“Babar should have supported Shaheen…” Shahid Afridi lashed out at the captain after Pakistan was out of the T20 World Cup 2024,
Shahid Afridi: Pakistan's journey in the T20 World Cup 2024 was bad. The team performed worse than expected in the mega event, due to which Pakistan could not even get a place in the Super 8. After the poor performance, the Pak team is facing criticism from all sides. In this episode, the names of former legendary players of Pakistan are being included, who are criticizing this team. Shahid Afridi has also now blamed Babar Azam for Pakistan's poor performance.
Big statement of Shahid Afridi
- Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi has blamed the defeat and raised questions on Babar's captaincy.
He believes that Babar should not have taken over the captaincy from Shaheen Afridi. He said
- ,If Shaheen Afridi's captaincy had been decided and you had said that he would remain the captain till the T20 World Cup, then I think Babar Azam should have supported Shaheen in terms of captaincy and the PCB should have said that 'No, if you have made him the captain, then we are ready to play under his captaincy because Shaheen has been playing with me for a long time.
- If he is made the captain and the selection committee has made him the captain, then yes I will support him and play under his captaincy."
The captaincy was taken away after one series
- In fact, Pakistan's performance was also poor in the ODI World Cup 2024.
The team did not even ensure its place till the semi-finals.
- Babar was the captain in this tournament. After this tournament, he was removed from the captaincy and Shaheen Afridi was given the captaincy.
- Under his captaincy, the team played a five-match T20 series against New Zealand, in which the team was disappointed by losing 4-1.
Afridi was removed from captaincy after this series and Babar Azam was made the captain again.
Babar should adopt this approach- Shahid
- Talking on his Youtube channel, Shahid Afridi further said
- ,Babar should have taken this approach. Babar's respect would have increased a lot if he had gone ahead with Shaheen. But it was not entirely Babar's fault because some of the blame also lies with the selection committee because some selectors on record said that Babar does not know how to captain.