{"id":24885,"date":"2023-11-15T16:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/shaheen-afridi-reacts-to-babar-azams-resignation-as-pakistan-captain\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T16:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:48:05","slug":"shaheen-afridi-reacts-to-babar-azams-resignation-as-pakistan-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/shaheen-afridi-reacts-to-babar-azams-resignation-as-pakistan-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaheen Afridi reacts to Babar Azam&#8217;s resignation as Pakistan captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Pakistan\u2019s newly appointed T20I captain Shaheen Afridi on Wednesday reacted to Babar Azam\u2019s resignation as team leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch ARY News live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/live.arynews.tv\/hq\/\">live.arynews.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Babar Azam stepped down as Pakistan\u2019s all-format captain following the team\u2019s dismal performance in the ongoing World Cup 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8hZqS9JH0M\">pic.twitter.com\/8hZqS9JH0M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Babar Azam (@babarazam258) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/babarazam258\/status\/1724780099101233253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Soon after his resignation, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood will lead the T20I and Test teams respectively.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Presenting our captains \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shani_official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shani_official<\/a> has been appointed Test captain while <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iShaheenAfridi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iShaheenAfridi<\/a> will lead the T20I side. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wPSebUB60m\">pic.twitter.com\/wPSebUB60m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1724803319087178155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi spoke highly of Babar Azam and said it was an honour playing for the Green Shirts under the batter\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder your exemplary leadership, it\u2019s been a privilege to witness true teamwork and camaraderie,\u201d he said. \u201cYour forefront leadership and commitment to team unity and collective success are commendable.<\/p>\n<p>The left-arm pacer concluded by expressing his optimism on Babar Azam setting new records.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/babarazam258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@babarazam258<\/a>: under your exemplary leadership, it\u2019s been a privilege to witness true teamwork and camaraderie. Your forefront leadership and commitment to team unity and collective success are commendable.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing you break more batting records, In sha\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J8mTqfjtD5\">pic.twitter.com\/J8mTqfjtD5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaheen Shah Afridi (@iShaheenAfridi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iShaheenAfridi\/status\/1724808810181853251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is pertinent to mention that rumours of Babar Azam being replaced with Shaheen Afridi as T20I captain were making rounds on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Batting all-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed shared the same sentiments about Babar Azam as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s been an honour to have represented Pakistan under your captaincy. I\u2019ve been part of many highs and many lows during that period, but your resilience and determination always came on top. Looking forward to seeing you score heavily for Pakistan and that too from the best seat\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z06Rc9dfOX\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z06Rc9dfOX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iftikhar Ahmad (@IftiMania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IftiMania\/status\/1724807122528124985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The right-handed batter stated that it was an honour to play for Green Shirts under his captaincy.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI\u2019ve been part of many highs and many lows during that period, but your resilience and determination always came on top. Looking forward to seeing you score heavily for Pakistan and that too from the best seat of non-striking end.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s newly appointed T20I captain Shaheen Afridi on Wednesday reacted to Babar Azam\u2019s resignation as team leader. Watch ARY News live on\u00a0live.arynews.tv Babar Azam stepped down as Pakistan\u2019s all-format captain following the team\u2019s dismal performance in the ongoing World Cup 2023. pic.twitter.com\/8hZqS9JH0M \u2014 Babar Azam (@babarazam258) November 15, 2023 Soon after his resignation, the Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/babar-shaheen.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}