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Graphic listing Pakistan's 16-player squad for the T20I series against Australia, with captain Salman Ali Agha pictured in the national green kit.

Pakistan name 16-man T20I squad for Australia home series

Pakistan recalled Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi for the three-match T20I series against Australia in Lahore, naming a 16-player squad.

A floodlit cricket match in progress at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2022.

Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Pakistan to review T20 World Cup participation amid Bangladesh concerns

Sources told Geo News on 18 January 2026 that Pakistan may reassess its ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 participation in India and Sri Lanka as Bangladesh's security concerns mount.

The Jinnah Convention Centre in Islamabad, a long white modernist building behind a flagged entrance plaza, photographed in daylight

Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

HBL PSL expands to eight teams as Sialkot and Hyderabad sold for record Rs3.6bn

On 8 January 2026 the Pakistan Cricket Board sold two new HBL PSL franchises — Sialkot and Hyderabad — at a record auction in Islamabad totalling Rs3.6bn.