DTVHINDIFormer PCB chief Zaka Ashraf’s big statement – ‘I had offered Babar Azam to remain the captain in red ball cricket’
After Cricket World Cup 2023, Babar had to leave the captaincy of Pakistan cricket team. Babar Azam (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Former Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Zaka Ashraf has recently given a big statement saying that he had offered former captain Babar Azam to remain the captain in red ball cricket. However, after this Babar rejected this offer, and said that I would rather be removed from the captaincy position in every format than be the captain in one format. It is noteworthy that after Pakistan cricket team could not reach the playoffs in the ICC Cricket World 2023 held in India, Babar Azam had resigned from the captaincy of all three formats of Pakistan cricket team. But now news is coming that Pakistan Cricket Board wants Babar Azam to take command of the team again in white ball cricket by replacing Shaheen Afridi. Zaka Ashraf gave a big statement Let us tell you that Cricketpakistan.pk. Zaka Ashraf was quoted as saying about Babar Azam – I offered to keep Babar Azam as the captain for red ball cricket, but we wanted to appoint a new captain for white ball cricket. He responded by saying that if he was removed as captain in one format, he would step down from captaincy in all formats. Ashraf further said- After this I suggested him (Babar Azam) that you should focus more on playing as a player for the Pakistan cricket team. It was obviously clear that dealing with the pressure of captaincy was quite challenging for Babar Azam. On the other hand, if we give you information about Pakistan cricket team, it is going to host New Zealand cricket team in a five-match T20 series very soon. The first match of the series will be played in Rawalpindi on 18 April.
Shah Khawar appointed interim chief of PBC after Zaka Ashraf’s resignation
Shah Khawar will now take charge till the PCB elections, which are scheduled to be held within a month. Shah Khawar and Zaka Ashraf (Image Credit- Twitter) There is turmoil in Pakistan cricket these days. Recently Zaka Ashraf had resigned from the post of head of PCB’s management committee. Today, big news is coming out from Pakistan Cricket that PCB has appointed its Election Commissioner Shah Khawar as its new interim chief on Wednesday 24 January. PCB COO Salmar Naseer, directors and other staff welcomed Shah Khawar after assuming charge at the cricket board’s headquarters. Shah Khawar will now take charge till the PCB elections, which are scheduled to be held within a month. Pakistan Cricket tweeted on social media platform Mr Shah Khawar, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Election Commissioner of PCB, has assumed charge as Chairman PCB. Read more➡️ pic.twitter.com/wYSy2sx66x — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) January 24, 2024 Shah Khawar’s statement after appointment After his appointment, Shah Khawar issued a statement saying, ‘I would like to thank PCB Patron Mr. Anwar Ul Haq Kakkar for showing confidence in me. My primary responsibility will be to conduct the election of PCB Chairman in a free and transparent manner as soon as possible. Let us tell you that in 2021, no PCB Chief has completed his tenure since Ehsan Mani. Rameez Raja served for 15 months (September 2021 – December 22), while Najam Sethi (December 2022 – June 2023) and Zaka Ashraf (July 2023 – January 2024) also served for less than a year. A period of change is going on in Pakistan cricket after the ODI World Cup. Babar Azam stepped down from captaincy in all three formats. After which Shan Masood has been made the captain of Test and Shaheen Shah Afridi of T-20 team, but they have not got success. Under the leadership of Shan Masood, Pakistan suffered a 0-3 defeat in the Test series against Australia, while under the leadership of Shaheen, the team lost 1-4 in the T20 series against New Zealand. read this also- U19 World Cup 2024: ICC reprimands Bangladeshi bowler Maroof Mridha for violating code of conduct.
