Babar Azam: “No, I don’t have any message for them”
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Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, has made it clear he has nothing to say to those who doubt his captaincy credentials.
Shoaib Akhtar: “In times to come, he is not a bad option for captaincy for Pakistan in white-ball cricket”
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Shoaib Akhtar has backed Shadab Khan to replace Babar Azam as Pakistan’s ODI and T20I captain in the future.
Kamran Akmal: “He (Babar Azam) still doesn’t know how to do captaincy after four years”
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Kamran Akmal, the Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman, has lashed out at captain Babar Azam for still being a clueless captain after four years.
Rashid Latif: “There seems to be an issue between Babar and some former superstar cricketers in Pakistan, who have resorted to involving their own associates with the board to strip him of his captaincy”
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Rashid Latif, the former wicketkeeper-batsman, believes ex-superstar cricketers are trying to remove Babar Azam as Pakistan captain.
Sikandar Bakht: “There are faults in your captaincy”
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Sikandar Bakht, the former pace bowler, has warned Pakistan batsman Babar Azam that cracks are starting to show in his captaincy.
Moin Khan: “Shaheen Afridi could be the best choice for the next captain”
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Moin Khan believes that left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is the “best choice” to be the next Pakistan captain.
Sikandar Bakht: “Honestly speaking, Babar has to learn a lot as a captain. There are so many people who are born as leaders. Babar is not a born leader”
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Sikandar Bakht, the former Pakistan fast bowler, said he believes that Babar Azam “is not a born leader”.
Sam Billings: “What struck me is how quickly he picks up the game”
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Sam Billings, the England wicketkeeper-batsman, said he was amazed to see how quickly Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi “picks up the game”.
Rashid Latif: “Shadab was doing captaincy and in the middle Imad was also making gestures [towards fielders], it doesn’t look good in cricket”
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Rashid Latif, the former wicketkeeper-batsman, said it didn’t look good when Imad Wasim was changing the field while Shadab Khan was supposed to be captaining Pakistan in their T20I series against Afghanistan earlier this year.
Sikandar Bakht: “When he was given the captaincy, I said in my interview that he wasn’t a good choice”
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Sikandar Bakht, the ex-Pakistan seamer, said he knew Babar Azam was not a “good choice” to be captain when he was handed the leadership role.
