Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam© AFP
Former captain of Pakistan cricket team Rashid Latif believes that there is no unrest in the current national side under the leadership of Babar Azam And he emphasized on the fact that there are only distractions for the cricketers. In a video released on his personal YouTube channel, Latif said that Babar is arguably the best player in the Pakistan cricket team at the moment and as a result there is no threat to his leadership from a talent perspective. There have been many rumors doing the rounds about a rift in the Pakistan side but Latif rubbished any such claims in the video.
“What is happening now with Babar is what happened with Sarfaraz a few years ago. That was a big mistake and we raised our voice against him. It was a very bad move. We still haven’t recovered from that.” Latif said in the video.
“If you think you can make changes after removing Babar from the captaincy…you said players are complaining (about Babar). At this point of time no one can stand up to him,” he said.
There have also been some rumors about an apparent tussle between Babar and the PCB, but Latif believed that the national team currently lacks any viable option to replace the star batsman.
“You tell me the option. How much does Shadab (Khan) play? He misses 50 per cent of matches due to injury. He is not an option. If Shadab was always available, I myself would have said that Babar could step down. Shaheen (Afridi ) is also out with injury. There is only one player who plays all the matches.
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