Pakistan all-rounder Salman Agha was named skipper of their Twenty20 International team while Mohammad Rizwan will continue to lead the one-day international side, the country's cricket board said on Tuesday.

Rizwan has retained the ODI captaincy, however, star speedster Shaheen Afridi has been dropped from the ODI side. Mohammad Haris returns after a long spell out of the national side. Saim Ayub remains absent due to the ankle injury he picked up in South Africa.

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.

All-rounder Salman Agha was announced as Pakistan’s T20I skipper for the upcoming tour to New Zealand on Tuesday.

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 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.

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,

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Pakistan's squad for the T20I series against New Zealand which is scheduled to start from March 16.