Former captains Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have once again been left out of Pakistan’s T20I squad, as the Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday announced a 17-member team for the Asia Cup and a tri-nation series in the United Arab Emirates.

The squad will be led by Salman Agha for both the tri-series involving Afghanistan and the UAE from August 29 to September 7 in Sharjah, and the Asia Cup, which will be held in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from September 9 to 28.

The exclusion of Babar and Rizwan, who last featured in a T20I in December 2024, has now extended across multiple series under head coach Mike Hesson.

Both players were also overlooked for the T20I leg of the West Indies tour earlier this month, where Pakistan lost the series 2-1. They were part of the ODI squad but failed to make an

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