Babar Azam gave up leadership at the end of ODI World Cup. The new captain was announced by Pakistan in white and red. Shaheen Afridi became the captain of the colorful jersey. However, he was removed from the leadership after one series. He also expressed anger about it. Babar Azam, who was replaced by Afridi, has been declared the leader again.

SBS Desk

April 18, 2024

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What Babar said about the conflict with Afridi

Babar Azam gave up leadership at the end of ODI World Cup. The new captain was announced by Pakistan in white and red. Shaheen Afridi became the captain of the colorful jersey. However, he was removed from the leadership after one series. He also expressed anger about it. Babar Azam, who was replaced by Afridi, has been declared the leader again.

The first T20 of the series is against New Zealand in Rawalpindi tonight at 8 PM. With this match, the Babar chapter begins in the second term in Pakistan cricket. However, Babar-Afridi's conflict about taking away the leadership and handing it over is at an extreme! This was claimed by several media. But Babar put an end to that rumour.

In the press conference ahead of the T20 series against New Zealand, Babar said, "I want to clarify one thing, Shaheen Afridi and I's relationship is not new, this relationship is very old. We help each other every moment. Our aim is to put Pakistan first and shine the name of Pakistan. We don't think about individual success, luckily my team doesn't have that.'

Pakistan will start the preparations for the T20 World Cup starting on June 1 with the West Indies and the United States from the New Zealand series. Babar said, 'Our team is flexible. Will try to give opportunities to my young players, test the strength of the bench. You will see different combinations in this series, we want to see what works for us. This test will see bowling and batting in both places, everywhere. When we go to the Ireland and England series, we will have a clear picture.