Pakistan cricket is embarking on a brand new journey beginning with their Australia Tour, that begins with Check on December 14. After a disappointing Cricket World Cup marketing campaign, Pakistan cricket noticed many modifications. Babar Azam resigned because the Pakistan cricket staff captain. Shan Masood was appointed the Pakistan Check staff’s skipper and Shaheen Afridi was given cost of the T20I staff. A number of officers within the Pakistan cricket staff choice committee have been additionally modified. How the experiment will bear fruit shall be a matter of intrigue.
Pakistan’s new Check captain Shan Masood was lately requested on whether or not he may be made the proverbial ‘sacrificial lamb’
“Aapko Qurbani ka bakra banaya jayega (You’ll be made the sacrificial lamb)?” a reporter requested Shan Masood.
“Firstly, we see it as a chance. When you have not finished one thing earlier than in your historical past, then you’ve got a chance to go on the market and attempt to change it. So that is what we’re making an attempt to do, to get a optimistic consequence for Pakistan and on this World Check Championship,” Shan Masood mentioned at a press convention.
“And so far as being qurbaani ka bakra (sacrificial lamb) is anxious, the captaincy, enjoying as a participant within the facet, these are all short-term issues on the finish of the day. So long as you’re in that place, or seat, you need to relish the chance, take pleasure in it and attempt to take duty, and provides your finest capability to the staff.”
Pakistan Check captain Shan Masood’s contract was on Thursday upgraded to ‘B’ class from earlier ‘D’ by the nation’s cricket board, hours after the staff led by him left for Australia for a Check sequence.
The 34-year-old Masood was named Check captain on November 15 till the conclusion of the ICC World Check Championship 2023-25 cycle, after Babar Azam stepped down, following Pakistan’s 50-over World Cup debacle in India.
“The PCB has determined to improve Pakistan Check captain Shan Masood’s class within the central contract checklist from D to B,” the PCB mentioned in a press release.
“The choice has been made according to board’s coverage that if a centrally contracted participant beneath A or B classes is appointed captain, their contract shall be upgraded to class B for the tenure of their captaincy.”
The left-handed batter has featured in 30 Exams, amassing 1,597 runs.
The staff left for Australia on Wednesday night time.
The three-match Check sequence in opposition to Australia begins on December 14 in Perth. The staff will play a tour match in opposition to Australian PM XI from December 6-9 in Canberra.
With PTI inputs
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