Salman Ali Agha considering break from T20 format to focus on 2027 World Cup

Agha had batted at number three in the T20 World Cup earlier this year in India and Sri Lanka. In Pakistan’s ODI series in Bangladesh, he scored 106, 64 and 5.

Salman said that he was not in favour of young players earning a ticket to the national team simply from good Pakistan Super League performances.

“I would rather like to see a process where we identify strong young talent in the PSL and send them to play in domestic cricket and then review their performances and decide if they are ready for international cricket,” he added.

Agha was the captain of the Pakistan cricket team at the recent T20 World Cup where the side missed out from making it to the semi-finals. Agha also faced plenty of criticism from journalists in Pakistan for the side’s inability to make it to the semis. At one point, he was even asked if he was a “dummy captain” after their ouster in the Super 8.

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In that confrontational press conference, Agha was also asked at a press conference if he would step down from the T20 captaincy himself, or Pakistan Cricket Board should remove him.

“Regarding the decision [on captaincy], I think any decision made right now would be emotional. We will go back, take a few days, and then whatever decision needs to be made will be made,” Agha had said back then.

(With inputs from PTI)

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