No plans to remove Azhar Ali as Test captain: PCB source
The PCB official claims that PM Imran Khan wants Azhar Ali to lead the team in the long-term.
There are no plans to remove Azhar Ali as Test skipper, a source from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told The News.
The PCB official claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted him to lead the team for a long duration.
“There is no truth in reports about his removal,” said a source.
Former captain and member of the cricket committee Wasim Akram expressed dissatisfaction over Azhar’s leadership style during the first Test against England.
Expressing surprise at the loss in the first Test, he said that Azhar’s captaincy was not good enough and he needed to be replaced.
But a PCB official said it had been made clear that PM Khan has not expressed any desire to see Azhar's removed from the captaincy role.
Azhar, who replaced Sarfraz Ahmed as captain of the Test team in October last year, struggled in the series against Australia but regained confidence thanks to home victories against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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