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Pakistan interim chief selector Shahid Afridi spoke towards the appointment of Shan Masood because the vice-captain of the ODI crew for his or her recently-concluded sequence towards New Zealand. Pakistan introduced a 16-member squad for the three-match residence sequence towards the Blackcaps that occurred in January this 12 months. Masood, who missed ODI cricket for greater than three years, obtained an opportunity to play towards New Zealand within the third ODI, nonetheless, this time his inclusion was not solely as a participant but additionally because the deputy to Pakistan skipper Babar Azam.
In a latest interview, Afridi revealed that Masood was not into account by both him or Babar within the first two ODIs towards New Zealand. He added that the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman ought to have consulted him and captain Babar earlier than naming Masood as vice-captain.
“Shan Masood should not have been named as vice-captain of the ODI squad. Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should have taken captain or chief selector under confidence; he was neither under consideration by me nor by Babar Azam for the first two ODIs against New Zealand,” stated Afridi as quoted by Cricket Pakistan.
“Shan Masood cannot be named as captain or vice-captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team based on his performances for Derbyshire,” he added.
Pakistan misplaced the three-match ODI sequence towards New Zealand 2-1 regardless of getting an early lead within the sequence. The hosts gained the primary recreation by 6 wickets, earlier than dropping the second recreation by 79 runs. In the sequence decider, Pakistan suffered a 2-wicket loss. All the matches occurred on the National Stadium, Karachi.
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