PAKISTAN SQUAD · SEPTEMBER 2026

Pakistan Players

Profiles of 15 key players in Pakistan’s current set-up across Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Each page has career statistics, records and a player profile. Pick a player below.

BATTERS

Top and middle order

TEST CAPTAIN · RHB

Babar Azam

15,000+ international runs; ODI average above 53.

OPENER · LHB

Fakhar Zaman

Pakistan’s only men’s ODI double century: 210*.

TEST VICE-CAPTAIN · LHB

Saud Shakeel

2,006 Test runs; top scorer on the 2026 England tour.

OPENER · RHB

Abdullah Shafique

Six Test hundreds, including 201 v Sri Lanka.

OPENER · FORMER TEST CAPTAIN

Shan Masood

50 Tests; 13,000+ first-class runs.

T20I OPENER · RHB

Sahibzada Farhan

Two T20I hundreds; Asian Games 2026 captain.

WICKETKEEPER & ALL-ROUNDERS

Gloves and all-rounders

WICKETKEEPER-BATTER

Mohammad Rizwan

ICC T20I Cricketer of the Year 2021; 137 Test dismissals.

ALL-ROUNDER · T20I CAPTAIN

Salman Ali Agha

4,000+ international runs and off-spin; led Pakistan to the 2025 Asia Cup final.

OPENER / ALL-ROUNDER · LHB

Saim Ayub

ODI average close to 47; three-format player since 2023.

LEG-SPIN ALL-ROUNDER

Shadab Khan

2017 Champions Trophy winner; 123 T20I wickets.

BOWLERS

Pace and spin

LEFT-ARM FAST · ODI CAPTAIN

Shaheen Shah Afridi

400+ international wickets; ICC Cricketer of the Year 2021.

RIGHT-ARM FAST

Naseem Shah

Youngest bowler to take a Test hat-trick.

RIGHT-ARM FAST

Haris Rauf

240 ODI and T20I wickets; from tape-ball to Pakistan.

LEG-SPINNER

Abrar Ahmed

No. 2 ODI bowler in the world; 7/114 on Test debut.

LEFT-ARM SPINNER

Noman Ali

101 Test wickets in 22 matches; No. 10 Test bowler.

Career figures come from ESPNcricinfo via Wikipedia and are dated on each player page. ICC rankings as of 15 September 2026.