‘Did Afridi not ask Babar Azam before doing that?’: Pakistan veteran slams Pakistan duo after huge Shan Masood remark

Babar Azam attended the press convention forward of Pakistan’s 1st ODI of the collection in opposition to New Zealand on Sunday. The facet’s skipper spoke intimately about Pakistan’s latest outings within the longest format of the sport because the facet performed out a 0-0 Test collection draw in opposition to the Kiwis; Babar is going through rising criticism over his captaincy after the facet did not win a single Test at house within the 2021-23 World Test Championship cycle.

During the press convention, Babar was additionally requested about Shan Masood who has lately been named because the vice-captain within the ODI squad for the collection in opposition to New Zealand. However, the Pakistan captain raised doubts on Shan’s place within the XI itself.

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“We can’t talk about any individual at the moment, whether he’s vice-captain or X, Y, Z,” Babar stated on Sunday. “We will try to field our best playing XI and try to win the series,” he stated additional.

Following Babar’s comment, the followers and former cricketers alike voiced their shock at this time state of affairs between the board and the Pakistan skipper, and the previous Pakistan star Sikander Bakht slammed Babar for his feedback.

“It’s not a good statement. It’s actually very weird that you made him the vice-captain of the team… did Shahid Afridi not ask Babar before making Shan the vice-captain? He should’ve asked. Now Babar is saying he doesn’t know whether he is in the team or not. It’s not a good thing,” Bakht stated on Geo Super.

“I’ll request Shahid Afridi and the board to talk to Babar, not create a political scenario here. Talk and then take a decision. We are all Pakistanis, we will support every player,” he stated additional.

The 33-year-old left-handed batter Masood was made vice-captain instead of Mohammad Rizwan, the one wicketkeeper within the 16-man squad for the three ODIs.

Masood hasn’t performed an ODI since 2019 when all 5 of his matches had been in opposition to Australia within the United Arab Emirates. He scored 111 runs at a mean of twenty-two.20.

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