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Pakistani cricketer (born 1996)
Sahibzada Farhan is a Pakistani international cricketer. He plays for the national team as a right-handed top order batsman. Farhan represents Peshawar in domestic cricket and Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League.
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Pakistani cricketer (born 2000)
Shaheen Shah Afridi is a Pakistani international cricketer who represents the Pakistan national team. He is the captain of the national ODI team and previously served as captained of T20I team. A left-arm fast bowler, he made his international debut in 2018 and was named the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year in 2021, becoming the first Pakistani cricketer to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. He led the Lahore Qalandars to Pakistan Super League titles in 2022, 2023, and 2025, becoming the first captain to win three PSL championships.
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Pakistan have appointed Sahibzada Farhan as their new T20I captain ahead of this week’s three-match home series against Sri Lanka.
Pakistan have appointed Sahibzada Farhan captain for the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka and left Babar Azam out of the squad. The announcement also brings Razaullah into both white-ball squads and marks Naseem Shah's return after injury.
Farhan, the top run-scorer at the 2026 T20 World Cup, takes over for the Sri Lanka series; Shaheen Shah Afridi retains ODI captaincy