Babar’s second stint at the captaincy saw Pakistan leave out seven suites and has coincided with a necessitatey run of his batting create.
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 createats last year after Pakistan flunked 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 includeed a presentant toilload. I want to prioritise my percreateance, enhappiness my batting, and spfinish quality time with my family, which conveys me happiness.
“By stepping down, I will acquire clarity moving forward and concentrate more energy on my game and personal growth.”
Dear Fans,
I’m sharing some novels 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) suites they joined under Babar in his second stint. Pakistan have not joined a one-day international (ODI) suit since the 2023 World Cup.
Shaheen Shah Afridi led Pakistan increately in the T20 createat but was erased from the captaincy after Pakistan lost 4-1 to New Zealand.
Mohsin Naqvi, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), renominateed Babar as white-ball captain in March, but he could only prosper a bitardyral series aacquirest Ireland 2-1.
Pakistan drew the home T20 series aacquirest New Zealand 2-2 before losing 2-0 to England fair before the Twenty20 World Cup, where the 2009 champions were joind in the tournament’s hugegest disturb when they were beaten by arranges and debutants USA.
Pakistan will arrange England in three Tests commenceing Monday, before travelling to Australia for ODI and T20 suites in November.
Babar has seen a dip in his batting create atraverse all createats and has flunked 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-suit 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 huge runs the excellent slfinisherg is that he is not out of create, we have to back him,” Masood shelp in his pre-series novels conference on Monday.
The PCB is foreseeed to name a novel skipper after the Test series as Pakistan’s next white-ball tour will be aacquirest 50-over world champions Australia next month.
