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PCB’s announcement to make Babar Azam captain and remove Shaheen Afridi
………. (Asghar Ali Mubarak) ….
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a statement regarding making Babar Azam the captain and removing Shaheen Shah Afridi from the captaincy.
ODI and T20 captain has been appointed In the announcement made by PCB on ‘X’, it is said that after the unanimous proposal of the selection committee of PCB, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi appointed Babar Azam as the national cricket captain. Appointed the white ball (ODI and T20) captain of the team.
It should be remembered that yesterday, PCB offered Babar Azam to be the captain of the T20 and ODI team once again, while the renowned batsman According to the report,
PCB wanted to make Babar Azam the captain of the white ball team, but Babar Azam demanded the leadership of all three formats.
The members of the PCB selection committee decided to go to Kakul and meet Babar Azam for further discussion in this regard. On the other hand, the sources claimed about the current T20 captain Shaheen Afridi that he is unhappy with the news of the change of captain.
are It should be remembered that Babar Azam resigned from all three formats on November 15, 2023 after the poor performance of the national team in the World Cup. After the resignation, PCB appointed Shaheen Shah Afridi as the captain of the T20 team. However, on March 25,
there were reports of a change in the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team once again and Shaheen Afridi was likely to be removed from the post for the upcoming T20 World Cup. It should be noted that Babar Azam has led the national team in 71 T20 matches including the World Cup,
he has represented Pakistan in 52 Tests, 117 ODIs and 109 T20 matches. According to the PCB announcement, Babar Azam was made the captain as part of a strategic move, Babar Azam will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi as the ODI and T20 team. As Shaheen Afridi undoubtedly proved himself to be a star fast bowler,
PCB removed Shaheen from the captaincy, realizing the importance of rotation and rest to maintain peak performance. According to the statement, the decision to remove Shaheen Afridi was made in order to protect the long career of the players and especially the fast bowlers from injuries.
It should be noted that today the board had announced Babar Azam as the captain again in place of Shaheen Afridi while there were reports that the fast bowler was unhappy at being removed from the captaincy after one series.
When the selectors met Shaheen Shah Afridi during the national team camp in Kakul, the fast bowler once again asked what was the reason for his removal.
On this occasion, the selectors replied that the batsmen proved to be better captains than the fast bowlers and therefore decided to change, Shaheen expressed his dissatisfaction with the selectors’ response. It may be remembered that after the poor performance of the national team in the last World Cup,
Babar Azam resigned from the leadership of all three formats on November 15. After Babar’s resignation, Shaheen Shah Afridi was appointed as the T20 captain while Shan Masood was appointed as the Test team captain.
The national team led by Shaheen participated in only one series and in that series in New Zealand the national team suffered a worst defeat of 1-4. After that, his team’s performance against the defending champions Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League was very poor and they were eliminated in the first round.
At the same time, the echoes of removing Shaheen from the leadership started and now once again the leadership has been handed over to Babar Azam.