Shan Masood Achieves Unwanted Record, 1st Pakistan Captain To...

05.09.2024 - 01:15 sports.ndtv.com

Pakistan cricket is going through a disappointing low. The side suffered a 2-0 whitewash at the hands of Bangladesh in a recently-concluded Test series.

Bangladesh inflicted a six-wicket defeat on the home team in the second Test in Rawalpindi on Tuesday to complete the clean sweep.

It also saw Bangladesh, who had won the first game by 10 wickets, registering their first ever Test series win over Pakistan.

While the home team was humiliated by Bangladesh, Pakistan's Test captain Shan Masood too achieved an unwanted feat. Masood has become the first captain from the nation to lose his five Test matches.

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Pakistan's Shan Masood is likely to be retained captain for the upcoming home Test series against England, while Babar Azam is also assured of keeping his white-ball captaincy when the team flies to Australia and South Africa later this year. England are set to arrive in Pakistan on October 3 for a three-Test series beginning in Multan on October 7, with the Pakistan Cricket Board selectors expected to announce the Test squad after the Champions Cup final on Sunday. Masood, under whose captaincy Pakistan has lost all five Tests, will be holding discussions with head coach Jason Gillespie and national selectors, Muhammad Yousuf and Asad Shafiq, in Faisalabad this week to decide the plan for the England series.

PCB Told To Sack Captain Babar Azam Again, This Player Emerges As Frontrunner

Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has rooted for Mohammad Rizwan to replace Babar Azam and become the new skipper of the Men in Green. Babar's time as the white-ball captain could be on the verge of reaching its climax. Recently, reports have started to surface about Rizwan emerging as the top candidate to replace Babar. The reports have led to mixed reactions from fans and former Pakistan cricketers. Basit backed Rizwan to lead the Pakistan team after witnessing him captain Markhors against Stallions in the Champions One-Day Cup.

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

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.

"He Wasn't...": Shan Masood Breaks Silence On Rumours Of Rift With Shaheen Afridi

Pakistan cricket is not having a good time, be it on or off the ground. While the side suffered an embarrassing 2-0 loss to Bangladesh in the recently-concluded Test series, there were also rumours about the team having cracks in it. A video involving Pakistan captain Shan Masood and star pacer Shaheen Afridi had gone viral on social media after the first Test and the internet speculated that all was not well between the duo. In the video, Shan was standing next to Shaheen during a team hurdle when the latter removed the former's arms from his shoulders. After Pakistan's series loss to Bangladesh, Masood has cleared the air on the incident.

"Can't Just Throw Them In Every Game": Shan Masood's Blunt Take On Dropping Shaheen, Naseem

Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has backed the decision to drop the star pace duo of Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah for the second game of the two-match series. Pakistan endured a series whitewash against Bangladesh on Tuesday in Rawalpindi. Pakistan made a bold move before the second Test by dropping Shaheen and Naseem from the playing XI amidst their dwindling form. The pace set-up of Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali and Khurram Shahzad worked wonders in the first innings but then faded.

"Haven't Learnt Our Lesson": Pakistan Captain's Scathing Verdict After Bangladesh Loss

Pakistan cricket team captain Shan Masood was left extremely disappointed as his side slumped to a crushing 0-2 Test series loss against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. In the first Test, Pakistan's decision to declare their first innings at 448/6 backfired completely as Bangladesh scored a mammoth 565 and then produced a brilliant bowling performance to win the game by 10 wickets. Things did not improve in the second Test as Bangladesh once again excelled with both bat and ball to clinch the match by six wickets. Following the match, Masood said that Pakistan have not learnt their lessons from the past losses and added that they have continuously failed to get over the line in Test matches.