In a late-night tweet on Tuesday, Babar declared his plan to retire. He stated that being captain had put a lot of work on him and that it was time for him to concentrate on his duty as a player.
He was originally made the T20 captain in 2019, before assuming leadership of the Test and ODI squads in 2020. Babar left his position in November of last year following Pakistan’s poor performance in both the 50-over World Cup and the Asia Cup. He had been replaced as the T20 captain by Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Shan Masood had taken over as the team’s Test captain.Following the PCB’s announcement in March that Babar will captain the Green Shirts in ODIs and T20s as part of a “strategic move,” Babar took back control of the men’s cricket squad. Earlier this year, in the opening round of the T20 World Cup in the US and West Indies, the Babar-led team was decisively defeated.
Although it had supported Babar as the white-ball captain, the PCB stated in a news release today that his decision to resign “reflects his desire to focus more on making a greater impact as a player.”
