Babar Azam: Pakistan's white ball captain Babar Azam has resigned from the captaincy of the team and now he will be seen playing as a player. This decision of Babar is surprising because before this he himself had taken the captaincy.

Only after Azam left the captaincy, now such news is coming out that Virat Kohli has played the most important role in his leaving the captaincy. It is because of Virat that Azam has resigned from the captaincy and now he is going to be seen playing as a player in the team.

Babar Azam left the captaincy of Pakistan

Let us tell you that Azam (Babar Azam) was removed from the captaincy of the team after his disappointing performance in the ICC World Cup 2023, but he was made the captain just before the T20 World Cup 2024. At that time Azam had also taken the captaincy but the team once again failed to perform well.

In such a situation, now Azam has resigned from the captaincy of Pakistan and now he is not going to be seen captaining this team. The former Pakistani captain now wants to focus on his batting and that is why he has decided to leave the captaincy. Apart from this, the Pakistani team has not been able to perform well in big tournaments under his leadership.

Babar Azam resigned because of Virat Kohli

Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has played the most important role in Babar Azam leaving the captaincy. Actually, Azam has been seen continuously struggling with the bat for some time and that is why his close ones suggested him to leave the captaincy and concentrate on batting.

🚨 INSIDE NEWS – Close friends of Babar Azam gave him example of Virat Kohli and in other words you can say Babar has resigned from captaincy following the footsteps of Kohli. Babar wants to focus on individual performance just like Kohli. #BabarAzam 7/n

— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) October 1, 2024

For this, Azam (Babar Azam) was given the example of Virat Kohli that Kohli left the captaincy and focused only on his batting and Azam should also do the same. For this reason Babar decided to leave the captaincy.

This player can become captain in place of Babar Azam

Actually, the captaincy of Pakistan's Test team is currently in the hands of Shan Masood and he is seen leading the team in red ball cricket. On the other hand, Babar was the white ball captain but now he has resigned from this post.

In such a situation, wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan can be given the captaincy of ODI and T20 in place of Babar. Rizwan has performed well for Pakistan in all three formats for some time and is also seen captaining the team in the Pakistan Super League. In such a situation, he can be made the new captain.