A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) source informed Telecom Asia Sport how the board convinced Babar Azam to take the reins of the Test captaincy again. Babar was named as the captain for the longest format of the game, replacing Shan Masood, who, as a batter, did a decent job, but as a captain, it was nothing but failure.
Before announcing the squad for the West Indies series, two national cricket selectors met Babar Azam to pitch their proposal. Babar agreed to retain the captaincy role but with the demand of captaincy in the remaining two formats as well. If the reports are to be believed, then the board selectors agreed with Babar's terms, but they too set some hurdles for the experienced candidate.
Babar Azam wants to be the captain in all three formats for Pakistan
"Two selectors met Babar before the announcement of the Test captain on July 5 as they had no option other than Babar for red-ball captaincy and Babar accepted the role on condition of getting the captaincy in the other two formats as well," a source said to Telecom Asia on Monday.
Pakistan's T20I captaincy remains a solved puzzle
The T20I captaincy did not bring any pleasure to Shaheen Afridi and Salman Ali Agha as both were sacked from the role. Agha stepped down from the T20I captaincy following the disappointment in the 2026 T20 World Cup, and Afridi was dethroned only after one series.
In the recent past, Babar guided Peshawar Zalmi to emerge as the winner in the Pakistan Super League 2026 (PSL 2026) season as the captain and top-order batter.
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