Pakistan cricket team is not playing at the moment. However, Babar Azam is the captain in the discussion. A few days ago, PCB Chairman Najam Shetty said that the selection panel led by Shahid Afridi wanted to remove Babar Azam from the captaincy after taking charge. Babar Azam’s batting prowess has no dearth of critics, so there is no shortage of criticism of his leadership. The number of people who do not want to see him as the captain of Pakistan is not very small. For example, the Interim Selection Committee, which replaced Mohammad Wasim’s Selection Committee, wanted to remove Babur. Shahid Afridi was the head of that selection committee. After Nazam Shetty’s comments, many thought that Afridi wanted to remove Babar. However, this former Pakistan all-rounder denied such allegations. There has been a major upheaval in Pakistan cricket after Ramiz Raza was removed as the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and Nazam Shetty was appointed.

The first shock of change was in the selection panel. Mohammad Wasim was replaced by former captain Afridi as the interim chief selector. Last Sunday (April 9), Najam Sethi told a Pakistani YouTube channel about the selection process of Afridi’s team. He said that they proposed to remove Babar Azam from the leadership before sitting in the formal meeting. He said, ‘As soon as I took charge, I formed an interim selection committee under the leadership of former captain Shahid Afridi. Before the official meeting, they told me that Pakistan wants to change the captaincy of the team. In other words, they want to remove Babar Azam. But in the end, even if the selection panel’s wish was not implemented, everyone pointed the finger at Shahid Afridi for this decision. But then Nazam Shetty tried to explain the whole matter differently on social media. He said, “For many months, the media and many people related to cricket were talking about keeping Babar as the captain in all versions.

Since it is the chairman’s decision, I sought the opinion of Shahid Afridi and Haroon Rashid’s selection committee. Afridi also opened his mouth about the matter. Clearing his position on Twitter, he said, “I have spoken to PCB Chairman Najam Shetty.”He confirmed that he had not said anything to me about Babur’s captaincy. He confirmed his position through social media. So there is no further discussion about it. All the best to Babar and the team for the New Zealand series.’