Pakistan batter Babar Azam has confronted scrutiny over his captaincy throughout a disappointing house season nevertheless, Pakistan Cricket Board chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq on Wednesday mentioned that the top-ranking batter in ODI is performing nicely as a captain, it could be prudent to have a backup captaincy possibility obtainable. In December 2020 Babar was named Pakistan’s captain throughout all codecs. Babar Azam is a reputation that shortly springs to thoughts when conversations revolve around the globe’s premier batters at current. With his swish fashion of play, he has been persistently amassing runs, resulting in comparisons with cricket legends, together with the esteemed Indian participant Virat Kohli.

Inzamam-ul-Haq admitted that every one codecs ought to have a single captain to make batter selections to know which gamers to decide on for matches. So that the captain now is aware of which participant to hold.

“See, lot of changes in captaincy is not good. I think Babar is doing great captaincy, and when I was chief selector before, Sarfaraz Ahmed was not captain of all three formats, but he became captain of all three formats later. So, I feel, there should be one captain of all three formats, if he plays in all three formats. So, he should know how he has to take his players forward. But, this captaincy doesn’t come under my domain,” Inzamam-ul-Haq mentioned in a press convention.

The 28-year-old Pakistan captain has performed in 104 T20Is, 100 ODIs, and 49 Tests. He is a star in every of all three kinds. He at present has 12346 runs, together with 30 centuries, to his title on the prime stage.

Talking about his efficiency within the ODI, each time Babar Azam comes onto the pitch, there are expectations of him because of the excessive requirements he has set in ODIs. He is the top-ranked ODI batsman, which makes it extra apparent. Babar has barely ever been out of shape within the 50-over format, scoring greater than 5000 runs at a median of almost 60.

In his upcoming assignments, Babar is ready to guide the Pakistan crew within the ODI sequence towards Afghanistan and Asia Cup.

Earlier within the press convention Inzamam-ul-Haq introduced a 17-member crew for the upcoming ACC Men’s Asia Cup. The Asia Cup will kick off on August 30, with arch-rivals India and Pakistan set to lock horns in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on September 2. The event will observe a hybrid mannequin, with 4 matches to be hosted by Pakistan and all of India’s matches and a complete of 9 fixtures going down within the Emerald Isle.

Pakistan’s squad for Asia Cup: Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Mohammad Nawaz and Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi.