Lahore: Not only T20, give the captaincy of all three formats, Babar Azam insisted on the demands.
After the poor performance of the national team in the World Cup held in India last year, as usual, scapegoats were sought, the hasty decisions by pressing the panic button did not yield positive results. Releasing the national coaching staff, Muhammad Hafeez was brought in his place.
The former captain of the Pakistan team also took over the responsibility of the head coach himself, Babar Azam had to give up the leadership of all three formats, Shan Masood was appointed as the captain of the Test team, Pakistan lost all three matches in the tour of Australia, T20 cricket. Led by Shaheen Shah Afridi, the Green Shirts failed in the first four out of five matches in New Zealand.
In HBL PSL 9, under the captaincy of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Lahore Qalandars could not come out of the vortex of defeats, so questions started to arise.
Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi also hinted at the press conference in the last few days that the decision about the leadership of the Pacers is yet to be taken, these days fitness training of 29 national cricketers is going on at the Kakul Military Academy.
The home T20 series against New Zealand will start in the middle of next month, the squad for the Kiwis is to be selected from among the cricketers participating in the camp, most of the players will be the ones who are included in the World Cup plan of the selectors, later 2 Changes may be needed, the board’s think tank wants to set the right direction for Pakistan cricket for the future.
PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi consulted with selectors Muhammad Yusuf, Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz, Bilal Afzal, Chief Operating Officer Salman Naseer, International Director Salman Wahla on important issues for 3 hours, and also discussed the possible change in the leadership of the national team. There was a discussion about the impact of Babar Azam replacing Shaheen Shah Afridi on the team.
Sources say that Babar Azam has not yet accepted the offer, he has demanded that if the board wants to return as captain, he should be given the responsibility in all three formats. B. Mohsin Naqvi will take a final decision.
