Srinagar: Former cricketer and chief selector Mohammad Wasim has said that it was painfull to work with Babar Azam as captain.
Babar was appointed Pakistan’s captain for the first time in 2020, but he decided to relinquish the role after the 2023 ODI WC. However, a change in PCB management brought him back to the captaincy responsibility.
Wasim revealed he tried hard to convince Babar to make some changes in the team, but the skipper was very stubborn and didn’t allow it to happen.
“It was painful to make him understand the advantages of changes. He was very stubborn, and I overstepped my limitations to get him on board with certain calls. He was not ready to accept changes,” Wasim told a local sports platform (via Cricket Pakistan).
“I will not take names, but four coaches said that a group of players is cancer to the team. If they are part of the squad, Pakistan can’t win. I tried to remove them from the team, but the team management recalled them,” he added.
Wasim revealed that he dropped Imad Wasim during his tenure and wanted him to work on his fitness, but he continued to hide his knee injury for years.
“Imad has a knee injury, but he has been hiding it for years. We always speak about Azam Khan’s fitness levels, but Imad is also suffering from the same problem. He was dropped from the side for that same reason, and I also dropped him during my tenure so that he could work on his fitness,” Mohammad Wasim said in the same interview.