DTVHINDIShaheen Shah Afridi expressed anger over making Babar Azam captain and making fake statement.
He is completely unhappy with the way Shaheen Afridi was treated during the entire captaincy U-turn. He says that no one has talked to him nor is anyone ready to talk. However, hours after Babar Azam was re-appointed captain, a press release was issued in which Shaheen promised full support to Babar Azam as captain and said that leading Pakistan was “an honour”. Is. But perhaps this has not happened, because Shaheen Shah Afridi seems quite angry with this press release given by PCB. According to an ESPN report, Shaheen says that the Pakistan Cricket Board has given a fake statement. He has not given any such statement regarding Babar Azam and captaincy. It seems that after removing him from the captaincy of the team and releasing fake statement, there will be tension and sourness in the relationship between these two superstars of Pakistan in the future. Now it remains to be seen what further statements the board and players give.
PCB once again handed over the responsibility of captaincy to Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi took leave
PCB made Shaheen Afridi the T-20 captain in place of Babar Azam. Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) A big news related to Pakistan cricket has come out. Pakistan’s legendary batsman Babar Azam has again been appointed captain of the white ball format (ODI & T20I). Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has given this responsibility to Babar after the recommendation of the selection committee. Shan Masood will remain the captain of the Test team. Pakistan Cricket Board shared a video in which Babar Azam was seen sitting with PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi. While sharing the photo, PCB wrote, ‘The selection committee of Pakistan Cricket Board unanimously recommended making Babar Azam the captain of Pakistan cricket team in ODI and T20. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi accepted the recommendation and decided to make Babar the captain. Babar Azam appointed as white-ball captain Following unanimous recommendation from the PCB’s selection committee, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has appointed Babar Azam as white-ball (ODI and T20I) captain of the Pakistan men’s cricket team. pic.twitter.com/ad4KLJYRMK — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 31, 2024 Babar Azam had left the captaincy of all three formats after poor performance in the ODI World Cup 2023 hosted by India. After that PCB made Shaheen Shah Afridi the captain of T20 format, while Shan Masood was given the command in Test. However, even after changing the captain, there was no improvement in the performance of the Pakistan team. Pakistan team’s performance was poor under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi Shaheen captained the team in only five T20s. Pakistan lost the five-match T20 series against New Zealand 1-4. Whereas in Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars remained last in the points table. In such a situation, before the upcoming T20 World Cup, Pakistan has again expressed confidence in Babar Azam. Let us tell you that Babar Azam has scored 5729 runs in 117 ODI matches at an average of 56.72, in which he has scored 19 centuries and 32 half-centuries. Babar Azam has scored 3898 runs in 52 Test matches with 9 centuries and 26 half-centuries and an average of 45.86. In 109 T20I matches, Babar Azam has scored 3698 runs at an average of 41.55, with 3 centuries and 33 half-centuries. Under the captaincy of Babar Azam, Pakistan cricket team has registered 26 wins in 43 ODI matches, while it has faced defeat in 15 matches. During this period, one match has been tied and one match has been inconclusive.
Babar Azam placed some important conditions before accepting the captaincy of Pakistan
Babar Azam left the captaincy after Cricket World Cup 2023. Babar Azam (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Pakistan cricket team could not make it to the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 hosted by India last year. After Pakistan failed to reach the playoffs of the tournament, captain Babar Azam resigned from his post. After Babar resigned from the captaincy, the Pakistan Cricket Board handed over the captaincy of Test format to Shan Masood and captaincy of T20 format to Shaheen Afridi. However, the Pakistan cricket team could not perform anything special under the captaincy of the pair of Masood and Afridi. So now reports are coming that once again Pakistan cricket management is looking towards Babar Azam to take charge of the team. But former captain and veteran batsman Babar Azam has put some important conditions before the PCB before taking over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team. According to these conditions, Babar wants the head coach of the team to be changed. He also wants to captain all three formats simultaneously, but the selection committee wants Shaheen Afridi to captain the shortest format of the game. It is noteworthy that under the captaincy of Shaheen, Pakistan lost 4-1 to New Zealand in the T20 series. PCB source gave important information Let us tell you that a senior source of Pakistan Cricket Board was quoted as saying by The Hindu – Some members of the selection committee feel that Shaheen Afridi should be allowed to remain the captain for the home T20 series against New Zealand in April and he should prove his ability. Be given a chance to do it. The source further said- He (Babar Azam) has made his opinion clear to the PCB chief and has now asked him to take the final decision. Naqvi has asked the selection committee to convince Babar to accept the captaincy of white ball cricket now and the board will decide on the captaincy of red ball cricket after the T20 World Cup.
Captaincy will be snatched from Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam will be the captain of Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2024 – Reports
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.
PTVC and Tower Sports acquire ICC cricket rights in Pakistan till the end of 2025
ICC said Pakistan is a very important market for world cricket. ICC and Pakistan cricket rights. (Image Source: ICC) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced today on March 26 that it has ICC The cricket rights have been awarded to Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) and Ten Sports Pakistan’s landing rights licensee Tower Sports. Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) and Tower Sports have acquired non-exclusive rights for six men’s and women’s ICC World events until the end of 2025. PTVC and Tower Sports will have the TV rights as well as the digital rights as part of the package. ICC’s gift for Pakistan Cricket The events included in these deals are ICC Men’s T-20 World Cup 2024, ICC Women’s T-20 World Cup 2024, ICC Under-19 Women’s T-20 World Cup 2025, ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, ICC World Test Championship Final 2025 and ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is 2025. ICC CEO Geoff Allardyce said in an official statement: “We are delighted to welcome PTVC and Tower Sports to our portfolio as broadcast partners for the next two years. “Pakistan is a very important market for world cricket with a huge fan base and we are thrilled to be able to bring ICC events to more people in the country.” ‘We are very excited about the deal’ Meanwhile, PTVC Managing Director Syed Mubashar Tauqeer Shah said in the ICC release: “Getting the rights for ICC World Events for the next two years is a huge achievement for us. We are thrilled to bring the ICC World Cup into the homes of millions of fans across the country.” While Duraid Qureshi, CEO of WE Network, said: “Tower Sports is proud to announce our win in securing the rights to broadcast World Cricket, reaffirming our commitment to providing unparalleled sports entertainment to fans in Pakistan. Is. “We now look forward to bringing the excitement of the ICC World Cup straight to the screens of Pakistan fans.”
Aamir-Imad’s return confirmed, PCB announces players for fitness camp with Pakistan Army
Pakistan-born Usman Khan of UAE is also included in the list of 29 players selected by PCB. Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim. (Image Source: PCB/X) Mohammad Aamir (Mohammed Aamir) and Imad Wasim (Imad Wasim) has recently reversed his decision of retirement from international cricket, following which he has been selected in the squad for the Pakistan cricket team’s fitness camp with the Pakistan Army. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) itself has confirmed that Mohammad Aamir and Imad Wasim will train with the army along with the national team. This special army camp of Pakistan cricket team will be organized in Kakul, Abbottabad from 26 March to 8 April and this is in preparation of the team before the T20I series against New Zealand, Ireland and England and the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 to be held in June. will help. Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim will join PCB’s fitness camp The PCB said in an official statement: “PCB has announced that 29 players will attend a fitness camp in Kakul, Abbottabad. This camp, organized in collaboration with Pakistan Army, is being organized strategically to prepare the players. “This camp is set to help the team prepare for the upcoming home T20I series against New Zealand, overseas T20I series against Ireland and England and the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024.” Let us tell you, Pakistan-born Usman Khan of UAE is also included in the list of 29 players selected by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), who had performed tremendously in the recently concluded PSL 2024. It also features Haris Rauf, who is recovering from a shoulder injury. Here is the list of players selected for training camp with the Army: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Hasibullah, Saud Shakeel, Usman Khan, Mohammad Haris, Salman Ali Aga, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Irfan Khan Niazi, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Usama Mir, Mohammad Nawaz, Mehran Mumtaz, Abrar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Ali, Zaman Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Aamir Jamal, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Aamir.
PCB is contacting the coaches who won the World Cup for India and Australia for the role of head coach of Pakistan.
Justin Langer and Gary Kirsten are currently ready to work as coaches in IPL 2024. PCB (Image Credit- Twitter) After former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson and former West Indies captain Darren Sammy rejected the offer of the post of head coach of Pakistan cricket team, now the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has set its sights on former India head coach Gary Kirsten. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly considering former Australia head coach Justin Langer (Justin Langer) and former India head coach Gary Kirsten (Gary Kirsten) and is in touch with many high-profile foreign coaches. PCB is in contact with Justin Langer and Gary Kirsten According to Pakistan’s “Jung” newspaper, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named players like Justin Langer, Gary Kirsten, former New Zealand head coach Mike Hesson, former Australian coach Matthew Hayden, former England captain Eoin Morgan and former West Indies coach Phil Simmons. High-profile people have been approached for the post of head coach. A PCB source revealed: “Due to PCB’s poor track record in the past in appointing and then removing foreign and local coaches, others are no longer interested in accepting any proposal from the board.” PCB’s poor record is becoming a hindrance Let us tell you, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi had recently said that he is ready to work with the Pakistan cricket team in view of the upcoming ICC events including the upcoming ICC T-20 World Cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025. Want foreign coaching and support staff. Earlier, former PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf had shown the exit to foreign coaches Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and Andrew Puttick after the ODI World Cup 2023 and had given key roles to former Pakistan players. As part of a mutual agreement, the foreign coaches were released from their contracts with three months’ salary.
Pakistan women’s team released a strong schedule of ODI and T20Is series against West Indies
West Indies women’s team will tour Pakistan in April for a series of 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches starting from 18th April. Pakistan Women. (Image Source: X) PAK-W vs WI-W: Pakistan Women’s Team will host West Indies Women’s Team in April for 3 ODI and 5 T20 series. These 3 ODI matches will be played on 18, 21 and 23 April and are part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25. After that, a 5-match T-20 series will be played from April 26 to May 3, which will provide an opportunity for both the teams to prepare better in view of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, which will be held in September this year. Will be held in Bangladesh at the time of. All the matches between Pakistan and West Indies will be played at the National Bank Stadium (NBS), Karachi. This will be the second tour of the West Indies women’s team outside the country since 2021. They last toured Pakistan in November 2021 for three ODIs, which they won. The upcoming ODI series will be Pakistan’s fourth such women’s series at home, having previously hosted Sri Lanka (June 2022), Ireland (November 2022) and South Africa (September 2023). Pakistan is currently at third position in the ICC Women’s Championship with 16 points, while West Indies is at the bottom at 9th position with 8 points. Pakistan’s final series in the ICC Women’s Championship will be against England in May 2024. Let’s see Pakistan Women vs West Indies Women 2024 schedule PAK-W vs WI-W: Here’s Pakistan Women vs West Indies Women 2024 Schedule: Fixture (Schedule) date Venue 1st ODI April 18th National Bank Stadium, Karachi 2nd ODI April 21 National Bank Stadium, Karachi 3rd ODI April 23 National Bank Stadium, Karachi 1st T20I (First T20) April 26 National Bank Stadium, Karachi 2nd T20I April 28 National Bank Stadium, Karachi 3rd T20I April 30th National Bank Stadium, Karachi 4th T20I May 02 National Bank Stadium, Karachi 5th T20I May 03 National Bank Stadium, Karachi
Babar Azam holds a big record in PSL, became the first player to achieve such a feat.
Babar scored 569 runs in 11 matches at an average of 56.9 in the 2024 season. Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) Babar Azam has registered his name in the history of the tournament by scoring the most runs in the 9th edition of PSL. He scored 569 runs in 11 matches in the 2024 season at an average of 56.9 and won the Hanif Mohammad Cap award. Let us tell you that he has been the leading run scorer in three seasons of Pakistan Super League, he is the first batsman to achieve such a feat. Apart from this, this is the second best performance in terms of scoring the most runs during a season of PSL. Earlier, Fakhar Zaman had scored 588 runs in 13 matches for Lahore Qalandars in the 2022 season. Babar Azam received the Hanif Mohammad Cap Award thrice for being the leading run scorer in three seasons, which no other player has won. Babar was the leading run scorer in 2020 and 2021 Let us tell you that Babar Azam finished the tournament as the leading run scorer in the 2020 and 2021 seasons consecutively before the 2024 season. Playing for Karachi Kings, he scored 473 runs in 12 matches in 2020, while in 2021 he scored 554 runs in 11 matches. There are not many batsmen who have scored more than 500 runs in a season of PSL. The only three batsmen to achieve this feat are Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. Babar and Rizwan have scored more than 500 runs three times, while Fakhar Zaman achieved the feat only once. Second batsman to score more than 10 centuries in T-20 cricket In PSL-9, Babar played his best innings against defending champions Islamabad United in Lahore. Where he scored unbeaten 111 runs in 63 balls. This innings included 14 fours and two sixes. With this, he has recorded 11 centuries in T-20 cricket. Now he is only the second player after Chris Gayle to score more than 10 centuries in T-20 cricket. Let us tell you that the explosive batsman of West Indies has scored 22 centuries in his T20 career.
Babar Azam holds a big record in PSL, became the first player to achieve such a feat.
Babar scored 569 runs in 11 matches at an average of 56.9 in the 2024 season. Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) Babar Azam has registered his name in the history of the tournament by scoring the most runs in the 9th edition of PSL. He scored 569 runs in 11 matches in the 2024 season at an average of 56.9 and won the Hanif Mohammad Cap award. Let us tell you that he has been the leading run scorer in three seasons of Pakistan Super League, he is the first batsman to achieve such a feat. Apart from this, this is the second best performance in terms of scoring the most runs during a season of PSL. Earlier, Fakhar Zaman had scored 588 runs in 13 matches for Lahore Qalandars in the 2022 season. Babar Azam received the Hanif Mohammad Cap Award thrice for being the leading run scorer in three seasons, which no other player has won. Babar was the leading run scorer in 2020 and 2021 Let us tell you that Babar Azam finished the tournament as the leading run scorer in the 2020 and 2021 seasons consecutively before the 2024 season. Playing for Karachi Kings, he scored 473 runs in 12 matches in 2020, while in 2021 he scored 554 runs in 11 matches. There are not many batsmen who have scored more than 500 runs in a season of PSL. The only three batsmen to achieve this feat are Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. Babar and Rizwan have scored more than 500 runs three times, while Fakhar Zaman achieved the feat only once. Second batsman to score more than 10 centuries in T-20 cricket In PSL-9, Babar played his best innings against defending champions Islamabad United in Lahore. Where he scored unbeaten 111 runs in 63 balls. This innings included 14 fours and two sixes. With this, he has recorded 11 centuries in T-20 cricket. Now he is only the second player after Chris Gayle to score more than 10 centuries in T-20 cricket. Let us tell you that the explosive batsman of West Indies has scored 22 centuries in his T20 career.
