NEW DELHI: With star batter Babar Azam lately relinquishing white-ball captaincy, the Pakistan Cricket Board has a troublesome option to make in appointing his successor.
Amid Pakistan Cricket’s latest downfall and the heavy criticism that the group and the board have been going through, the appointment of recent skipper will likely be one thing keenly noticed and dissected by followers and consultants alike within the nation.
And former Pakistan cricketer Mudassar Nazar feels that the board would not have any selections left and will likely be compelled to go together with Mohammad Rizwan as their subsequent captain.
“Proper now, they haven’t any selection left. They’ve tried everybody besides Rizwan. They’re going to must make Rizwan the captain. I do not suppose the interior circle and prime administration are very pleased with Rizwan, however they’ll be compelled to decide on him. In any other case, in the event that they go for a youthful participant, it’ll flip into the identical state of affairs like with Babar Azam. It is higher to make a senior participant the captain after which groom somebody underneath him,” Nazar informed Cricket Pakistan.
Pakistan Cricket’s poor run within the white-ball format began with the 2023 ODI World Cup in India the place they misplaced to Afghanistan and subsequently did not qualify for the semis.
The T20I group underneath Babar, then, suffered a shock group stage exit from the T20 World Cup within the Americas the place they misplaced to minnows USA.
Just lately, the Check group underneath Shan Masood additionally suffered an embarrassing 2-0 whitewash at residence towards Bangladesh.
“In my view, it could be higher for Pakistan to make Rizwan the captain for all three codecs. The latest poor performances of the Pakistan group have rather a lot to do with the fast modifications in captaincy. Younger gamers had been made captains after which eliminated, which ends up in groupings within the group. This isn’t simply Pakistan’s drawback,” Nazar mentioned.
Pakistan’s subsequent task is the three-Check collection towards England at residence the place eyes will likely be on the performances of the senior gamers within the group.
