Babar became the Boss again: Amazing drama is going on in Pakistan cricket. In the last one week, PCB called its 2 players out of retirement. After this, the board took away the captaincy of the T20 team from Shaheen Afridi. Afridi was able to captain only 5 T20 matches. Not only this, the captaincy has been taken away from Shaheen Afridi and handed over to Babar Azam. Babar will now be seen captaining Pakistan’s T20 and ODI team.
Before the upcoming T20 World Cup, PCB is engaged in removing all its weaknesses. The T20 World Cup is to be held in West Indies and USA from June 1. Pakistan’s performance in the Asia Cup and ODI World Cup last year was very poor, after which Babar was removed from the captaincy. But then PCB has expressed confidence in Babar.
Shaheen Afridi was judged to be a bad captain in just 5 T20 matches. He captained the 5-match T20 series against New Zealand where Pakistan lost the series 1-4. Shaheen Afridi could not impress the PCB and hence he was removed from the captaincy of the T20 team.
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Mohammad Amir has gone to jail on charges of spot fixing
Earlier recently, tainted cricketer Mohammed Amir had announced his return to international cricket. Amir had broken his retirement saying that country comes first for him. That’s why he declared himself available for selection in the T20 World Cup. Amir retired from white ball cricket in 2020, while in 2019 he had said goodbye to Tests. 31-year-old Amir had said goodbye to international cricket at the age of 28, but now he can be seen bowling in the T20 World Cup.
Amir had written on X, ‘Playing for Pakistan is a dream. There are times in life that we have to change our decisions. There has been a positive talk between PCB and me and they have made me feel that Pakistan cricket needs me and I can still play.’ Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has gone to jail for spot fixing.
Imad takes U-turn on retirement, announces return to cricket
Similarly, all-rounder Imad Wasim has also announced his return to international cricket by breaking retirement. Imad had announced his retirement from international cricket in November 2023. He has also made himself available for the World Cup. Imad decided to return from retirement after meeting PCB officials.
He had said, ‘I am happy to announce that after meeting PCB officials, I have reconsidered my retirement. I am happy to announce my availability in T20 International cricket for Pakistan cricket. This path will lead to T20 World Cup 2024. I want to thank the PCB for putting their trust in me. I will do my best to make Pakistan proud.’
