Former wicketkeeper batter Kamran Akmal urged Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) high brass to not make any captaincy adjustments and prompt that the gamers ought to get the fundamental proper to keep away from blunders. Final week, studies began to floor that Babar Azam may lose the white-ball captaincy. Sources instructed Geo Information that wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan has change into the highest contender to switch Babar Azam for the white ball captaincy. With Pakistan set to host the ICC Champions Trophy subsequent yr, Akmal questioned the necessity to change the captain. He said that the change ought to have been imposed when Pakistan had an underwhelming marketing campaign in final yr’s ODI World Cup and this yr’s T20 World Cup.
“Why they wished to carry a change now if they didn’t try this after shedding the Asia Cup, ODI World Cup, and T20 World Cup? What distinction does it make [by the way],” Akmal instructed Geo Information.
Final yr, below Babar’s captaincy, Pakistan crashed out of the Asia Cup within the Tremendous 4 after Sri Lanka inflicted a two-wicket defeat in Colombo. A few months later, Pakistan’s struggling kind continued, and so they failed to achieve the knockout stage of the ODI World Cup in India.
Within the T20 World Cup, as soon as once more, it was a no-show from Pakistan. They misplaced their maiden T20I conflict in opposition to the co-hosts, the USA, on a difficult floor in New York. The shocking defeat proved very important as their marketing campaign ended within the group stage.
Akmal voiced his opinion and questioned whether or not the appointment of a brand new captain would increase the workforce’s efficiency.
“Is it as a result of the captain just isn’t their favorite, and so they need one in every of their alternative? Do you suppose the brand new captain will carry Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, or Mitchell Starc into the workforce to spice up its efficiency? If they don’t get their fundamentals proper, then such blunders will proceed to occur, and changing captains will make no distinction. Everybody, together with the captain, coach, and selectors, ought to set their course proper and reform their pondering,” he prompt.
Notably, Babar took a step again from captaincy of all codecs after Pakistan’s marketing campaign ended within the group stage of final yr’s ODI World Cup.
He was as soon as once more restored because the captain of the white-ball format earlier than the start of the T20 World Cup. He changed Shaheen Shah Afridi, who led Pakistan in a single collection in opposition to New Zealand. In his debut collection, Pakistan suffered a 4-1 collection defeat. PCB described reinstating Babar as a “strategic transfer.”
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