"Those Elements Aren't Present...": Babar Azam Breaks Silence On Rift With Shaheen Afridi
Pakistan's reinstated skipper Babar Azam finally addressed the elephant in the room and opened up on the recent captaincy controversy, where he was reappointed as captain, replacing Shaheen Shah Afridi. Questions were raised over Afridi's leadership with his led side suffering a 1-4 loss to New Zealand away from home during his first captaincy assignment. Among the commotion surrounding the leadership, there were media reports that Shaheen was dissatisfied with the abrupt manner in which he was removed from captaincy. Shaheen's enigmatic social media statements added fuel to the reports.
