{"id":1080,"date":"2026-06-09T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:00:54","slug":"salman-ali-agha-likely-to-replace-shan-masood-as-pakistan-test-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=1080","title":{"rendered":"Salman Ali Agha Likely to Replace Shan Masood as Pakistan Test Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lahore: Pakistan&#8217;s Test cricket team could soon see a change in leadership, as reports suggest that Salman Ali Agha is being considered to take over the captaincy from current skipper Shan Masood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to sources, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to hold important meetings on Friday and Saturday to discuss several key matters related to national cricket. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi is also likely to hold important meetings during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources indicate that significant decisions regarding the Test team&#8217;s leadership may be made during these sessions. Salman Ali Agha is reportedly being seriously considered as a potential candidate to lead the side, although no final decision has been announced yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the captaincy issue, the meetings are expected to focus on various administrative and cricket-related matters. Possible appointments involving former Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Hafeez and Younis Khan are also believed to be part of the agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cricket fans are now closely watching the upcoming PCB meetings, where important decisions regarding the future direction of Pakistan cricket are expected to be discussed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Pakistan&#8217;s Test cricket team could soon see a change in leadership, as reports suggest that Salman Ali Agha is being considered to take over the captaincy from current skipper Shan Masood. According to sources, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to hold important meetings on Friday and Saturday to discuss several key matters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}