The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering appointing Babar Azam as the T20I captain again ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup to be held in June. Let us tell you that Pakistan’s performance in the ODI World Cup played last year was very poor, after which top order batsman Babar Azam resigned from the post of captaincy in all formats.
According to the recent report of Cricket Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi’s tenure as captain is already in danger due to his poor record in captaincy. In such a situation, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are being seen as alternatives. Shaheen Afridi’s captaincy tenure as T20I captain started with a 1-4 defeat against New Zealand away from home.
Shaheen Afridi’s statistics as captain are very bad
Apart from this, his performance as captain in the recent 2024 Pakistan Super League was very poor, after which his captaincy is now in danger. Under the captaincy of Shaheen, Lahore Qalandars team could register only one win in PSL 2024 and ended the season at the last position in the points table.
Pakistan has to play T20 series against New Zealand and England in the coming days to prepare for the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, if the board has to make some changes in the captaincy, then they will have to take a decision as soon as possible. There itself As far as Mohammad Rizwan is concerned, the wicketkeeper batsman recently led Multan Sultans to the final of PSL 2024. He is also the current vice-captain of the T20I team. In such a situation, Rizwan can also be a good option for the captaincy of the Pakistan team.
Talking about Babar Azam’s recent performance, he is in very good form in the current season of Pakistan Super League. He has scored a lot of runs for Peshawar Zalmi. He has scored 498 runs in 9 matches so far and is the leading run-scorer in the tournament, which includes one century and five half-centuries. Under the captaincy of Babar, Peshawar team has qualified for the playoffs. The team won 6 out of 10 matches.