No one can predict what will happen in Pakistan cricket. Once again there has been a reshuffle in Pakistan cricket. Pakistan Cricket Board (pcb) Has severed ties with Test team head coach Azhar Mahmood. PCB has severed ties with Azhar Mahmood even before the expiry of his contract. Azhar’s contract was till March 2026, but he has been terminated prematurely.

In the report of news agency PTI, quoting a reliable source close to the PCB, it has been said, ,Azhar Mahmood’s contract is expiring in March and the Test tour of Pakistan team will start from March 2026. Therefore, the board wants to prepare its strategy for the new head coach from now on.,

Let us tell you that the contract of former veteran all-rounder Azhar Mahmood with PCB was for two years. He was appointed the head coach of the Test team last year. According to sources, PCB has started the search for a new head coach for the Test team and there may be a reshuffle in the support staff as well.

Pakistan is at fifth position in WTC points table

Azhar Mahmood, who played 21 Tests and 143 ODIs for Pakistan, has worked with the Pakistan cricket team in different roles in the last few years. Pakistan’s performance in Test cricket under Azhar’s coaching has been mixed. In this cycle of the World Test Championship, Pakistan team has played two Tests, winning one and losing the other. WTC Pakistan is at fifth position above India in the points table.

Pakistan’s test cricket schedule

Pakistan’s tour under the ICC World Test Championship will start with the tour of Bangladesh in March 2026. After this he will tour West Indies in July and England in August-September. After this, Pakistan will host Sri Lanka and New Zealand in November-December 2026 and March 2027 respectively.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided that the Multan Sultan franchise will be operated by the board itself. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi told in a press conference that for the next season, the board will run the Multan Sultan franchise and the responsibility of running the team will be handed over to the former cricketer. After the conclusion of PSL 2026, the Multan Sultan franchise will be put in the market for sale.

Mohsin Naqvi said, “At present, a team head will be appointed within the next 8-10 days to run the team. This person will be a former cricketer, who will run the Multan Sultans franchise this season.”

Let us tell you that Multan Sultan became the champion of PSL 6 season. Apart from this, this team has reached the finals on three other occasions.

How did Multan Sultan team become orphan?

Multan Sultan franchise will play in PSL 11 without an owner. After all, how did this situation happen? Actually, the old owner of the team, Ali Tareen has left the Multan Sultan team, whose owner he had been since 2018. Tareen decided to leave the team citing financial problems.

After this decision of Ali Tareen, PCB sent him a legal notice, in which he was accused of not complying with the agreement and was also asked to apologize. Responding to this, Tareen released a video, in which he taunted the senior officials of the board and apologized and also tore the legal notice sent by the PCB in the video.

2 new teams will join PSL

Meanwhile, 2 new teams are going to join Pakistan Super League. Actually, the auction for two new teams is going to be held on January 8, 2026. It is being told that 10 different candidates are going to bid for the purchase of these teams. PSL 2026 will start from 26th March and the final will be played on 3rd May.

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Pakistan has to tour Sri Lanka early next year. Pakistan team will play a three-match T20 series in Sri Lanka. This series is very important for the preparations for the 2026 T20 World Cup, because Pakistan also has to play its World Cup matches in Sri Lanka. For this three match series PCB Has announced the Pakistan team. Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi have not got a place in this team. Whereas spin all-rounder Shadab Khan has returned to the team after a long time.

Shadab Khan returns to the team

Let us tell you that star batsman Babar Azam and fast bowler Shaheen Afridi are playing in the Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia. In such a situation, both of these PCB Has not called back. Apart from Babar and Shaheen, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan are also playing in BBL. None of them have been included in the team and they will continue to play in the Australian League.

Shadab Khan will return in the three-match series starting from 7 January 2026. After being out of cricket since June this year due to shoulder surgery, he returned to competitive cricket in the BBL this month, where he has performed better than his other compatriots. Pakistan Cricket Board had assured Cricket Australia that its players playing in BBL would be available for the entire season and that is why these players have not been included in the national team.

These players got place in Pakistan team

Pakistan has selected a 15-member squad under the leadership of Salman Ali Aga, which also includes a new face in the form of batsman Khawaja Nafe. Apart from this, Abdul Samad has also returned to the team. The team is as follows – Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abdul Samad, Sam Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Usman Khan, Khawaja Nafe, Naseem Shah, Salman Mirza and Mohammad Wasim Jr.

India & Pakistan Women Domestic Cricketers Match Fee: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has recently made a major change in the match fees for women domestic players, which is considered a big step to promote women’s cricket. Now at the senior level, in long format i.e. multi-day and ODI matches, the playing eleven players will get Rs 50,000 per day, while the reserve players will be given Rs 25,000 per match. In T20 matches, the playing eleven players will be paid Rs 25,000 and the players on the bench will be paid Rs 12,500.

BCCI doubles the match fees of domestic women cricketers

The increase in match fees of domestic women cricketers by BCCI is more than double than before, because earlier senior women players used to get Rs 20,000 and reserves Rs 10,000 for joining the playing eleven. Parity has been maintained in junior tournaments also. Here in multi-day or ODI matches, the playing eleven will be given Rs 25,000 per day and the reserves will be given Rs 12,500. In T20, the playing eleven will get Rs 12,500 and the players sitting on the bench will get Rs 6,250. This change will provide financial security to domestic women cricketers as well as inspiration to young players choosing sports as a career.

Domestic women cricketers in Pakistan have very low salaries

Female domestic cricketers in Pakistan have very low salaries. The match fee there is only 20,000 Pakistani rupees (about 6,400 Indian rupees) per match, which is very low compared to Indian fees. This amount reduces even further at the junior level. In domestic cricket, contract players get only 35,000 Pakistani rupees (about 11,200 Indian rupees) as monthly retainer, due to which there is a huge difference in the salary of Pakistani domestic women cricketers compared to the match fees of Indian domestic women cricketers.

PCB cuts salaries of domestic women cricketers

Pakistan had hosted the Champions Trophy earlier this year (2025), after this tournament the condition of the Pakistan Cricket Board had deteriorated. Because of which he had cut the salaries of the players. The match fee of Pakistan’s domestic women cricketers was earlier 25,000 Pakistani rupees, but this year the Pakistan Cricket Board reduced the salary to 20,000 Pakistani rupees, which was a big blow for the women cricketers there.

19-year-old Sameer Minhas, who played a match-winning inning of 172 runs for Pakistan in the final of the 2025 Under-19 Asia Cup, remains in the headlines. Fans are curious to know about his religion. At the same time, he is also being linked with BCCI President Mithun Manhas on social media.

Let us tell you that young right-handed batsman Sameer Minhas completed a century in just 71 balls in the final of the 2025 Under-19 Asia Cup against India. He played a brilliant inning of 172 runs in just 113 balls. During this period, 11 fours and 8 sixes came from his bat. Before the final, Sameer Minhas had played a strong inning of 69 not out in the semi-final. He also scored a record 177 runs in his first match of the tournament.

Who is Sameer Minhas?

Sameer Minhas was born on 2 December 1986 in Multan, Pakistan. His elder brother Arfat Minhas is also a cricketer. Arafat Minhas has played four T20 Internationals for Pakistan. He is one year older than Sameer. Arfat Minhas played for Pakistan in the Under-19 World Cup. Sameer has now made a distinct identity in Pakistan cricket. Soon he can also step into international cricket. Along with strong batting, Sameer also bowls leg break.

What is Sameer Minhas’s religion?

Sameer Minhas is a Muslim cricketer from Pakistan. However, he comes from Rajput community. If we look at their history, they are considered Suryavanshi Rajputs. People of this community write surname Manhas and Minhas. Many people of this community live in India. There are a large number of people of this community in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir in India. Whereas in Pakistan too, their number is quite large in Punjab and PoK. Earlier all of them lived in India, but after independence, when partition took place, many Muslim Rajputs went and settled in Pakistan.

The Minhas community is associated with the Rajput dynasty and is related to the Dogra dynasty. In different regions they are also known as Minhas, Manhas or Minhaj. Historically, they are considered Suryavanshi Rajputs.

Know what is Sameer Minhas’s connection with BCCI President Mithun Manhas?

BCCI President Mithun Manhas also belongs to this community. Although Mithun is a Hindu Rajput, BCCI President Mithun Manhas also belongs to the Rajput Manhas clan. Before becoming BCCI President, Mithun Manhas has served Indian cricket in coaching and administrative positions. He has also played in IPL for a long time.

Once again Pakistan has been publicly insulted in world cricket. Because of this, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is also angry with the International Cricket Council (ICC). Actually, PCB is unhappy with ICC over the absence of the picture of its captain Salman Ali Aga in the promotional poster released for the sale of tickets for next year’s T20 World Cup.

There is no photo of 5 captains in the promotional poster released for the sale of T20 World Cup tickets.

News agency PTI in its report quoted a reliable source of PCB as saying that the matter has been taken up with the ICC because the promotional poster has pictures of only five captains. This includes Suryakumar Yadav (India), Aiden Markram (South Africa), Mitchell Marsh (Australia), Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka) and Harry Brook (England).

The source further said in the report, “We had to face a similar problem during the Asia Cup a few months ago. At that time the broadcasters had started the promotional campaign without the picture of our captain.” He told that the situation changed only after PCB talked to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

‘Even if Pakistan is not among the top five teams in the ICC T20 rankings, but…’

He said that this time too we are facing a similar situation, because ICC has not included the picture of our captain in the promotional poster released for the sale of tickets. Pakistan may not be among the top five teams in the ICC T20 rankings, but they have a rich history and are one of the most attention-grabbing teams in the World Cup. PCB is confident that ICC will definitely include the Pakistani captain in the promotional posters and campaigns.

The Australian team is going to tour Pakistan just before the T20 World Cup 2026. Three T20 and three ODI matches will be played on this tour to be held during January-February. Meanwhile, news has come that Cricket Australia (CA) has sent a team to Lahore to investigate the security arrangements. The concern of the Cricket Australia Board is not surprising, especially when there was a blast in Islamabad just a few days ago.

The team sent by the Australian Cricket Board to Lahore includes a security advisor, a representative of the Australian Cricketers Association and some officials of the Australian High Commission. This team from Australia has met PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi. In this meeting, discussions were held regarding security arrangements, logistics and risk management.

The reason for this decision of the Australian Cricket Board is the blast in Islamabad. A few weeks ago, there was a blast near the judicial complex in Islamabad, in which 12 people died and 25 were seriously injured. Many of these people were lawyers by profession. This blast had raised big questions on the security system in Pakistan.

The environment regarding security had started deteriorating so much that at that time the Sri Lankan team was in Pakistan. After the blast, many Sri Lankan cricketers talked about going back to their country. However, later the Sri Lankan team returned after completing the series.

Australia-Pakistan series will be played in January-February

The Australian team will go on Pakistan tour during January-February. In January, it has to play a series of 3 T20 matches with Pakistan. A series of three ODI matches will be played between the two teams in March. Till now PCB has not made any confirmation regarding the date and venue of the T20 matches, but it is expected that all three matches can be played in Lahore.

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IND vs PAK Match In November 2025: The last match between India and Pakistan was played in the final of T20 Asia Cup 2025. In this match, Team India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets. India and Pakistan clashed three times in the Asia Cup and Team India defeated Pakistan all three times. But even more controversy took place regarding the Asia Cup trophy, when Mohsin Naqvi, the Chief of Asian Cricket Council and Pakistan Cricket Board, ran away with the Asia Cup trophy. Team India had refused to take the trophy from the hands of PCB Chief, but Mohsin Naqvi remained adamant.

India-Pakistan will clash again in November

The Indian team has not yet received the Asia Cup 2025 trophy and Mohsin Naqvi has announced to start two new seasons of the Asia Cup. According to the report of Cricbuzz, the first new season of Asia Cup will be Asia Cup Rising Stars, which was earlier named Emerging Asia Cup. Eight teams will participate in this tournament like Asia Cup 2025. While the A teams of Test playing nations will participate, the main teams of Associate Nations will participate. This tournament will be played in Doha between 14 and 23 November. Indian team can also participate in Asia Cup Rising Stars, due to which the match between India and Pakistan can be seen once again.

After Asia Cup Rising Stars, Under-19 Asia Cup will also be played. This tournament can be held in December, but information about the venue and match dates of this season has not been revealed yet.

Will India get the Asia Cup trophy?

The Asia Cup 2025 trophy is with ACC. Mohsin Naqvi says that any Indian player can go and take the trophy from him, but BCCI is not ready for this. Now Team India has to play two new seasons of Asia Cup. Before taking part in this season, BCCI can place a demand before Mohsin Naqvi to return the trophy.

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It has been a month today since the 2025 Asia Cup ended. On September 29, the Indian cricket team won the 2025 Asia Cup title by defeating Pakistan in the final. However, after this, Team India refused to take the trophy from the hands of PCB and ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi, since then India has not been able to get the trophy till now. The reason for this is that Mohsin Naqvi is adamant on giving the trophy with his own hands. In such a situation, the question is how will the Asia Cup trophy reach India? Let us tell you that BCCI has made a special plan to bring the trophy. The latest update is going to make Indian cricket fans happy.

Now this is how the 2025 Asia Cup trophy will come to India

According to the report, BCCI is now going to take the trophy dispute to ICC. A report in India Today states that BCCI will raise the issue of Asia Cup trophy dispute in the ICC meeting to be held in Dubai. The ICC meeting will be held in Dubai from 4 to 7 November. It is also expected that other countries will also support India in the meeting.

Earlier, an ACC meeting was held on September 30, in which BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla had expressed strong opposition to the actions of Mohsin Naqvi. Rajiv Shukla had said that the Asia Cup trophy is not anyone’s personal property and its real owner is Team India.

Trophy thief Mohsin Naqvi is adamant on his insistence

Let us tell you that a few days ago, PCB Chief and ACC Chief Mohsin Naqvi had said that the 2025 Asia Cup trophy is in the ACC office. Some BCCI official or Team India player should come and take the trophy from my hands. However, BCCI had rejected this demand. At present the Asia Cup trophy is kept in the office of Asian Cricket Council in Dubai.

Pakistani wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan has refused to sign the central contract. According to media reports, Rizwan is the only player among the 30 players who has not signed the contract yet. It is being told that Rizwan did this when some personal demands were not fulfilled.

According to Pakistani media agency ‘A Sports’, there is very little possibility that PCB will reconsider Rizwan’s demands. Rizwan was placed in ‘Category B’ in the new central contract list released by the Pakistan Cricket Board. There are a total of 10 players in this category, in which the name of Babar Azam is also included. It is a shocking matter that this time no player has been kept in ‘Category A’.

This report has come at a time when Rizwan was removed from the post of captain of the ODI team a few days ago. Shaheen Shah Afridi has now become the new ODI captain. Let us remind you that Rizwan became the new ODI captain by replacing Babar Azam in October 2024. His captaincy journey lasted for almost a year.

Under his captaincy, Pakistan did well in the beginning, because under Rizwan the Pakistan team defeated Australia and South Africa at their home. Under Rizwan’s captaincy, Pakistan lost all four matches in the T20 format, hence his captaincy journey in T20 did not last long.

Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy once again came under question when Pakistan, despite being the host of the Champions Trophy 2025, could not qualify for the knockout stage. After that, New Zealand whitewashed the Pakistan team 3-0 and then had to face a 1-2 defeat at the hands of West Indies.

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