"Shaheen Afridi Best...": Ex-Pakistan Stars Call For Captain Babar Azam's Sacking

One loss can hurt any team at the Cricket World Cup. Imagine, what three straight losses can do! The same this is happening with the Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team. Before even recovering from losses against India and Australia, the 1992 World Cup champions were dealt another major blow by Afghanistan. In Chennai on Monday, Afghanistan rode on some confident show by its batters and bowlers to get past a 283-run target set by Pakistan easily.

That crushing loss has put the Babar Azam-led Pakistan on the brink of exit from the World Cup. Former Pakistan players tore into captain Babar Azam and other players for their poor performance in the tournament. Be it Wasim Akram, Misbah ul Haq, Ramiz Raja, Rashid Latif, Muhammad Hafeez, Aaqib Javed, Shoaib Malik, Moin Khan or Shoaib Akhtar, Babar was blamed for the run of Pakistan's defeats against India, Australia and Afghanistan.

Babar didn't help his cause either by deciding to give away a bat to Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz in Chennai after the eight-wicket defeat.

But the gesture has not gone down well in the cricket circles here, adding to the cries to replace Babar as captain.

Aaqib was quoted as saying by news agency PTI that Shaheen Shah Afridi should be made Pakistan captain in the white ball formats in place of Babar.

"Shaheen is the best bet for the future of Pakistan cricket. Babar has failed to prove himself as an able captain in white ball formats," the former pacer said.

Aaqib who is the Director and head coach of PSL team Lahore Qalandars for which Shaheen, Haris Rauf, Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique play also criticised all other players except Rauf for not coming to the party against Afghanistan.

Pakistan now have to win all their remaining four