DTVHINDIDid Shaheen Afridi really turn down the offer of vice-captaincy…? Pakistan board broke silence
Media reports claimed that Shaheen Afridi had received an offer of vice-captaincy from the Pakistan Cricket Board. Shaheen Afridi (Image Credit- Twitter X) 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.
T20 World Cup 2024: Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi rejects the responsibility of vice-captaincy of Pak team
T20 World Cup is starting from 2 June Shaheen Shah Afridi (Image Credit- Twitter X) Recently, some media reports have claimed that Pakistan cricket team’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has turned down the offer of vice-captaincy of the team before the upcoming T20 World Cup. So after Afridi turned down the captaincy of the national team, reports of soured relations between Shaheen and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have also started gaining momentum. If ESPN Cricinfo reports are to be believed, PCB wanted to make Shaheen an assistant to Babar Azam in the upcoming T20 World Cup, but now the 24-year-old bowler has directly refused to take this role in the Pakistani team. It is worth noting that recently Shaheen Afridi was removed from the captaincy of the T20 team of the Pakistan cricket team and Bazam Azam was given the captaincy of all three formats. However, after this incident, once again an attempt was made by the PCB to bring Shaheen into the team’s leadership group, but now the cricketer has refused to take this role. So after Shaheen rejected the offer of vice-captaincy, PCB can appoint Shadab Khan or Mohammad Rizwan as the vice-captain of the Pakistani team in the upcoming T20 World Cup. On the other hand, if we give you information about the upcoming T20 World Cup, then this time this multinational tournament is going to start from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. On the other hand, Pakistan will start its title campaign with a match against USA on June 6. This match between the two teams will be played at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. Pakistan Cricket Team for Upcoming T20 World Cup: Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.
