Pakistan Cricket Board Pakistan Cricket Former captain of the team Babur Azam announced to appoint him as the captain of the team once once more.
PCB Director Media Alia Rashid while talking to Independent Urdu has confirmed the decision that batsman Babar Azam One day And the captain of the T20 team has been appointed.
According to Alia Rashid: ‘Babar Azam only ODIs and T20 has been made the captain, not including the Test format.’
Shaheen Shah Afridi says that it was an honor to captain the national cricket team. I will always cherish these memories and opportunities.’
According to the statement issued by PCB, Shaheen Afridi says that ‘As a team player, it is my duty to support our captain Babar Azam. I have played under his captaincy and have respect for him.’
“I will try to help them on and off the field,” he added. We are one. We have one goal and that is to help Pakistan become the best team in the world.’
On the other hand, Babar Azam says that it is a pleasure to play under the leadership of Shaheen in the recent T20 series. He is still young and improving every day as a player and leader.’
“As captain I have always valued his advice and I will continue to consult him for important decisions going forward,” he said.
“We should take advantage of his strategic understanding of the game,” says Babar Azam. Our common goal is to make this team the best team in the world.
Under the leadership of Babar Azam, Pakistan beat India for the first time in the ICCT Twenty20 World Cup 2021. In the 2022 T20 World Cup, he led the team to the final. It was Pakistan’s first final in a World Cup since 2009.
According to PCB, his appointment as captain reflects PCB’s confidence in his ability to lead and unite the team to success.
29-year-old Babar Azam has played 52 Tests, 117 ODIs and 109 T20I matches for Pakistan. Apart from this, Babar Azam has led the Pakistani team in 71 T20 matches including the T20 World Cup.
Under Babar Azam’s captaincy, Pakistan won 42 matches and lost 23 matches.
Babar Azam resigned from the captaincy of all three formats in November last year, following which the PCB appointed Shaheen Afridi as the T20 and Shan Masood as the captain of the Test format, however, no decision has been made regarding the ODI captaincy. was not done.
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Babar Azam has also been the captain of Karachi Kings team in Pakistan Super League while currently he is the captain of Peshawar Zalmi team.
Babar Azam’s profile page at ESPNcricinfo, a cricket statistics website, is adorned with many of his records.
Babar Azam holds the record for most centuries and consecutive half-centuries in a series.
Apart from this, whether it is the record of scoring the most runs in a series or the record of scoring the fastest 2000, 2500 and 3000 thousand runs in T20 cricket, Babar’s name is visible everywhere.
As a captain, Babar Azam also holds the record of scoring the most runs in a series and the honor of captaining the most consecutive matches in T20 is also in the name of Babar Azam.
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2024-07-06 20:29:52
