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Who should replace Salman Ali Agha as Pakistan's T20I captain?

Who should replace Salman Ali Agha as Pakistan's T20I captain?

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DeadlyVenom said:
We are in a difficult situation. The natural captain is Shadab but he is not performing and hasn't been for a while. Shaheen is a choice because of his PSL but doesn't strike me as the sharpest.

At the moment if you look at Pakistan's team you have two players who are automatic picks - Farhan and Usman T. Then Saim you can probbaly include because of potential and his overall utility. Rest are not automatic picks.

So you either have to pick one of those guys which doesn't seem too sensible, or you pick someone who isn't in the team but may have captaincy potential like Niazi. Which isn't sensible either.

It is difficult. I am genuinley stumped.
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Shadab has one of the best analytical and data driven teams in the PSL, he is no genius because if he was his bowling IQ would be top tier
 
BouncerGuy said:
Media reports suggest the PCB is seriously reconsidering Salman Ali Agha’s role as captain after a disappointing Asia Cup campaign. So—who should take the reins next?

Despite Pakistan reaching the final, Salman Ali Agha’s personal form and tactical decisions have come under fire. He managed just 72 runs in 7 matches at a strike rate of 80.89, with critics slamming his rash dismissals in key moments. The team also suffered three consecutive defeats to India, including in the final, further intensifying scrutiny.

Sources within the PCB reveal a growing divide: some officials back Agha’s continuation, while others are pushing for a fresh face ahead of the T20 World Cup. Names like Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, and even Babar Azam are being floated, though selectors reportedly prefer giving younger players more chances.

So, who should lead Pakistan into the next phase of T20 cricket?
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  1. Pick 11 players who deserve to be in the Team on performance
  2. Pick a Captain from the 11

Otherwise, you will be carrying dead weight...
 
I wonder when will Shahid Hashmi the ARY reporter will give inside news of Agha to be removed as captain.
:sk
 
I can't think of anyone else apart from Shaheen. Three PSL titles out of 4 attempts has to count for something. Before him Lahore Qalandars were a joke always finishing last on the table. In 2024 PSL Edition when LQ finished last, Shaheen still attended the semi finals and finals and was encouraging the other teams, players and routing for them from the bench. That shows leadership qualities.
 
Shaheen is immature and way too egotistical to be the captain. He doesn't accept how far he's fallen from his peak and refuses to acknowledge the dip in his form. Not a personality that would be suited for captaincy.

That being said, we literally have zero options. Agha has to go as he's been a huge letdown in both the Asia cup and the WC - both his performance and captaincy have been pathetic.

I also think having 3 different captains across the 3 formats will not be workable.

I guess they can give it to anyone at this point who is a sure shot starter in the side
 
Mohammad Amir has predicted that current skipper Salman Ali Agha may not remain Pakistan’s T20I captain after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026:

“I think Salman Ali Agha will no longer remain the T20 captain after this World Cup. In my opinion, no one else truly deserves it at the moment. As things stand, I don’t see a suitable replacement right now. I also believe that for many players, this T20 World Cup will be their last,”

“Where did it improve? Why did you bring him back?”
 
He is not a T20 batter. A very good ODI player however and should remain as ODI captain.

Problem is the team is so green there are very few established players.

Could try bringing Shan Masood in as a stop gap.
 

Nepotism in selection, captain not performing, playing players out of position.

Arrogant in their decisions, selection process is bogus.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Mohammad Amir has predicted that current skipper Salman Ali Agha may not remain Pakistan’s T20I captain after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026:

“I think Salman Ali Agha will no longer remain the T20 captain after this World Cup. In my opinion, no one else truly deserves it at the moment. As things stand, I don’t see a suitable replacement right now. I also believe that for many players, this T20 World Cup will be their last,”

“Where did it improve? Why did you bring him back?”
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OHO Bang on Analysis , @TheSultan @Rana
 
Salman should have never been made captain in first place.. he was never a t20 player but these idiots made him captain... lol

Anyway, if pcb is going to make shadab the next captain then i will pick salman over him again.. kachra should not replace kachra
 
BouncerGuy said:
Salman should have never been made captain in first place.. he was never a t20 player but these idiots made him captain... lol

Anyway, if pcb is going to make shadab the next captain then i will pick salman over him again.. kachra should not replace kachra
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Exactly if I have to choose between these two I will prefer Salman over full tosser
 
One has to be mentally and tactically strong to have the charge. I do not see anyone. Farhan and Fakhar look to be mentally tough. I have no idea if they have the will/skill/command to lead the gang.
 
Savak said:
I can't think of anyone else apart from Shaheen. Three PSL titles out of 4 attempts has to count for something. Before him Lahore Qalandars were a joke always finishing last on the table. In 2024 PSL Edition when LQ finished last, Shaheen still attended the semi finals and finals and was encouraging the other teams, players and routing for them from the bench. That shows leadership qualities.
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Absolutely right....
Also Pakistan cricket team in past performed well under those captains who were fast bowlers
 
Shaka81 said:
Salman Agha is a terrible T20 batsman and bowler, and his captaincy has been fairly average as well. But sadly looking at the list of potential replacements, it's hard to back any of them to do a better job.
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Pardon my ignorance, I have not really watched Salman since the PSL a couple of years ago, and he didn't look that special back then. Is he actually worth his place as an international player?
 
Kianig89 said:
OHO Bang on Analysis , @TheSultan @Rana
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What’s the problem with that?

You guys have gone tribal: babar vs Salman. As if criticism of Salman Agha will hurt us critics of Barbara. They’ve both been trash. Both should be out.

Amir has shown is the only Pakistani player of recent times who has cricketing sense. His analysis I’ll repeat has been absolutely bang on.

if he’s up for it, I’d bring him back as t20 captain. He’s still the best and most intelligent fast bowler in the country.
 
Rana said:
@TheSultan

Remember when this guy was calling me morally corrupt for supporting Sharjeel over Rizwan, but is now using Amir as some validation against Agha?!

I mean, was this guy born from the backside? :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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I was referring him due to some other post and it's good he criticises the mediocrity of Agha , but you for once who think from your brain and from bum
 
Usman Tariq
Saim

Nobody else is a feasible option.

Salman, Shadab, Nawaz, Faheem, Usman Khan have to be permanently discarded. They are not international class players. Only Salman can be retained for odis or Tests.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Pardon my ignorance, I have not really watched Salman since the PSL a couple of years ago, and he didn't look that special back then. Is he actually worth his place as an international player?
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The sad truth is that none of the current team are worthy of a place in the international team but there is no hidden pool of talented players being denied opportunities. There is a huge dearth of talented cricketers in Pakistan.
 
TheSultan said:
What’s the problem with that?

You guys have gone tribal: babar vs Salman. As if criticism of Salman Agha will hurt us critics of Barbara. They’ve both been trash. Both should be out.

Amir has shown is the only Pakistani player of recent times who has cricketing sense. His analysis I’ll repeat has been absolutely bang on.

if he’s up for it, I’d bring him back as t20 captain. He’s still the best and most intelligent fast bowler in the country.
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I would rather have him as the fast bowling coach of LOI team. After Wasim, he has bowled the best in big games of ICC tournaments despite losing his best years of bowling.
 
I think we have two choices. Shaheen or Shadab. But for Shadab you have to drop nawaz and put faith he’ll perform again.

Safer option is Shaheen but also not ideal given he’s a fast bowler and you have to worry about injuries and rest.
 
GLORY OF '92 said:
Clueless woman. Ban woman's sports in Pak save the money.
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She’s a joker.

She said on the show that off spinners can bowl to right handers. Her argument was “there are 3 off spinners here; me, Saqlain and Hafeez….we all bowled to right handers”

Yeah I mean she bowled to Harry Brook and Will Jacks level batters in her time :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
Stop chopping and changing captains after every series and tounrnaments...

Pak will be like this forever... A captain who brought them glory in 2017 and who nearly qualified his team into CWC 2019 and kept his team as no.1 in T20 ranking was unceremoniously stripped off captaincy and given someone who cant even lead a gully team himself...

So in pak culture changing captains is the decision they take every year, Sarfraz leadership was never an issue his laid back approach from where once he took on the bowling to chase 300+ target coming at no.4 in England which earned him the captaincy then to sending Hasan ali above him and coming into bat no.8 was the mistake which could have been corrected easily not by stripping captaincy.. they could have sent a young team under a young captain to tour lower ranked teams and asked Sarfraz to fix his fitness , batting and mindset during the off days..
 
Cricket Warrior said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2026588712298271071
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exactly he was given a team without Babar , Rizwan , Shaheen , Naseem and now all of them back except Rizwan where he could have been back with that experience tag on his hat if he had a half decent BBL...

Hasan Nawaz , Haris, Sufyan muqeem , Arafat Minhas , Abbas Afridi , Irfan Khan Niazi , Khushdil shah , Abdul Samad ( though he was rubbish ) all of them vanished away and they have got Nafay suddenly from nowhere for carrying drinks..
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Pardon my ignorance, I have not really watched Salman since the PSL a couple of years ago, and he didn't look that special back then. Is he actually worth his place as an international player?
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You have a lot of comments on things you haven't watched. Impressive.
 
ads101 said:
I think we have two choices. Shaheen or Shadab. But for Shadab you have to drop nawaz and put faith he’ll perform again.

Safer option is Shaheen but also not ideal given he’s a fast bowler and you have to worry about injuries and rest.
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Third option and best option is Faheem Ashraf.
 
Feeling Sad and hurt at Pakistan exit from WC in a humiliating way. But this expected when you select a captain who does not deserve to be in squad , add to it he shamelessly takes the slot of another batsman and when the time came to make your mark , he went awol hiding behind.

Surely this is too much to take. Agha has no business in this T20 side. Heck his captaincy was atrocious and clueless.
 
Who knows now. Would have said Shadab or Shaheen but witnessed some of the worst bowling from those two I’ve ever seen today. It would feel sick perform like that and you get captaincy.
 
Those ex players who are in favour of making Shaheen, Shadab, Babar or Rizwan as captain must be completely banned from appearing on any TV channel. Enough of this Sasur Damads nexus, this culture has ruined entire team.

Shaheen, Babar, Shadab, Nawaz, Rizwan, Naseem must be dropped forever from international cricket. They are since 9 years in team but never won anything big
 
For me, Fakhar Zaman.

He's experienced, the 2nd best batsman in this clown team and has a good head on his shoulders.
 
What if we have some kind of AI model who is given the captaincy and these players take instructions from it via headset
 
HALL OF SHAME

Performance of Pakistan captains in Asia cup/World CUp T20 events


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I was telling along Agha is a massive dead investment. A guy who couldn't find any spot in any leagues at the age of supposedly 32 is not suddenly going to become a T20 legend. Just walking across stumps like SKy fluking a few fours won't make him one. After investing so much you will have to id all over again. Instead they should have gone with younger captain.
 
Very difficult if not impossible to pick a captain from a group in which 90% don’t even deserve to be selected. Outside the squad there aren’t many options either. If Agha goes then it will probably be one of the damads. But must also remember there is PSL coming up and it might have a decisive influence on who gets the nod.
 
Energy said:
True. And Shadab should take reigns at No.3 like a patriot. He will take over from Agha and has big shoes to fill.
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Yeah definitely... Should do presser and say that he will bat 3 now... What is wrong here..
 
He should definitely be replaced. But there's no obvious replacement. So it's a tough one for the PCB.
 
Make Fakhar captain for 1-2 years and prepare someone to take over the captaincy in due coarse . Get rid of Agha, Shadab, Faheem , afridi , Babar from the team .
 
moghul said:
Make Fakhar captain for 1-2 years and prepare someone to take over the captaincy in due coarse . Get rid of Agha, Shadab, Faheem , afridi , Babar from the team .
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Yup.

This is worth a try. Maybe he can be the captain for 1 year and see how it goes.
 
We don't have much options left... Can we go to shadab??? That will be a bigger joke than Salman ali agha as captain... But yeah, let's replace a bigger joker with a smaller one... Who cares.
 
BouncerGuy said:
We don't have much options left... Can we go to shadab??? That will be a bigger joke than Salman ali agha as captain... But yeah, let's replace a bigger joker with a smaller one... Who cares.
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Is Agha Salman Mike Brearely, who can play as a specialist captain? Has he achieved as a captain at any level? I have seen so many schoolboy errors from him. At least Shaun masood as an "English-speaking" captain, made some smart moves in the test series in Australia. This guy is as clueless as anyone else. I am sure Agha won't be part of the setup 2 years later. So you have to groom a captain. Throw someone at the deep-end. Someone who earns his place in the side. Pakistan should be prepared to lose a few T20 series in quest of a captain.
 
Has to be Sahebzada Farhan but i am always worried that the captaincy pressure and politics might ruin his batting momentum. Captaincy isn't easy busines in our country. Its a cursed crown. 90% of our players who ever became captain ruined their career.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Is Agha Salman Mike Brearely, who can play as a specialist captain? Has he achieved as a captain at any level? I have seen so many schoolboy errors from him. At least Shaun masood as an "English-speaking" captain, made some smart moves in the test series in Australia. This guy is as clueless as anyone else. I am sure Agha won't be part of the setup 2 years later. So you have to groom a captain. Throw someone at the deep-end. Someone who earns his place in the side. Pakistan should be prepared to lose a few T20 series in quest of a captain.
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Yeah... Some people here were behaving like he is Dhoni or ponting level captain and were doing bhangra when he was made captain.. Salman did not even deserve to play as a player, let alone captain. Exposed again and again
 
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