Pakistan seek to move beyond dependence on stars under Sahibzada Farhan's T20I captaincy

Sahibzada Farhan begins his tenure as Pakistan’s T20I captain with a clear-eyed view of the task ahead — to move the side away from dependence on star names and towards a more aggressive, adaptable unit. The three-match series against Sri Lanka, which begins under lights at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday, is the first test of that approach. Farhan, who led Pakistan to silver at the recent Asian Games and was the leading run-scorer at the 2026 T20 World Cup with 383 runs, has replaced Salman Ali Agha as captain. Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi are absent from the 15-member squad.…