Salman Butt: “You have wronged Babar; yes, he is not a good captain, but you didn’t give him ideal preparation either”
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Former Pakistan batsman Salman Butt has blasted the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), saying they wronged ex-captain Babar Azam.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Babar was wrongly appointed as captain”
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Veteran Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad believes Babar Azam should have never been appointed captain of the national team.
Kamran Akmal: “The real reason behind Babar’s decline in form is the management, which made him captain too soon”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes Babar Azam was appointed as captain too soon, which is the “real reason” behind his decline in form.
Ahmed Shehzad: “PCB Chairman Najam Sethi had two meetings with me. He told me that I would become captain after Misbah. I take advice from Waqar Younis, but he wanted a puppet captain, that’s why Azhar Ali became captain”
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Veteran batsman Ahmed Shehzad has revealed that former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi told him he would captain the national team after Misbah-ul-Haq’s tenure ended.
Mohammad Amir: “I don’t think Mohammad Rizwan has been treated fairly. Rizwan was not a bad one-day captain. Captaincy should not depend on just one good or bad series”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir expressed his disappointment at the fact that Mohammad Rizwan was removed as ODI captain.
Wasim Akram: “Right now, Shaheen Afridi is your best T20 player. He also has captaincy experience from the PSL. There’s no better option than Shaheen for the T20 format at the moment”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram believes Shaheen Shah Afridi is the best option as T20I captain and should replace Salman Ali Agha.
Zaka Ashraf: “I made Shaheen Shah the captain of the T20I team. That was also a very good decision”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf insisted that it was a “very good decision” to appoint pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi as T20I captain.
Wasim Akram: “I’m impressed by Salman Ali Agha’s captaincy. He sacrificed his batting for the team. When a captain puts the team first, it has a positive effect on the other players”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has praised T20I captain Salman Ali Agha for sacrificing his batting to put the team first.
Jason Gillespie: “I’m sure he could handle captaincy across all formats”
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Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie believes Salman Ali Agha is capable of captaining Pakistan in all three formats.
Pakistan batsman Salman Ali Agha: “I think after taking up [the] captaincy, my T20 game has gotten better”
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Pakistan batsman Salman Ali Agha believes his “T20 game has gotten better” ever since he became T20I captain.
Salman is a crucial member of the national team across all three forms of the game, and sees the improvements in himself when it comes to the shortest format.
