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Zaka Ashraf, the previousPakistan Cricket Board chairman delegated beginning a slide in the ton of money of the nationwide group, has actually refuted any type of groups in the clothing area. Ashraf likewise dismissed that his choice to select Shaheen Shah Afridi as the nationwide T20 captain and Shan Masood as the Test captain after in 2015’s ODI World Cup had actually stimulated a break in the clothing area. “There were no differences between Babar Azam or Shaheen even after I decided to have the latter as the T20 captain,” Ashraf stated on a regional information network.
“No, the unity didn’t end (after removing Babar Azam as captain). In fact, the unity improved. When we told him to play as a player, which is his talent, but as a captain, his performance is not good, he agreed.” Shaheen was sacked as the national T20 captain after just a series in New Zealand and was also dropped for the second Test against Bangladesh last week due to poor form.
New Chairman Mohsin Naqvi reinstated Babar as the T20 skipper, while he has also been struggling for form and faced intense criticism after Pakistan’s lacklustre show in the T20 World Cup this year.
Ashraf also defended his decision to appoint Shan and Muhammad Hafeez as the team director.
“Hafeez is ” a really truthful guy” and no, there was no grouping. The team was good. And, we brought Shan Masood as the captain.
“He was an excellent captain. He is still an excellent gamer. He is still a captain in England’s regions.
“And, I made Shaheen Shah the captain of the T20I group. That was likewise an excellent choice,” he stated.
Ashraf, that headed the acting cricket administration board assigned by the federal government from June to January, stated he had actually taken the ideal choice to generate Hafeez as group supervisor.
“Mohammad Hafeez is an excellent cricketer and a very honest person, we brought him along. Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, and these players, we brought them along so that the coaching staff is with the team,” he included.
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