Shahid Afridi talking to reporters© Twitter
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has undergone an enormous change, with a brand new chairman and choice committee coming in. The new appointments embrace the likes of Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq each of whom will assume the function of selectors for the senior males’s nationwide workforce. As far because the captaincy of Babar Azam is worried, Afridi is evident as to what he expects from the Pakistan skipper going ahead. In a chat with the media, Afridi stated that he needs to see Babar’s title among the many ‘world-class captains’ within the cricketing spectrum.
“See we are going to run this selection committee talking everyone together as it is not only a captain’s team. A lot of things that were pointed out earlier, we would like to cover them because we want good results.”
“Babar Azam is the backbone of our team. We would want him to join the list of world-class captains just the way he is a world-class player.”
“So we are basically here to support him and share our experiences (with him). We think we can help him in certain things where improvement as a captain is possible.”
Pakistan captain Babar Azam stated at a pre-match convention on Sunday that the modifications within the board wouldn’t have an effect on the gamers as they’re professionals and are speculated to carry out for the nation.
“There have been changes but we are not concerned with that, our main focus is to win the series against New Zealand. We have no say in matters of the board,” he stated.
Babar, whose Test captaincy is on the road after the whitewash in opposition to England, stated that interim chief selector, Shahid Afridi had spoken to him earlier than including three extra gamers to the nationwide squad for the 2 Tests in opposition to New Zealand.
Pace bowlers, Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani and off-spinner, Sajid Khan had been added to the squad by the brand new nationwide choice committee that additionally contains Abdul Razzaq, Rao Iftikher and Haroon Rasheed.
With PTI inputs
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