PCB decides towards appointing vice-captain for Pakistan workforce

The assertion got here on the time when sources reported that Pakistan’s star speedster Shaheen Afridi has declined the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) provide to turn out to be the nationwide workforce’s vice-captain.

In response to PCB’s official assertion, “It was unanimously determined to not appoint anybody. As no such provide was made to anybody.”

The board additional mentioned that the nationwide workforce is absolutely united, dedicated and keenly trying ahead to the upcoming matches within the UK and the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024.

Yesterday, sources revealed that the choice committee had supplied Shaheen Afridi to turn out to be the workforce’s vice-captain, which he refused to just accept.

It’s pertinent to say right here that Shaheen Shah Afridi took over the captaincy of the T20I workforce after Babar Azam resigned from his function as all-format captain following the nationwide workforce’s dismal efficiency within the ODI World Cup in India final yr.

Nonetheless, his tenure as Pakistan’s captain was short-lived during which he led the nationwide facet in just one collection on the worldwide degree. The Greenshirts had been defeated 4-1 by New Zealand in a T20I collection.

PCB revealed that the choice to take away Shaheen Shah Afridi from the captaincy function was pushed by their dedication to successfully handle participant workloads, thereby sustaining peak efficiency ranges.