Babar has a lot of room for improvement in his captaincy, says Afridi
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Pakistan interim chief selector Shahid Afridi believes that captain Babar Azam has a lot of time before being considered a successful captain.
Babar-led Pakistan played in the final of the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup last year but under his captaincy, Pakistan struggled in Tests.
"I believe that Babar Azam has a lot of room for improvement in his captaincy. I am not in favour of having three different captains for the different game formats, and instead suggest naming one captain for ODI and Test cricket and a separate captain for T20s," said Afridi.
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Afridi also said that Shan Masood shouldn’t have been as the vice-captain of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand.
"Shan Masood should not have been named as vice-captain of the ODI squad. The chairman of the PCB should have taken the captain or chief selector under confidence; he was neither under consideration by me nor by Babar Azam for the first two ODI's against New Zealand," he stated.
Afridi lashed out at PCB for not consulting with the chief selector and the captain before naming Masood vice-captain.
"Shan Masood cannot be named as captain or vice-captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team based on his performances for Derbyshire," he added.
