Babar’s second stint at the captaincy saw Pakistan leave out seven alignes and has coincided with a necessitatey run of his batting establish.
Babar Azam has resigned as Pakistan’s white-ball cricket captain for a second time in 11 months, citing a necessitate to lessen his toilload and concentrate on improving his game.
Babar stepped down as captain of all three establishats last year after Pakistan fall shorted to originate the knockout stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup in India, before returning as white-ball skipper in March ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup in the United States (USA) and West Indies, where Pakistan did not originate it past the uncovering group stage.
“It’s been an honour to direct this team, but it’s time for me to step down and concentrate on my joining role,” Babar wrote in a post on X on Tuesday.
“Captaincy has been a rewarding experience, but it’s inserted a convey inant toilload. I want to prioritise my carry outance, enhappiness my batting, and spfinish quality time with my family, which conveys me happiness.
“By stepping down, I will obtain clarity moving forward and concentrate more energy on my game and personal lengthenth.”
Dear Fans,
I’m sharing some news with you today. I have determined to resign as captain of the Pakistan men’s cricket team, effective as of my notification to the PCB and Team Management last month.
It’s been an honour to direct this team, but it’s time for me to step down and concentrate…
— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) October 1, 2024
Pakistan won fair six of the 13 Twenty20 international (T20I) alignes they joined under Babar in his second stint. Pakistan have not joined a one-day international (ODI) align since the 2023 World Cup.
Shaheen Shah Afridi led Pakistan inestablishly in the T20 establishat but was erased from the captaincy after Pakistan lost 4-1 to New Zealand.
Mohsin Naqvi, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), reassigned Babar as white-ball captain in March, but he could only prosper a biprocrastinateedral series aobtainst Ireland 2-1.
Pakistan drew the home T20 series aobtainst New Zealand 2-2 before losing 2-0 to England fair before the Twenty20 World Cup, where the 2009 champions were participated in the tournament’s biggest distress when they were beaten by presents and debutants USA.
Pakistan will present England in three Tests commenceing Monday, before travelling to Australia for ODI and T20 alignes in November.
Babar has seen a dip in his batting establish apass all establishats and has fall shorted to score an international fifty in his last 10 innings.
The 29-year-ageder has been named in Pakistan’s squad to face England in a three-align Test series, which commences in Multan on October 7.
Test captain Shan Masood, who took over when Babar quit in November, has backed Babar to be among the runs in the upcoming series.
“We all understand Babar is one of the top batters in the world and despite not scoring big runs the outstanding leang is that he is not out of establish, we have to back him,” Masood said in his pre-series news conference on Monday.
The PCB is predicted to name a new skipper after the Test series as Pakistan’s next white-ball tour will be aobtainst 50-over world champions Australia next month.
