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LAHORE: While Babar Azam is all but set to return as Pakistan captain, his imminent reappointment may hurt the national side\u2019s dressing room.<\/p>\n
It has already been volatile since Babar stepped down<\/a> from the post after Pakistan dismal show in the Asia Cup<\/a> and the 50-over World Cup<\/a> last year, with Shaheen Shah Afridi replacing him as the Twenty20 captain and Shan Masood assuming the role as the team\u2019s Test skipper.<\/p>\n Both, as Dawn<\/em> understands, were kept in the dark by the national selection committee \u2014 recently \u201creorganised\u201d by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi \u2014 as it pondered over who to appoint as the next captain of the national team before agreeing upon Babar\u2019s name on Friday.<\/p>\n Dawn<\/em> learnt on authority that the PCB has offered Babar the captaincy of all three formats, but the batter will have his own set of demands before accepting it, given how the board has worked in the last few months.<\/p>\n