Shaheen Shah Afridi's captaincy chapter in international cricket ended before it began. He led Pakistan in just one series before being dropped again and given the armband by Babar Azam. The matter could have ended only here, the PCB has also circulated comments about Shaheen which he did not say. Shahid Afridi always wanted to keep his son-in-law Shaheen away from the leadership before falling into such an embarrassing situation!

This is what the legendary all-rounder of Pakistan said in a recent comment. Shaheen's managerial stint began with Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Lahore Qalandars. Where Lahore won the title twice in a row under his leadership, rumors started that he might get the captaincy of the national team as well. Shahid Afridi said, 'I wanted Shaheen to focus only on individual cricket. That's why I always tried to keep him away from captaincy.

After the failure in the ODI World Cup last November, Babar left the captaincy of Pakistan in three formats. After that, PCB gave the responsibility of Test format to Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood in T20. Both captains have led one series each so far. Both have failed, but Shaheen-Masood had hoped to get at least some more time to improve from their positions. While Shan Masood has been retained, Shaheen has been removed from the short format charge.

PCB has decided on the captaincy issue

In a post on social media on March 31, PCB said, "President Mohsin Naqvi has appointed Babar Azam as the white-ball (ODI and T20I) captain of the Pakistan national team on the advice of the selection committee." Before this, the star batsman left the leadership of three formats due to failure at the end of the last ODI World Cup. , after which Babur was reinstated in just five months.

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Shaheen's father-in-law Shahid Afridi was shocked by PCB's decision. The former Pakistani all-rounder has given his reaction on social media. At the same time, Afridi said that he wanted someone else to be the captain of the Pakistan national team, not Babar. I still believe if there was a real need for a change of captain, Rizwan would have been the best choice.

However, Shahid Afridi said that there will be support for the new Babar, "Since the decision has been made, I will have my full support and best wishes for the Pakistan team and Babar Azam." Babar's new responsibility will begin with the upcoming New Zealand series in Pakistan. The two teams will face off in a five-match T20 series from April 18.