Pakistan dropped captain Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam for the T20 series against New Zealand and rewarded several domestic performers for the five-match series starting on March 16.

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have been left out of Pakistan's squad for the T20I series against New Zealand. Pakistan also named their ODI squad and retained Rizwan as their captain.

Pakistan Cricket Board have made the move to make Agha T20I captain with their eyes on the next two marquee T20 tournaments - the Asia Cup in September 2025 and the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in India next year.

Pakistan has unveiled its squads for the upcoming tour of New Zealand with plenty of fresher faces in the T20 setup.

Pakistan have announced that Salman Ali Agha will captain their T20 side as they head to New Zealand for a five-match series. The Pakistan Cricket BOard have also confirmed their one-day international squad following their early exit from the ICC Champions Trophy, with Mohammad Rizwan keeping the captaincy in the 50-overs format.

Salman Ali Agha will lead the T20I team, while Mohammad Rizwan continues as the ODI captain. Meanwhile, Mohammad Yousuf has joined as the batting coach for this tour. The support staff includes Naveed Akram Cheema as team manager and Azhar Mahmood as assistant coach.

Pakistan Cricket Board will announce the new-look squad for New Zealand tour today in a press conference led by Aaqib Javed.

Pakistan have shuffled the deck chairs once more in an attempt to find the right T20 combination, dropping captain Mohammad Rizwan as well as Babar Azam for the five-match series in New Zealand. In the first squad announced since Pakistan's ignominious exit from a home Champions Trophy,

Captain Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam have been dropped from Pakistan's T20 squad for the New Zealand series, replaced by Salman Ali Agha as captain with Shadab Khan named vice-captain. Rizwan remains ODI captain,