Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam has been suggested in opposition to placing in his papers by his nationwide teammates at the same time as he has rested case with the Pakistan Cricket Board headed by Zaka Ashraf to take a name on his future. Pakistan completed fifth in 10 crew desk and missed out on semi-final qualification, resulting in numerous criticism from former gamers, who has sought a change in management.
“Babar has already spoken to his teammates, and majority of them suggested him to not step down himself. He’ll come out with a transparent line of motion as soon as he returns dwelling with the crew after failing to make the semi-finals of the World Cup in India. However, he is not going to step down himself,” a PCB supply instructed PTI.
Babar has a powerful following within the crew and likes of Imam ul Haq, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf are gamers thought of to be near the Pakistan skipper.
Actually, final 12 months when there have been talks about eradicating Babar from Check captaincy had gained traction on social media, a number of the gamers had then taken to social media to point out their solidarity with a hashtag “Sochna Bhi Mana Hai” (Do not even harbour such ideas).
With Pakistan going through two difficult excursions – to Australia and New Zealand – shortly after the World Cup, Babar is needs to proceed because the nationwide skipper throughout codecs.
“He’ll most likely go away the choice of whether or not he ought to stay captain or lower than the Pakistan Cricket Board headed by Zaka Ashraf,” a well-informed supply near the skipper mentioned.
Babar was first named the white-ball captain for the ‘Inexperienced Shirts’ in late 2019 after the World Cup in England (the place they didn’t make it to the semi-finals), changing Sarfaraz Ahmed.
In addition to, he was additionally appointed Check captain in 2021, taking up the reins from Azhar Ali.
However, whereas Babar has loved success in T20 Internationals, main his crew to the finals of the Asia Cup T20 and the T20 World Cup final 12 months, his file in Assessments and ODIs has been removed from spectacular.
Additionally, after Pakistan’s 2016 T20 World Cup marketing campaign in India (the place it didn’t make it past the Tremendous 10 stage), skipper Shahid Afridi and head coach Waqar Younis had been proven the door by the PCB.
PCB head Zaka has insisted that he’ll solely take choices on the captaincy and crew administration after consulting a number of the former gamers, notably Misbah ul Haq (who was appointed as the pinnacle coach and chief selector when Babar was assigned the management duties), Muhammad Hafeez and a few others.
Zaka has already met with a number of the former gamers, like Mohammad Yousuf and Aaqib Javed and sought their recommendation on future choices across the crew.
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