‘Pakistan cricket captaincy is slightly easier’: Shaheen Afridi says despite making tough start as skipper

Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has develop into a Pakistan sensation in no huge time. The left-arm speedster has risen up the ranks in International cricket as properly as within the Pakistan Super League. Afridi was just lately appointed as the captain of the Pakistan T20 aspect, changing Babar Azam on the helm.

His appointment is not a shock as he has Lahore Qalandars to back-to-back PSL titles in 2022 and 2023. He has opened up on many points together with how he sees Pakistan captaincy and in addition in regards to the ongoing claims of his dip in pace. 

When requested about whether or not Pakistan’s captaincy is a step up from the PSL captaincy, the pacer mentioned there are not any variations however the nationwide captaincy is slightly simpler than the PSL one. “I don’t think there’s any difference. If anything, Pakistan cricket captaincy is slightly easier because the boys have played together, all through the domestic circuit together as well. We can express ourselves in our own language and understand our role. In franchise cricket, you have players from overseas, and you work with different coaches. That can get tricky, but in Pakistan cricket there’s greater familiarity,” he mentioned as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.

Meanwhile, Afridi has had a tough start to his tenure as the T20I captain. He took cost for the primary time in his crew’s journey to New Zealand. The Men in Green misplaced 4 matches in a row in that five-match sequence earlier than getting the wood spoon with a win within the last recreation.  He took cost from Babar Azam, who stepped down from the all-format captaincy after the ODI World Cup 2023. Shan Masood was named the Test captain.

There’s a World Cup across the nook in little over three months and they’ll play solely 4 away T20Is after the continuing PSL in opposition to England earlier than the World Cup masses in. The ongoing PSL ends on March 18 and the Men in Green have little lower than two months for his or her subsequent International project, which is the four-match T20I sequence in opposition to England from May 22.