PAKISTAN · ALL-ROUNDER · T20I CAPTAIN

Salman Ali Agha

A right-handed middle-order batter and off-spinner from Lahore. Salman broke into the national side in 2022, aged 28, after a long domestic career, and quickly became a three-format regular. He has led Pakistan’s T20I side, including the run to the 2025 Asia Cup final.

CAREER STATISTICS

International career in numbers

Format	Matches	Runs	Average	100s / 50s	Best	Wickets	Best bowling
Test	28	1,708	36.34	3 / 12	132*	20	3/75
ODI	53	1,566	42.32	3 / 9	134	20	4/32
T20I	52	916	22.90	0 / 6	76	6	1/7

Figures from ESPNcricinfo (via Wikipedia), 31 August 2026.

RECORDS & HIGHLIGHTS

Career highlights

Maiden Test hundred in December 2022, within months of his debut.
Top-scored for Edmonton Royals with 218 runs in the inaugural Global T20 Canada (2018).
Has more than 4,000 international runs and 46 international wickets.
Captained Pakistan to the final of the 2025 Asia Cup.
Maiden T20I fifty was an unbeaten 51 off 31 balls to win a 205-run chase against New Zealand in Auckland, March 2025.

PROFILE

Player profile

Born: 23 November 1993, Lahore
Batting: Right-handed
Bowling: Right-arm off break
Debuts: Test v Sri Lanka, 16 July 2022 · ODI v Netherlands, 16 August 2022 · T20I v Australia, 14 November 2024
Teams: Karachi Kings (PSL 2026)
Shirt number: 67