{"id":156027,"date":"2026-04-17T18:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=156027"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:14:16","slug":"pakistans-salman-ali-agha-considering-break-from-t20-format-to-focus-on-2027-odi-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=156027","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s Salman Ali Agha considering break from T20 format to focus on 2027 ODI World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70873608\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Pakistan\u2019s national T20 captain Salman Ali Agha is contemplating a break from the shortest format to focus on next year\u2019s ODI World Cup and the ICC World Test Championship cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Salman said next year\u2019s World Cup is the most significant event on the agenda, and if required, he would take a break from T20 cricket to prepare.<\/p>\n<p>The ODI World Cup is scheduled to be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia in October and November, next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe World Cup is a long way to go, but yes, one has to think about managing one\u2019s schedule and workload. If I feel it (break) can help me in preparing for the World Cup and Tests, I will do it,\u201d Salman told reporters here.<\/p>\n<p>Salman has been the national T20 captain for a year now, but questions are being raised about his position due to his recent struggles in the format.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/canada-vs-new-zealand-t20-world-cup-2026-match-fixing-allegation-icc-anti-corruption-unit-investigation\/article70872468.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canada vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2026 match in Chennai under ICC Anti-Corruption Unit scrutiny: Report<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The batting all-rounder batted at number three in the World Cup without much success. His team did not make the semifinal stage.<\/p>\n<p>However in last month\u2019s ODI series in Bangladesh, he had scores of 106, 64 and 5.<\/p>\n<p>Salman also talked about the PSL and felt that while it was a good platform to identify new talent, he didn\u2019t support picking young players directly from the league for international cricket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would rather like to see a process where we identify strong young talent in the PSL and send them to play in domestic cricket and then review their performances and decide if they are ready for international cricket,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said there were many examples in the past of some players being picked for international matches purely on PSL performances and not succeeding at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Apr 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/salman-ali-agha-pakistan-captain-considering-break-from-t20i-focus-on-odi-world-cup-2027-cricket-news\/article70873608.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s national T20 captain Salman Ali Agha is contemplating a break from the shortest format to focus on next year\u2019s ODI World Cup and the ICC World Test Championship cycle. Salman said next year\u2019s World Cup is the most significant event on the agenda, and if required, he would take a break from T20 cricket&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sri_Lanka_Pakistan_T20_WCup_Cricket_96928.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-EAz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/156028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}