The Pakistan cricket team, led by newly chosen white ball captain Babar Azam, participated in military maneuvers during their two-week training camp.
The Pakistan cricket team, led by recently designated white ball captain Babar Azam, participated in military maneuvers during their two-week training camp at the Army School of Physical Training (ASPT) in Kakul. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) agreed to hold a training season with the Pakistan Army, and the players were shown going through strenuous workouts in a video uploaded by the cricket governing body on social media. The cricket situation in Pakistan is currently in chaos, with Babar recovering the captaincy from Shaheen Afridi.
The players taking part in practice session at the army camp in Kakul are –
Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Haseebullah, Saud Shakeel, Usman Khan, Mohammad Haris, Salman Ali Agha, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Irfan Khan Niazi, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Usama Mir, Mohammad Nawaz, Mehran Mumtaz, Abrar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Ali, Zaman Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Aamir Jamal, Haris Rauf, and Mohammad Amir.
Earlier, top batter Babar Azam was reappointed as Pakistan’s white-ball captain two months before the T20 World Cup.
Babar takes over as T20 captain from Shaheen Shah Afridi, a fast bowler. The pacer was withdrawn following just one series, in which Pakistan lost 1-4 to New Zealand in January.
The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) selection committee made a unanimous recommendation to reinstate Babar.
“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,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced in a press release
During a recent meeting in Lahore with PCB Chief Naqvi, Babar purportedly sought assurances on his tenure and requested that he be made captain of the Test team as well.
