Babar's father advises son to respect Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim

Following his appointment as national team captain, Babar Azam's father, Azam Siddiqui, has advised his son to respect "seniour players" Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim.

He advised his son in a post on Instagram while sharing a picture of Babar Azam bearing a word "KAPTANAA".

In his post, Siddiqui wrote: "The most important thing is that the people of the authority gave honour and respect again."

"Now they are echoes that the team will not be united but I have said to Babar to forget the past. Amir and Imad are older than and seniour to you, meet them with respect and honour their opinion," he added.

A day earlier, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointed the 29-year-old star player as skipper of Green Shirts.

Babar Azam will lead the team in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and T20Is while Shan Masood will continue as the red-ball skipper.

“Babar Azam appointed as white-ball captain,” the PCB posted on X, formerly Twitter.

“Following unanimous recommendation from the PCB’s selection committee, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has appointed Babar Azam as white-ball (ODI and T20I) captain of the Pakistan men's cricket team.”