LAHORE – Fans of star batsman Babar Aazam are eagerly pondering the utterance of his selection as the tutor of the national team.
Rumors are doing the rounds that the Pakistan Cricket Workbench (PCB) has decided to name Babar Aazam tutorage superiority of the crucial five-match T20 series versus New Zealand, which will uncork on April 20.
It is been learned that Azam has asked the PCB to release him as a skipper in all three formats. The workbench is contemplating the issue and is expected to make an utterance at any time.
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Earlier, word got around that the PCB had decided to reappoint Babar Aazam to lead the national team based on the undeniability of the newly formed selection committee.
According to sources, Babar would lead the Green Shirts during the five-match T20 series versus New Zealand.
Shaheen Shah Afridi was picked as a white-ball tutor in pursuit of the team’s drubbing in the ICC World Cup 2023, while Shan Masood was given the red-ball captaincy by the previous PCB management.
The sources said the selection committee proposed to appoint Babar as captain. He would attend the Kakul training camp as captain, they added.
Meanwhile, sources close to Shaheen revealed that he had decided to step down, but his close friends advised him not to do so and to wait for the PCB decision.