The Pakistan cricket team is currently going through its worst phase. The performance of the team has been very poor in the recent times. Teams from America to Bangladesh have defeated it. During this time, many changes have also been seen in Pakistan cricket. Not only the captains but also the support staff have been changed. Amidst all this, a close friend of Babar Azam has made a big revelation on him being made the captain of the Pakistan team again. After this revelation, Babar is being accused of betraying Shaheen Afridi.

Did Babar betray Shaheen Afridi?

Babar Azam resigned from the captaincy of the Pakistan team in all three formats after the ODI World Cup 2023. After Babar Azam left the captaincy, Shaheen Afridi was made the captain of the T20 team. But after just one series, Babar was once again made the captain of the white-ball (ODI and T20). Now Pakistani journalist Qadir Khwaja has made a big revelation on this incident, this journalist is also said to be close to Babar.

Pakistani journalist made a big claim

Qadir Khwaja has claimed that Shaheen Afridi was ready to hand over his captaincy to Babar Azam and he had even asked the batsman about this. But Babar kept deceiving him. According to Qadir Khwaja, when Shaheen Afridi asked Babar whether he wanted to captain or not, Babar assured Shaheen that he had no such desire, which gave Shaheen false hopes that Babar Azam was with him.

According to Qadir, Babar Azam knew that he was being made the captain again, but Shaheen was not aware of this and then he was completely shocked when the selectors removed him from the post of captain. According to the journalist, there was a conversation between the two players during the camp in Kabul and another member of Pakistan's team management kept Shaheen in the dark and assured him that he would remain the captain of the team.

Babar Azam exposed by his favorite journalist Qadir Khawaja. Power hungry Babar Azam backstabbed Shaheen for captaincy. Babar Azam & his father used to meet higher authorities demanding them to sack Shaheen from captaincy after just one series.
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— Cric mate (@matecric07) September 17, 2024

Lost captaincy in just 1 series

Pakistan played only 1 T20 series under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi. This series was played on the New Zealand tour. The Pakistan team had to face a 4-1 defeat in the T20 series against New Zealand. After this series, Shaheen was stripped of the captaincy and Babar was made the captain. However, this bet of the selectors did not prove to be right as the Pakistan team was eliminated from the group stage in the T20 World Cup 2024.