Shaheen Afridi rejects PCB's offer to become Babar Azam's deputy in T20 World Cup

 

Earlier, Shaheen was named Pakistan's T20I captain after the 2023 ODI World Cup but the change in management at PCB led to his removal as skipper this year.




Head pacer Shaheen Afridi has dismissed the Pakistan Cricket Board's proposal to be the delegate of Babar Azam in the T20I design in front of the T20 World Cup. Afridi, who was sacked as of late as commander, was offered the downgraded job yet he dismissed it. As indicated by a report on ESPNCricinfo, before the T20 WC crew declaration, PCB chose to offer Shaheen the representative the job as an afterthought. In the mean time, the PCB declared the crew without selecting the bad habit chief as the report additionally recommended that Shadab Khan and Mohammad Rizwan were likewise different names examined yet nobody was designated eventually.


Prior, Shaheen was named Pakistan's T20I chief after the 2023 ODI World Cup however the adjustment of the board at PCB prompted his expulsion as captain following the T20I series rout in New Zealand.


PCB Executive Mohsin Naqvi re-delegated Babar as the white-ball skipper of the side as he will likewise lead them in the T20 World Cup.


A few reports proposed that Shaheen was disheartened that he was not kept in that frame of mind prior to firing as commander.


In the mean time, Pakistan reported the crew for the T20 World Cup as tearaway pacer Haris Rauf got back to the crew in the wake of recuperating from injury. Rauf, who had experienced a shoulder separation during the Pakistan Super Association (PSL) in February, last highlighted for his country in January this year.


"Haris Rauf is completely fit and bowling great in the nets," the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a proclamation.


"It would have been great assuming he had gotten an excursion at Headingley.


"In any case, we stay certain that he will keep on keeping a vertical direction in the forthcoming matches, as he will play a significant part to cooperate with other strike bowlers in the T20 World Cup," said the PCB.


Pakistan are put in Gathering A with India, Ireland, Canada and co-has USA.


They play their most memorable game against USA on June 6 in Dallas.


Pakistan crew: Babar Azam (skipper), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.


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