Pakistan’s former fast bowler Aqib Javed has said that the discussion regarding Babar Azam’s captaincy started wrongly, no one can be the ODI captain except Babar.
Speaking in Lahore, Aqib Javed said that Shaheen Afridi should be brought to the captaincy for the T20 World Cup 2024. I had suggested that Shaheen Afridi should be made the captain of one format. The mindset is different, everything else is the same.
Aqib Javed said that when you say that teams should be formed on the performance of PSL, then in PSL a captain wins the trophy for 2 years in a row, so look at that, Shaheen Afridi goes to bat himself in difficult times. Which is in front of everyone.
He said that most of the one-day cricket is now, then there is the Asia Cup, then there is the World Cup. I saw it and learned the lesson in the Afghanistan series.
The former fast bowler said that Shaun Masood is being force-fed, as far as Shaan Masood’s inclusion in the team is concerned, I am not satisfied with feeding him and was not happy even when he was made vice-captain. Then they are included in the team without any reason and it seems that they are also taken open under compulsion, it is beyond understanding who is doing this.
Talking about the combination of Pakistan team, Aqib Javed said that Iftikhar Ahmed has improved himself a lot, he has proved that now he is capable of being fed consistently, earlier criticism was because Four-five players used to play the same style in the middle order, but now there is a difference.
Aqib Javed said that Fakhar Zaman is a gift, his performances in recent days have been outstanding and it is a pleasure to be named player of the month, he has been the top scorer for 7 years for Lahore Qalandars.
He said that one of the qualities of Fakhar Zaman is that when he scores runs, the Pakistan team cannot lose.
Aqib Javed said that New Zealand benefited by playing the series in Pakistan, other series including the World Cup and Asia Cup are in Asia and Pakistan’s recent series would have benefited New Zealand because all the teams in the world play in Asia. Trying to get fit with the conditioner ahead of the World Cup.
He further said that there was a good selection in ODI cricket, Agha Salman came forward and Usama Mir also made his presence felt, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Sohail and Naseem Shah need to be taken forward in the right way, Zaman Khan. Must watch for Asia Cup and World Cup as they are not easy to play due to bowling action.
Aqib Javed also said that Pakistan and India are not in the hands of the cricket boards, the debate continues that Pakistan said this, Indian board said this, ICC said this, ICC, PCB, The Indian board and ACC have nothing to do with Pakistan-India cricket, the whole matter is at the government level.
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