Former cricketer Salman Butt believes that folks mustn’t add additional stress on Pakistani batter Shan Masood by touting him as skipper Babar Azam’s alternative.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Butt identified how Masood has struggled for type these days. He famous that the left-handed batter did not impress within the not too long ago concluded dwelling collection in opposition to New Zealand.
He additionally claimed that it’s nonetheless unclear if Masood goes to be a positive starter in all three codecs. Butt defined:
“Persons are ruinning Shan Masood’s cricket by operating this marketing campaign. He’s struggling to get runs in the meanwhile. He couldn’t even play one massive knock within the dwelling collection. Now folks have added additional stress on him.”
Notably, in keeping with a report by Geo Information, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is contemplating stripping Babar of the all-format captaincy. Masood, who was named because the vice-captain for the crew’s dwelling ODI collection in opposition to New Zealand, is alleged to be one of many contenders for the management place.
“Cannot we sit down and speak to him about it?” – Salman Butt on Babar Azam’s captaincy
Salman Butt additional went on to say that as a substitute of sacking Babar Azam, the PCB officers ought to have conversations with the batter to assist him rectify his errors.
He talked about that everybody could be in favor of constructing the neatest participant of the facet the captain. Butt, nonetheless, emphasised that the main focus needs to be on getting optimistic outcomes, as solely victories would assist enhance the state of affairs of Pakistani cricket.
Butt added:
“To illustrate that there are lots of points relating to Babar Azam’s captaincy. But when that’s the case, cannot we sit down and speak to him about it? Any participant would need the sharpest member of the crew to be the captain. To be a terrific participant, you need to win matches. It is of no use when you rating a thousand runs in an innings however the crew loses.”
Babar Azam and Co. suffered a 2-1 ODI collection defeat in opposition to New Zealand at dwelling. Moreover, the facet failed to say a single win within the Take a look at collection, with each fixtures ending in attracts.
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