Shahid Afridi has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to observe the coverage of getting one skipper throughout codecs to forestall infighting over captaincy.
Star batter Babar Azam had stepped down as skipper from all three codecs after Pakistan did not advance from the group phases on the ODI World Cup final yr with PCB naming Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shan Masood because the T20 and Take a look at skippers, respectively.
“The PCB will need to have one captain for all codecs and there’s no must have a vice-captain. This can give a transparent message to all gamers who’s in cost,” Afridi informed reporters.
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Expressing help for crew director Mohammad Hafeez, the 46-year-old mentioned the captain and crew administration ought to get a minimum of three-year contracts.
“In case you suppose Mohammad Hafeez is sweet then don’t simply choose him on one sequence give him correct time, and the identical ought to apply to the captain as nicely he must be there for 3 years.” Afridi added that gamers in The T20 squad must be given a future forward of the World Cup later this yr.
“The World T20 Cup goes to be a really robust match this yr with some very robust groups within the hunt for the title. I additionally don’t suppose that is the time to make any adjustments within the format squad,” he mentioned.
“We simply must proceed with the identical group of gamers and provides them confidence. However sure I wish to see Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub open the batting in T20s,” he mentioned.