Skilled wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy within the 50-overs format may very well be on the road when a joint assembly of the nationwide choice committee and advisory board of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is held on Monday in Lahore.
The PCB confirmed in a press release that the top coach of Pakistan’s white ball format groups Mike Hesson had written to the PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi requesting for a gathering of the selectors and advisors to be convened to. talk about the ODI staff issues and captaincy.
“No resolution has been taken on the ODI captaincy. The chairman, Mohsin Naqvi has requested the selectors and advisors to fulfill on Monday to debate the matter,” it stated.
Hesson can even be a part of the assembly.
At current Pakistan has three completely different captains within the three codecs with Shan Masood main the Check aspect, Rizwan the ODI squad and Salman Ali Agha the nationwide T20 squad.
Although there are rumors about Shaheen Shah Afridi or Salman Alli Agha changing Rizwan as captain, these aren’t confirmed however the convening of the assembly signifies Hesson would possibly push for a change within the captaincy as per his plans.
However whether or not his views are accepted by the selectors and advisors stays to be seen.
The selectors embrace Aaqib Javed, Asad Shafiq, Aleem Dar, Azhar Ali whereas the advisors are former Check gamers Sarfaraz Ahmed and Sikander Bakht.
Sarfaraz and Sikander straight report back to the chairman and act as his advisors on all cricket issues.
Rizwan, who like Babar Azam has been sidelined from the T20 format since December 2024, captained Pakistan to ODI sequence wins in Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa however the staff’s efficiency dipped in a tri-series with South Africa at dwelling and New Zealand earlier than the ICC Champions Trophy and main occasions.
Even after the Champions Trophy, Rizwan was captain when Pakistan misplaced a sequence in New Zealand after which within the West Indies.
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