AFG vs PAK: "Babar Azam Decides Whether He Wants To Leave Captaincy"- Najam Sethi Clears Rumours Of Babar Azam Being Dropped For Afghanistan T20Is

Afghanistan vs Pakistan T20I Series is set to commence on 25th March and all the matches are going to be played in Sharjah. Astonishingly, Babar Azam has not been named in the squad which raised a lot of eyebrows. Babar Azam has had a decent outing in PSL 2023 where he has scored 416 runs in 9 matches where he has struck 4 half centuries & 1 ton and has looked ominous.

Shadab Khan, the dashing all-rounder has been named the skipper which would be his maiden stint. Pakistan’s squad looks a threatening one as they have got good depth in both the batting & bowling departments. The Men in Green would be tested as Afghanistan has been making huge strides in T20I cricket.

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Najam Sethi on Babar Azam

Najam Sethi was having an interaction with the media and was asked whether Babar Azam was ignored for Afghanistan T20I Series.

“There is no threat. Our established skipper Babar will remain the captain of our national squad until he himself decides whether he wants to leave captaincy of any one format or all three formats or he wants to remain the captain in all. It will totally be his call. I respect Babar a lot; he is our top star. I am very happy that he supported our decision to try youngsters against Afghanistan.” said Najam Sethi,

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Fascinating Action on Cards

With Babar Azam & Mohammad Rizwan not there for the T20I Series, it would be interesting to see how Azam Khan fares as the batter has a wide range of shots. It won’t be a surprise if Shadab Khan promotes himself to the No.4 or No.5 position where he can thrash the spinners in the middle overs phase.

All eyes would be on Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan as winning against Pakistan would be a massive achievement. Recently Afghanistan won the T20I series against UAE and were quite clinical in all the 3 facets of the game. It would be interesting to see how the series pans out as in the Asia Cup 2022, we witnessed a thriller where Pakistan won a nail-biter against all odds.

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