Salman Ali Agha Confident of High-Intensity T20 World Cup Matches Despite No India Showdown

The uncertainty around the India vs Pakistan clash at the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 is still unresolved, because the PCB and Pakistan government are standing firm on their stance to boycott the marquee clash.

Considering that, Salman Ali Agha believes that Pakistan’s upcoming matches in the T20 World Cup will still be exciting even if they do not face India in the tournament. He urged the fans to come to the stadium and watch all the matches, as they will offer high-quality cricket.

"There are three other games. The fans can come and watch those. I'm sure it will be exciting. Don't worry (grins)," said Salman Ali Agha while talking at the press conference.

He then revealed that Sri Lanka feels like a second home to him, as he has toured the country many times for various Pakistan international series.

"Sri Lanka is like a second home for me. I have played here so many times, and I have toured here five or six times now. And the people here are very good and are very nice here. Whenever we come we have so much support here. We love playing in Sri Lanka and we're very excited this time around as well," said Pakistan T20I captain, Salman Ali Agha.

Salman then acknowledged that Pakistan’s performances in the last few ICC events were far from good. However, this time fans can expect high-quality cricket from them.

"In the last three events, we couldn't play the kind of cricket people want from us, and what we expect from ourselves. We can learn from that and we have learned from that. But we're playing very good cricket since in the last six months,” said Salman Ali Agha.

“We're ticking every box, every player knows their roles and are executing it very well. We're very hopeful that we'll be able to play good cricket this tournament and win this event," concluded Salman Ali Agha.