Srinagar: The seasoned wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan is tipped to replace Shan Masood and Babar Azam as the captain of Pakistan Test and limited over format captain.
After recent Test series defeat vs Bangladesh and earlier T20 World Cup 2024 disaster campaign, PCB is contemplating on sacking both Shan Masood and Babar Azam.
Although reports suggest that Shan Masood has backing of coach Jason Gillespie , but PCB is planning to make change as Shan has lost five out of five Test matches since becoming captain.
Meanwhile Babar Azam has been snubbed by the Pakistan Cricket Board, who didn’t appoint him as one of the captains for the upcoming Champions One Day Cup. According to reports, the batter’s leadership has been put under the scanner, and is expected to be removed as Pakistan’s white-ball captain.
According to reports, a new Pakistan captain will be appointed for Pakistan’s upcoming tour of Australia, which will also consist of three T20Is and as many ODIs.
Reportedly, white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten has already had discussions with PCB officials in July, and Mohammad Rizwan is being tipped as Babar’s successor as white-ball skipper, and as captain of all three formats in the future.
Babar has been in poor form lately, especially in Test cricket. During the Test series vs Bangladesh, he was dismissed for a duck and registered only 22 runs in the first Test. Meanwhile in the second Test, he managed to register only 31 and 11 in both innings.
Saud Shakeel, who is Pakistan’s Test vice-captain, has been named as one of the skippers for the Champions One Day Cup, alongwith Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Haris and Rizwan.