England confused over Pakistan tour _ Babar Azam & Shan Masood likely removed as captain
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00:00The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to make a big move with regard to captaining for the coming days.
00:08And in this regard, the Pakistan Cricket Board's think tank is thinking that a big change should be made only with captaining or a big change from the players' point of view.
00:19The final report on this is going to be ready very soon.
00:23We will talk about the rest of the background.
00:26And apart from that, the recent mistakes that the Pakistan Cricket Board has made or the kind of news that is leaking from here,
00:33it has also worried England with regard to the tour of Pakistan.
00:38They are double-minded about what to do and what not to do.
00:42These are two different stories. Let's talk about it.
00:46First, let's talk about captaining.
00:49And as soon as the names of the captains of the Champions Cup have come up, all those side stories are also coming up.
00:56It was said that Babar Azam himself has refused to lead the Stallions.
01:02But now the story behind it is also visible as if the Pakistan Cricket Board wants to remove Babar Azam from the captaincy of the Wande and T20 team.
01:14Now there are reasons for that.
01:16The main reason is that when Shaheen Afridi can be removed from the captaincy after a series of defeats,
01:27when Shaheen Masood can be removed from the captaincy after a series of defeats,
01:33then why can't Babar Azam be removed from the captaincy if he failed badly in the Asia Cup and World Cup?
01:46This is the thing and this is the criticism that the PCB wants to get rid of.
01:53Neither Shaheen Masood is the captain, nor is Babar Azam, nor is Shaheen Afridi.
01:58So now the situation that is being seen in this context, or the direction we are moving in,
02:04is that today all the big media in Pakistan, local media,
02:08are reporting that Mohammad Rizwan has seriously started talking about making him not only the captain of the White ball but also the captain of the Red ball.
02:19And it is quite possible that the home series against England, which will begin in October,
02:25will see Mohammad Rizwan leading the Pakistan team instead of Shaheen Masood.
02:31Now his chances are increasing.
02:33As far as performance is concerned, if we talk about the T20 format,
02:38then Babar Azam has given a good performance in this format as a captain until the T20 World Cup 2022.
02:46But the important thing is that after winning the triangular series in New Zealand,
02:51the Pakistan cricket team has only won a series against Ireland.
02:56Pakistan has continuously lost in major events, i.e. the Pakistan team had to lose the final of the T20 World Cup 2022,
03:05lost, drew a home series against New Zealand, drew another series of 5 T20 matches against New Zealand,
03:12and also succeeded in Ireland, but Pakistan had to face defeat in both T20 matches in England.
03:20Then what happened in T20 World Cup 2024 is in front of everyone.
03:24We lost to America and got out of the first round.
03:28So the overall performance in the T20 format can not be said to be good in the captaincy of Babar Azam.
03:35It can be said by 2022, but not after that.
03:38And if we talk about Monday, then apart from the big tournament, he has given good results overall.
03:46Before the Asia Cup 2023, the Pakistan cricket team won 6 out of the 8 triangular series played by Babar Azam.
03:55In which they defeated the Australian team in their country and defeated South Africa.
04:01And in the last triangular series, they defeated New Zealand 4-1.
04:05But could not play until the Asia Cup final and could not advance from the first round in the T20 World Cup.
04:12So due to this, there is also a question of Babar Azam's captaincy in the one-day format.
04:17Therefore, if Shahan Masood is removed, then a new direction of criticism can come in one way,
04:23that what is the reason that if Shahan Masood loses two series, then remove him from the captaincy.
04:29If Shaheen Afridi loses one series, then remove him from the captaincy.
04:33But if Babar Azam fails badly in two big events in a row, as a captain and as a batsman,
04:40then why is he not being removed?
04:42So the solution to this is that Mohammad Rizwan has decided to make all three formats,
04:47Test, One Day and T20, the captains of all three formats.
04:52It is almost done.
04:54Now it remains to take advice from Gary Kristen, Jason Gillespie and the rest of the Pakistan Cricket Board think tanks.
05:01They have made this decision on their own.
05:04However, Mohsin Naqvi is somewhat in the way of this decision.
05:09He does not want to remove Babar Azam at the moment,
05:12because he himself told Babar Azam to become the captain again and promised
05:17that you will be the captain of the white ball until the ICC Champion Trophy 2025.
05:23Now he fulfills his promise or looks at the Pakistan cricket team and the rest of the problems that are coming.
05:29So I also think that the solution to the Pakistan team, to remove the Pakistan team from difficulties,
05:35is to make Mohammad Rizwan the captain of all three formats.
05:40Now, the final report on this will come out very soon,
05:44but let's assume that 80% of this decision has been made.
05:48Apart from that, England's turn is Pakistan.
05:51The Pakistan Cricket Board or the Pakistan cricket fans are confused
05:58that what is going to happen next,
06:00that we have to host the ICC Champion Trophy 2025,
06:04there is no time and we still don't know who will be our captain.
06:08And before the next series against England,
06:11we don't know if Shaan Masood will be the captain or someone else will come.
06:16So in this respect, we are confused,
06:19but now the management of the England Cricket Board,
06:22especially their head coach Brendan McCollum,
06:25they are also confused.
06:27They say that if Pakistan does not give clarity,
06:32that where will our matches be played,
06:35then how will we tour, how will we announce our squad,
06:39because there is an objection that the Pakistan Cricket Board
06:42wants to hold at least one test match in the UAE.
06:45Now what are the reasons for this?
06:47I have already talked about it,
06:49that when you have the venue of Multan,
06:51the venue of Faisalabad, which is ready,
06:54there are others too, but both are such grounds
06:57where the Champions Cup will be held in Faisalabad.
07:00The first test match will be held in Multan with England.
07:03When you have two venues,
07:05then what is the point of talking about
07:07that we are taking our home test match outside.
07:10Now because of this, the head coach of England says
07:13that if we know that we have to play this series in the conditions of the UAE
07:17or in the conditions of Pakistan,
07:20then we will select our team accordingly.
07:23Because this really matters to them.
07:26For the Pakistan Cricket Board,
07:28maybe these things don't matter
07:30because our selection is not that fine.
07:33We have to complete 11 players,
07:351, 2, 3, let's count it,
07:3711 completed, come on, feed it.
07:39The first match of Rawalpindi Test,
07:41the Pakistan Cricket Board fed four fast bowlers
07:44on the spin wicket,
07:46so only the Pakistan Cricket Board can do this.
07:49In the second test match,
07:51where the fast bowlers were getting more help,
07:53they fed the spin wicket.
07:55So these things keep happening.
07:57Our team management,
07:59they have no idea about pitches,
08:01nor do they have an idea about conditions.
08:03But the team in Bihar already has a plan
08:06that in which conditions you are going to play.
08:09And according to that condition,
08:11according to those matches,
08:13which are their best players.
08:15They do all these things by homework.
08:17If the Pakistan Cricket Board does not do homework,
08:20then it is not their fault.
08:22That's why they are also confused.
08:24And they want Pakistan to give a clear message
08:27about where this series will be.