Shaheen Afridi SLAMS PCB, Accuses Board of Favouring Captain Babar Azam

Afridi said that no other Pakistan captain received a longer rope like Babar.

Lahore: Multiple controversies, blame-game have taken centrestage since Pakistan faced an early exit from the T20 World Cup 2024. While most have been pointing fingers at captain Babar Azam following the debacle, star pacer Shaheen Afridi has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board. He has accused the board of favouring captain Babar. Afridi reckons Babar has got too many chances and it is high time the board takes a call on him.

“They should take a decision on the captain or the coach and then give them time. As far as Babar is concerned, we have also captained a lot and a captain never got so many chances. As soon as the World Cup is over, often the captain used to be the first one who got the blame. 2-3 World Cup, 2-3 Asia Cups, he has got enough opportunities,” Afridi said in a video which went viral on social media.

Afridi also slammed the board for terminating Abdul Razzaq and Wahab Riaz.

“I got to know that only Abdul Razzaq and Wahab Riaz have been sacked from the selection committee. I don’t understand this surgery. If the selection committee is of 6-7 people then why only these two have been removed?” Afridi added.

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said that there would be significant changes in the structure of Pakistan’s team after poor performances in the World Cup. On Tuesday, he met with the head coaches, Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie, to give them a free hand to turn the nation’s cricket fortunes around.

The speculations have been rife for sometime that there are factions inside the Pakistan team itself.