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There was a lot of drama in Pakistan cricket in the last one week.
New PCB chairman snatches captaincy from Shaheen Afridi
Retirement of 2 players was broken, captaincy again handed over to Babar
New Delhi. Amazing drama is going on in Pakistan cricket. In the last one week, PCB called two of its players out of retirement. After this the board took away the captaincy of the T20 team from Shaheen Afridi. Afridi could captain only 5 T20 matches. Not only this, the captaincy has been snatched 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 busy removing all its weaknesses. The T20 World Cup is to be held in West Indies and USA from June 1. Last year, Pakistan’s performance in Asia Cup and ODI World Cup was very poor, after which Babar was removed from the captaincy. But then PCB has expressed confidence in Babar.
Shaheen Afridi was judged not to be a good captain in just 5 T20 matches. He captained the 5-match T20 series against New Zealand where Pakistan was forced to lose the series 1-4. Shaheen Afridi could not impress the PCB, hence he was removed from the captaincy of the T20 team.
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Mohammad Aamir has gone to jail on spot fixing charges
Earlier recently, tainted cricketer Mohammad Amir had announced his return to international cricket. Aamir broke his retirement saying that for him the country comes first. Therefore he had declared himself available for selection in the T20 World Cup. Aamir took retirement from white ball cricket in the year 2020 whereas in 2019 he had said goodbye to Test. 31 year old Aamir had said goodbye to international cricket at the age of 28 but now he can be seen bowling in the T20 World Cup. Aamir had written on X, ‘Playing for Pakistan is a dream. Many times such turns come in life that we have to change our decisions. There was a positive talk between PCB and me and they made me feel that Pakistan cricket needs me and I can still play. Fast bowler Mohammad Aamir has gone to jail for spot fixing.
Imad took a U turn from retirement saying this
Similarly, all-rounder Imad Wasim has also announced his return to international cricket after breaking retirement. Imad had announced his retirement from international cricket in November 2023. He has also made himself available for the World Cup. Imad met PCB officials and decided to return from retirement. He had said, ‘I am happy to announce that after meeting with PCB officials, I have reconsidered my retirement. I am happy to announce my availability for Pakistan Cricket in T20 International cricket. The T20 World Cup will take this path till 2024. I want to thank the PCB for showing confidence in me. I will do my best to make Pakistan proud.
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Tags: Babar Azam, Pakistan Cricket Board, Pakistan cricket team, Pcb, Shaheen Afridi
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 31, 2024, 12:52 IST