After humiliation in T20 World Cup, PCB took away captaincy from Babar Azam, now gave this responsibility to Rohit-Kohli’s enemy

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|16-06-2024

Babar Azam : In the T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2024), the Pakistan team under the captaincy of Babar Azam has been eliminated from the group stage itself. After which the last group stage match against Ireland has no meaning for the team. There is an uproar in Pakistan after the team was already out of the race.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken a big decision and decided to take away the captaincy of the team from the current captain Babar Azam and has chosen Team India's veteran Rohit - Kohli's biggest enemy as the new captain.

Shan Masood will get the captaincy of the team

Babar Azam

After the World Cup 2023, when Babar Azam resigned from the captaincy of all three formats, the board handed over the responsibility to Shan Masood as the Test captain.

Under the captaincy of Shan Masood, the team had to face a clean sweep on the Australia tour.

Because of which when Babar Azam was once again given the captaincy of Pakistan's white ball, at that time it was believed that Babar Azam would once again become the Test captain of Pakistan, but after the team's poor performance in the T20 World Cup, Shan Masood will remain the Test captain of the team in place of Babar.

Test series to be held against Bangladesh

In the month of August, the Pakistan team will tour Bangladesh to play 2 Test matches.

Earlier it was feared that Babar Azam would captain the team for this series but now according to the report published in Geo News, Shan Masood will be seen captaining the Test team instead of Babar.

This will be the first Test series for Jason Gillespie

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) recently appointed two new head coaches for the Pakistan team. Gary Kirsten has been appointed as the head coach for white ball cricket and Jason Gillespie for red ball cricket. In such a situation, the Bangladesh Test series to be held in the month of August will be the first series for Jason Gillespie as the head coach of Pakistan.

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