Ex-Pakistan Chief Selector Shares his Work Experience with Babar Azam

Former Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim revealed that the stubborn nature of Babar Azam has interfered his ability to implement changes in the team. Pakistan cricket is in a challenging phase as of now, since they have given low performances in recent times across various formats. All of this began with their disappointing play in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, where Pakistan failed to reach the semi-finals.

Their situation kept falling down in the 2024 T20 World Cup, where they lost to USA. The defeat against Bangladesh in the recent Test match came out to be the final nail on the coffin, which forced the PCB to make some major decisions, which also included Shaheen Afridi being dropped from the team for the second match of the series.

Former PCB chief selector Wasim stated that he tried his best to make Babar understand that he needs to do some serious changes in the team, but added that the skipper proved to be very stubborn and did not let anything to happen.

“It was painful to make him understand the advantages of changes. He was very stubborn, and I overstepped my limitations to get him on board with certain calls. He was not ready to accept changes,” Wasim told a local sports platform (via Cricket Pakistan).

He also added that four coaches have said that there is a group of players who prove to be cancer to the team. He tried to get them removed but the management brought them back in.

“I will not take names, but four coaches said that a group of players is cancer to the team. If they are part of the squad, Pakistan can’t win. I tried to remove them from the team, but the team management recalled them,” he added.

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