Star player Babar Azam quit as Pakistan’s white-ball skipper on Tuesday after facing a lot of criticism for his captaincy.
Babar Azam quit as Pakistan’s white-ball skipper on Tuesday. (Photo: X)
New Delhi: Undergoing a lot of criticism from almost an year for his dip in personal form and captaincy tactics, Babar Azam finally quit as Pakistan’s white-ball skipper this Tuesday. The star Pakistan batter had been experiencing a very bad phase as he failed to show up personally and also failed as a leader especially at the big-ticket events like the ODI World Cup 2023 and T20 World Cup 2024.
While the exact reasons for quitting as the skipper are not known, a recent report has revealed some chilling details, displaying them as the primary reason for Babar to quit. As per a report in Hindustan Times, which quoted news agency PTI, Pakistan limited-overs head coach Gary Kirsten and assistant coach Azhar Mahmood’s report to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after the team’s debacle at the T20 World Cup 2024 was one of the main reasons why Babar decided to quit as the captain.
Kirsten submits negative report to PCB?
The reports further suggested that Kirsten submitted a strict report to the PCB after Pakistan’s loss to USA and arch-rivals India in the group stages of the T20 World Cup 2024 in June. It happened to be the second successive ICC event after the ODI World Cup 2023 where Pakistan failed to move beyond the group stages under the captaincy of Babar.
The report mentioned Babar’s shortcomings as the skipper of Pakistan and also the inability of the team to work under him. The former Pakistan captain became unhappy when the report got circulated in public and that prompted him to quit. Babar was unhappy with the observations of the coach and also felt bad that he was solely being blamed for the debacle at the big ICC events. The report also reveals that the star player was als0 unhappy with the PCB not trusting him anymore, even after reinstating him as skipper once.
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