Shaheen Afridi Sacked, Babar Azam Reclaims Pakistan Captaincy In ODIs, T20Is

Babar Azam, a stalwart of Pakistan cricket, has been reappointed as the lads’s nationwide workforce’s skipper and ODI and T20I format. Babar had relinquished his duty as Pakistan’s captain throughout codecs after the tip of the 2023 ODI World Cup. But, the PCB determined at hand him the workforce’s management duty once more, below the chairmanship of Mohsin Naqvi.

In a submit, the Pakistan Cricket Board wrote: “Babar Azam appointed as white-ball captain. Following unanimous recommendation from the PCB’s selection committee, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has appointed Babar Azam as white-ball (ODI and T20I) captain of the Pakistan men’s cricket team.”

Babar Azam appointed as white-ball captain

Following unanimous advice from the PCB’s choice committee, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has appointed Babar Azam as white-ball (ODI and T20I) captain of the Pakistan males’s cricket workforce. pic.twitter.com/ad4KLJYRMK

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 31, 2024

Babar will change Shaheen Shah Afridi because the workforce’s T20I skipper. An ODI captain was ever formally appointed by the PCB after Babar’s exit whereas Shan Masood is the present Test captain, having led the aspect in a three-match sequence in Australia.

Masood will proceed to guide Pakistan in Test regardless of struggling a defeat in his earlier task, towards Australia. In the T20I spectrum, Pakistan misplaced Afridi’s first sequence as captain by a 4-1 margin. The quick bowler’s PSL aspect, Lahore Qalandars, could not do a lot within the T20 league both, making the stakeholders query his appointment because the captain within the shortest format.

The present choice panel, as per PCB’s assertion, has absolutely backed Babar’s return because the workforce’s white-ball captain. The choice committee includes of Wahab Riaz, Asad Shafiq, Abdul Razzaq and Mohammad Yousuf.

Babar’s first task after reclaiming captaincy will likely be towards New Zealand at house in a five-match T20I sequence earlier than the Pakistan workforce takes on England away for 4 extra T20Is. The large task would be the T20 World Cup later this 12 months.

Babar’s appointment because the skipper, nonetheless, does ship a blow to Shaheen Shah Afridi who hoped to guide the workforce within the T20 World Cup.