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 finish to his tenure. Babar stepped down from the function of the Pakistan skipper from all three codecs after the workforce’s poor present on the ODI World Cup 2023.
In accordance with 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 Take a look at captain. Nonetheless, the Males in Inexperienced didn’t appoint an ODI captain because the format was no less than 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 do not know who the captain can be. Whether or not Shaheen continues or a brand new captain is available in can be decided after the health camp (beginning on Monday). There are a variety of technical components we’ll contemplate, the small print of which I don’t wish to go into. We wish a long-term answer, whether or not it is Shaheen or a brand new man. After which we intend to stay by that man, as a substitute of simply altering a captain simply since you lose a match or captain,” Naqvi had mentioned 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 received just one out of ten matches within the PSL 2024.
The transfer to nominate Babar because the skipper can occur and the report provides that he’s anticipated to guide the workforce within the upcoming five-match T20I sequence in opposition to New Zealand in April.
