Babar Azam will lead Green Shirts in white-ball format
PCB sacked Shaheen Afridi, the son-in-law of Shahid Afridi, and handed back the reins of the white-ball teams to Babar Azam, months ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Azam, 29, will lead the team in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and T20Is while Shan Masood will continue as the red-ball skipper.
Currently, Shaheen Shah Afridi is the captain of Pakistan team in the T20 format
The cricket body is in search of two head coaches; white ball and red ball.
"Poor service with zero customer care," he said
PCB has decided to appoint the 29-year-old cricketer as white-ball skipper
Sources said the 29-year-old batter has joined the training session as team captain
Shaheen Afridi will step down from captaincy
Gary Kirsten, Justin Langer, Shane Watson and Darren Sammy have refused PCB's offer
The cricket body has decided to include 29 players in the fitness camp in Abbottabad
PCB officials are in contact with star batter
The ex-skipper landed into hot water after an old video of him talking about Imran Khan went viral
PCB is considering appointing star batter Babar Azam as the national cricket team's captain
PCB top officials have also contacted Babar in this regard
The announcement comes amid the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) efforts to appoint the national side's head coach — a post that was left vacant after Grant Bradburn transferred to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) after a change in his portfolio in November 2023.
The ex-skipper landed into hot water after an old video of him talking about Imran Khan went viral
The National players are currently in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah
The training camp is scheduled to take place from March 26 to April 8.
The PCB announced a 29-member squad for training today.
The video of the incident also went viral on social media, leaving netizens in stitches
Amir's last match for Pakistan was a T20I against England in 2020, and he retired from international cricket in December that year, saying he felt mentally tortured.
According to a statement from the board, a new committee will be appointed shortly.
He thanked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for reposing trust in him.
Shane Watson and Darren Sammy refused the cricket body's offer for the top post
The cricketer posted a picture of himself in Ahram in front of the Holy Kabaah
The match, which commenced at 2:00 pm on a Thursday, witnessed Jordan's team securing a triumphant win with a resounding score of three goals, while Pakistan valiantly contested throughout the game despite being unable to secure a single goal themselves.
Babar Azam, Iftikhar Ahmad, and Imam-ul-Haq are also in Makkah
Another faction of the Hockey body rejected the appointment of Shehla Raza
Arshad deemed his meeting with the Prime Minister very productive
