The captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team has been in the spotlight for the last six months or so. He first came to prominence when Babar Azam stepped down from his role as Pakistan’s captain across all formats following the team’s poor 2023 Cricket World Cup campaign. After that, Shan Masood was named Pakistan’s Test captain and Shaheen Afridi was given the responsibility of leading the team in the T20I format. Shaheen could only stay in the role for one series. It was a five-match contest against New Zealand that Pakistan lost 4-1 and Shaheen was sacked as T20I captain, with Babar Azam replacing him in the role.
Babar led Pakistan to a 2-1 series win before the team faces England in an ongoing four-match T20I series.
Despite several rumors about a rift between Shaheen and Babar, things looked good in the Pakistani camp. However, a recent report has reignited the mood.
Shaheen has refused to take on the role of Pakistan’s vice-captain in the T20I format ahead of the upcoming World Cup in the US and West Indies, a report in ESPNcricinfo.
Pakistan announced their squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup on May 24 and surprisingly, no one was appointed as vice-captain.
Pakistan T20 World Cup squad: Babar Azam (captain), 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.
Player support staff: Wahab Riaz (senior team manager), Mansoor Rana (team manager), Gary Kirsten (head coach), Azhar Mahmood (assistant coach), Simon Helmot (field coach), David Reid (field coach) mental performance), Aftab Khan (high performance coach), Cliffe Deacon (physiotherapist), Irtaza Komail (head of security), Mohammad Imran (massage therapist), Mohammad Khurram Sarwar (team doctor), Talha Ijaz (analyst), Raza Kitchlew (media and digital manager) and Drikus Saaiman (strength and conditioning coach).
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