Babar Azam vs Shaheen Afridi? Battle For Pakistan’s ODI Captaincy Intensifies

The
debate
ove
Pakista ‘s
ODI
captai cy
has
esu faced,
with
Baba
Azam
a d
Shahee
Shah
Af idi
o ce
agai
at
the
ce t e
of
the
discussio .
While
Shahee
emai s
the
official
ODI
captai
fo
ow,
epo ts
suggest
that
the
Pakista
C icket
Boa d
(PCB)
could
co side
ha di g
him
the
leade ship
ole
to
Baba .

Shahee
makes
his
positio
clea

Whe
Shahee
was
asked
whethe
head
coach
Mike
Hesso
a d
chief
selecto
Aaqib
Javed
had
backed
him
as
ODI
captai ,
the
left-a m
pace
espo ded
with
a
smile
a d
said,
“As
of
ow,
I
am
Pakista ‘s
ODI
captai .”

His
comme t
suggests
that
he
has
ot
bee
i fo med
of
a y
immediate
cha ge
i
leade ship.

Howeve ,
epo ts
i dicate
that
the
PCB
is
co side i g
a
bigge
leade ship
ole
fo
Baba .
The e
has
bee
speculatio
that
Baba
ag eed
to
take
cha ge
of
the
Test
side
with
the
u de sta di g
that
he
could
eve tually
be
give
espo sibility
ac oss
all
th ee
fo mats.

Baba
could
etu
as
all-fo mat
captai

Baba
has
p eviously
captai ed
Pakista
i
Tests,
ODIs
a d
T20Is,
but
stepped
dow
afte
the
team
st uggled
to
p oduce
co siste t
esults
du i g
his
te u e.

PCB
could
epo tedly
assess
his
leade ship
a d
the
team’s
pe fo ma ces
du i g
the
upcomi g
Test
assig me ts
agai st
the
West
I dies
a d
E gla d
befo e
maki g
a
decisio
o
the
ODI
captai cy.

If
Pakista
delive s
st o g
esults,
Baba
could
pote tially
be
co side ed
fo
the
ODI
ole
as
well,
putti g
him
i
li e
to
lead
the
side
ac oss
all
th ee
fo mats.

Why
is
Shahee ‘s
captai cy
u de
sc uti y?

Shahee
became
Pakista ‘s
ODI
captai
i
Octobe
last
yea ,
eplaci g
Mohammad
Rizwa .
His
leade ship
c ede tials
a e
st o g
at
f a chise
level,
havi g
guided
Laho e
Qala da s
to
th ee
PSL
titles.

Howeve ,
u ce tai ty
ove
Pakista ‘s
i te atio al
leade ship
has
co ti ued
despite
his
success
i
the
PSL.
The
PCB’s
appa e t
i te est
i
Baba
has
o ly
added
to
the
speculatio
su ou di g
Shahee ‘s
futu e
as
ODI
skippe .

Wo ld
Cup
makes
decisio
impo ta t

With
the
ODI
Wo ld
Cup
scheduled
fo
ext
yea ,
Pakista
ca ot
affo d
p olo ged
u ce tai ty
ove
its
leade ship
st uctu e.
The
team
has
seve al
impo ta t
assig me ts
befo e
the
tou ame t,
givi g
the
PCB
a
oppo tu ity
to
assess
both
Baba
a d
Shahee .

Fo
ow,
Shahee
emai s
Pakista ‘s
ODI
captai ,
at
least
officially.
But
if
the
PCB
decides
to
esto e
Baba
as
the
team’s
all-fo mat
leade ,
the
captai cy
debate
could
become
o e
of
the
biggest
talki g
poi ts
i
Pakista
c icket
ahead
of
the
Wo ld
Cup.

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