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Haris Rauf has not got a chance, he was injured while playing in Major League cricket 2025 in the US.
The Pakistan team has been announced for the T20 series against Bangladesh from July 20. PCB has announced 15 members squads on Tuesday.
Salman Aga has been appointed as the captain of the team for this series. In the team, Ahmed Daniel and Salman Mirza (Ancapde) got a chance for the first time. At the same time, prominent players like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi have not been selected for the tour of Bangladesh.
The T20 series will start from July 20. This will be followed by the second and third matches on July 22 and 24. All three matches will be played in Mirpur.
Salman Mirza (left) has played 23 T20 matches so far, taking 39 wickets with an average of 14.74.
Ahmed Danial has taken 30 wickets in 37 T20s with an average of 31.16. He has scored 65 runs in batting.
Rauf injured, Shadab underwent surgery Fast bowler Haris Rauf has not even got a chance, he was injured while playing in Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025 in the US. Shadab Khan has recently undergone his shoulder surgery and is currently in rehab.
Pakistani team for T20 series against Bangladesh Salman Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Danial, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Sahibzada Farhan (wicketkeeper), Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Sufian Mukim.
PCB increased the salary of Central Contractable Players Pakistan’s Central Contracting players are expected to get a big increase in salary. Whereas domestic players will get to see a decrease in their earnings for the 2025-26 season. According to information received from PTI, the players who are part of the Central Contract List of the Pakistani Board are going to increase significantly. The Pakistan Board has passed a budget of 18.30 billion for Central Contract Players, which is 37% higher than last year.
A source associated with PCB said, this year, the number of players joining the Central Contract will also increase. Earlier, Pakistan Board used to place 25 players in Central Contract, but 30 players will be included from now on. Along with this, the source also said that the budget of players playing domestic cricket will be cut.