Despite leading his side to the finals of the two major tournament in 2022, questions over Babar Azam’s captaincy are not settling down. While Pakistan cricket team reached the finals of Asia Cup and T20 World Cup 2022 under the leadership of Babar Azam, cricket fraternity is going hard after their skipper for constant poor results in home series.
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While former Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed made a strong comeback in the two-match Test series against New Zealand, a journalist recently asked Pakistan skipper about the future of his captaincy, and about weakening repo with his teammates.
However, Babar Azam came with a sharp response when he was asked about the future of his captaincy and made it clear that his focus is on team’s performance.
“Kuch log keh rahe hain aapki team pe grip kamzor hoti jar ahi hain. Dosti yaari ka Silsila Pakistan team mein khatam ho rahi hain. Since Shahid Afridi came, he has changed the vice-captaincy in ODIs, with Shan Masood coming in to fill in the role,” reporter asked.
“Sir, you will only be knowing to whom the captaincy is going. I don't care about this. My work is to perform in the field and make my team also perform,” Babar responded.
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The second Test between Pakistan and New Zealand ended in a thrilling draw as bad light forced the game to end with Pakistan needing 15 runs and New Zealand needing 1 wicket to win. Notably, Pakistan finished their 2021-23 World Test Championship campaign without a win at home which has put Babar Azam's captaincy under radar.
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