Pakistan Cricket Board has reportedly supplied the white-ball captaincy to former skipper Babar Azam and the brand new T20I skipper Shaheen Afridi is now set to see an early end to his tenure. Babar stepped down from the function of the Pakistan skipper from all three codecs after the group’s poor present on the ODI World Cup 2023.Â
According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, PCB has supplied Babar the function once more however the star batter has put up a requirement of being the all-format skipper and never solely within the limited-overs cricket. Babar was succeeded by Shaheen within the T20I format, whereas Shan Masood was named the Test captain. However, the Men in Green didn’t appoint an ODI captain because the format was at the least a precedence.
Shaheen’s function got here below doubt when the board chief Mohsin Naqvi didn’t again him for the function in future. “Even I don’t know who the captain will be. Whether Shaheen continues or a new captain comes in will be determined after the fitness camp (starting on Monday). There are a number of technical factors we will consider, the details of which I do not want to go into. We want a long-term solution, whether it’s Shaheen or a new man. And then we intend to stick by that man, instead of just changing a captain just because you lose a match or captain,” Naqvi had stated earlier.
Shaheen has led Pakistan in just one T20I sequence they usually misplaced it by 1-4 to New Zealand. He was additionally the captain of Lahore Qalandars, who gained just one out of ten matches within the PSL 2024.Â
The transfer to appoint Babar because the skipper can occur and the report provides that he’s anticipated to lead the group within the upcoming five-match T20I sequence towards New Zealand in April.
