before the February 2026 T20 World Cup.