The Pakistani cricket crew will probably be heading into the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 without a delegated vice-captain as Shaheen Afridi has rejected to be Babar Azam‘s deputy on the mega occasion within the USA and West Indies beginning on June 1.
According to a report from ESPNCricinfo, the PCB Selection Committee reportedly approached the previous skipper with a vice-captaincy supply however the latter rejected it. Pakistan had been the final to announce their ultimate squad for the World Cup 2024 however had named no vice-captain.
Shaheen, 24, famously changed Babar Azam as a white-ball crew captain after Pakistan’s abysmal efficiency within the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 in India. But, Babar surprisingly returned to the management function after Pakistan’s embarrassing 0-5 T20I collection loss towards New Zealand in January.
The report additionally provides that the choice committee approached the star pacer and submitted their squad simply 4 hours earlier than the ICC deadline. The dedicated additionally thought of all-rounder Shadab Khan‘s title, who was a vice-captain in white-ball cricket for a few years and the skilled wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan.
But Shadab is struggling for type and isn’t an everyday starter within the T20I crew whereas the PCB dropped Rizwan’s title citing they need somebody younger to deputy Babar within the World Cup. The chosen 15-member squad displays an ideal steadiness of skilled gamers and younger skills with Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim returning to the aspect.
Pakistan are drawn in Group A with the hosts USA, Canada, Ireland and their rivals India. They will kick off their marketing campaign towards the USA in Texas on June 6 and face India in a mega encounter at New York’s brand-new Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 9.
Pakistan squad for T20 World Cup 2024:
Babar Azam (c), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.
