The sword hanging on Rizwan’s captaincy … These players including Babur-Afridi will be out of the team, PCB in action mode

Last updated:February 28, 2025, 18:13 IST

Pakistan’s team has to visit New Zealand. A series of 5 T20 and 3 ODIs will be played on the tour. In this series, some star players of Pakistan can be dropped from the team. PCB on New Zealand tour …Read more

Senior Pakistan players will be out of New Zealand tour.

New Delhi. Pakistan Cricket Board is in action after a embarrassing farewell from Pakistan’s Champions Trophy. The PCB can exclude some of her senior players from the team going to New Zealand next month. Star batsman Babar Azam, Shaheenal Afridi and Haris Rauf are prominent. PCB selector is also the selector Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistan is hosting any ICC tournament after a long gap of 29 years. But he was out of it without winning a single match. The team launched a campaign in Karachi with a huge defeat of 60 runs against New Zealand and then lost to arch rival India by six wickets in Dubai.

Rawalpindi had to cancel the domestic team match against Bangladesh on Thursday due to rain. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official, who is aware of this case, said that some players are considering whether they should travel to New Zealand. Pakistan has to play five T20 International and three ODIs during the white ball tour from 16 March to 5 April.

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Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah are considering keeping themselves unavailable for the tour. A source said, ‘These players know that there is a lot of fear of the selectors to be excluded. They will now want to try new faces, so such players are thinking about not taking themselves. They are consulting with their representatives to take the next step. Captain Mohammad Rizwan’s future is also a cloud of uncertainty as the selectors may recommend the Chairman for the reconstruction of the T20 team before the end of this year and the T20 team before the T20 World Cup to be held in India and Sri Lanka next year.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is looking for a new role for interim head coach Aqib Javed at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. According to a source, Javed had requested Chairman Mohsin Naqvi several times for work at the academy last year. The source said, ‘Aqib’s term as an interim head coach has ended, now he is being considered to hand over a senior position at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. The board had asked Javed to hold the post of interim head coach due to the resignation of Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie. All decisions will be taken after the Champions Trophy is over on March 9.