Rashid Latif makes huge allegations towards Babar Azam after Shaheen Afridi’s captaincy go out

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Former cricketer Rashid Latif prompt that Babar Azam‘s reacceptance of the white-ball cricket captaincy will have been motivated through a want to counter Shaheen Afridi’s earlier movements throughout his tenure.

Babar Azam’s previous resolution

Closing 12 months, Babar relinquished his function because the captain of the Pakistan group when they didn’t growth to the semi-finals of the ODI International Cup held in India. Babar confronted grievance following Pakistan’s incapability to safe a top-four end regardless of beginning the match with victories over the Netherlands and Sri Lanka.

Babar’s private batting shape throughout the International Cup used to be additionally underwhelming, as he didn’t sign up a unmarried century. Following the belief of the match, Babar introduced his resolution to step down from management positions throughout all 3 codecs thru a put up on his social media platforms. Therefore, Shaheen used to be appointed because the T20I captain, whilst Shan Masood took rate of Take a look at cricket.

Shaheen Afridi’s stint: Demanding situations and criticisms as T20I captain

Shaheen confronted demanding situations throughout his captaincy, significantly throughout the collection towards New Zealand the place Pakistan suffered a 1-4 defeat. Moreover, Lahore Qalandars, underneath his management, didn’t qualify for the playoffs within the just lately concluded Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 2024. In consequence, Babar used to be reinstated because the T20I captain with Masood retained his place because the Take a look at cricket captain.

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Rashid Latif casts doubt on Babar Azam

Talking on PTV Sports activities, former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif expressed his opinion that regardless of their friendship, Babar’s go back as captain might be interpreted as a reaction to Shaheen’s tenure. Rashid additional prompt that Afridi will have to be offering extra give a boost to to Mohammad Rizwan and Babar, corresponding to what Shadab Khan did.

“Shadab Khan made a wise commentary when he misplaced the collection towards Afghanistan. He stood up and stated, ‘With out Babar and Rizwan, this group isn’t whole. That implies I’m no longer the captain. The similar I used to be anticipating from Shaheen when Babar used to be got rid of. If Shaheen had taken that step that day, he wouldn’t be seeing all this these days. Regardless of how a lot friendship there may be, Babar has taken revenge [against Shaheen],” Latif stated.

Babar is ready to steer Pakistan in a 5-match T20I collection towards New Zealand scheduled from April 18 to April 27. The primary 3 T20Is will happen on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on April 18, 20 and 21. Therefore, each groups will transfer to Lahore for the rest two T20Is on April 25 and 27.