{"id":76847,"date":"2024-03-29T17:22:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/babar-azam-set-to-return-as-national-teams-skipper\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T17:22:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:22:13","slug":"babar-azam-set-to-return-as-national-teams-skipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/babar-azam-set-to-return-as-national-teams-skipper\/","title":{"rendered":"Babar Azam set to return as national team&#8217;s skipper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featuredimg\">\n <\/p>\n<p class=\"captionimg\">Babar Azam set to return as national team\u2019s skipper<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Babar Azam is set to reassume captaincy role.<\/li>\n<li>PCB has at last decided to reinstate Azam.<\/li>\n<li>He stepped down from captaincy last year in November.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Babar Azam is reportedly poised to reassume his role as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team in the forthcoming T20I series against New Zealand on home ground, as per sources.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has at last decided to reinstate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/03\/the-hundred-draft-2024-here-is-reason-why-big-names-liek-babar-azam-david-warner-were-not-picked\/\">Azam<\/a>, who had relinquished his captaincy across all formats in November of the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The recommendation from the selection committee led to the decision to reinstate Azam as captain.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Shaheen was contemplating resigning as T20I captain following this development. However, sources close to the fast bowler have advised him not to do so, as the appointment of the captain is the prerogative of the cricket board and he should accept whatever decision the PCB makes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that Shaheen succeeded Azam as the T20I cricket captain and Shan Masood in Tests last year.<\/p>\n<p>This development follows the PCB\u2019s statement that it will decide on Shaheen\u2019s future as the T20I team\u2019s captain after the ongoing fitness camp in Kakul, which is set to end on April 8.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference following the announcement of the selection committee on March 24, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi didn\u2019t elaborate much on Shaheen\u2019s future as captain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven I don\u2019t know who the captain will be,\u201d Naqvi said. \u201cWhether Shaheen continues or a new captain comes in will be determined after the fitness camp [starting on Monday].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a number of technical factors we will consider, the details of which I do not want to go into. We want a long-term solution, whether it\u2019s Shaheen or a new man. And then we intend to stick by that man, instead of just changing a captain just because you lose a match or captain,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/03\/babar-azam-mohammad-rizwan-not-picked-in-the-hundred-draft\/\">Azam<\/a> stepped down from his long-standing position as the national team\u2019s captain across all formats in November, following a disappointing World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The former captain faced criticism for several months after Pakistan\u2019s lackluster performance in the Asia Cup, which carried over into the World Cup \u2014 where they were eliminated before reaching the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Azam was initially appointed as the white-ball captain in 2019 and as the Test captain in 2020, but the Green Shirts have not secured any ICC or Asia Cup titles under his leadership.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FotoJet-91-1-254x144.jpg\" alt=\"PCB considering to reappoint Babar Azam as captain: Reports\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">PCB considering to reappoint Babar Azam as captain: Reports<\/h5>\n<p>PCB is reportedly considerning to reappoint Babar Azam as skipper. 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Babar Azam is reportedly poised to reassume his role as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team in the forthcoming T20I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76848,"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:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FotoJet-2024-03-29T124446.811.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76847","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=76847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}