Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf argues that Shaheen Afridi should have been given more time as the side’s white-ball skipper. The ex-PCB chief spilled the beans on why Babar Azam was initially replaced as the skipper. The former skipper replaced Shaheen as the side’s white-ball skipper ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024.
Ex-PCB chief spills beans on why Babar Azam was replaced
“Shaheen should have been given some more time, at least one year, so that his performance [as skipper] could be analysed before taking any decision in this connection,” Zaka said while talking to reporters at an Iftar party in Lahore on Saturday.
“We took the decision to change Babar as captain because though he is the best batsman of the world but we observed that he as captain looked under pressure. So we replaced him [with Shaheen] so that he can fully concentrate on his batting,” Zaka said.
“We wanted to keep Babar as Test captain but he gave up the captaincy of all formats; it was his own [Babar’s] decision.
“However, now as the PCB has brought Babar back [as captain] as a Pakistani I can have best wishes for the national team,” he said.
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Babar Azam returns as Pakistan skipper
PCB announced the reappointment of Babar Azam as the captain of the national team for white-ball formats (ODIs and T20Is).
“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,” PCB said.
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