The T20 World Cup 2024 is to be played from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. The Pakistan cricket team has recently announced a 15-member squad for the tournament. In the last T20 World Cup, the Pak team reached the final under the captaincy of Babar Azam, this time too the team would like to show something special.

Recently, some media reports claimed that Shaheen Afridi had received an offer of vice-captaincy from the Pakistan Cricket Board, but he turned it down. Now the board has given a big statement calling these reports false.

There is no need to appoint a vice-captain- Pakistan Board

According to a Cricbuzz report, there were discussions about appointing a vice-captain, but the selection committee felt there was no need for it. The source said, ‘The issue of vice-captaincy came up for discussion during the selection committee meeting on Friday but it was agreed that there was no need to appoint a vice-captain. Hence, no player was offered the vice-captaincy. This has been documented as it is part of the minutes of the meeting.

There has been a big upheaval in Pakistan cricket since the ODI World Cup 2023. Babar Azam resigned from the captaincy of all three formats. After which Shaheen Shah Afridi was handed over the captaincy. However, after a few months he was also removed, and before the T20 World Cup, Babar Azam was handed over the captaincy again.

Before the T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan has recently played T20 series against New Zealand and Ireland under the captaincy of Babar. The series against New Zealand ended in a 2-2 draw. At the same time, the team won the series against Ireland 1-2. At the same time, the team is currently playing a four-match T20 series against England. The first match of the series was canceled due to rain. In the second match, England won by 23 runs.