PCB Set To Hold "Connection Camp" To Discuss Captaincy Changes And...: Report

07.09.2024 - 16:49 sports.ndtv.com

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to hold a "Connection Camp," a meeting and workshop of the board's top brass that will decide the future course of actions of Pakistan cricket, sources told Geo News.

The sources also informed Geo News that Pakistan white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten, red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie, senior cricketers, senior board officials, heads of high-performance centres, and international and domestic directors will attend the camp meeting presided over by PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi.

The meeting is expected to take place on September 22. The sources said the red-ball and white-ball cricket coaches will hold a separate meeting among themselves.

Sources also informed Geo News that ideas will be exchanged regarding replacing captains of all formats of the games. On Friday, sources told Geo News that wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan is the top contender to replace Babar Azam for the white ball captaincy.

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