'This is the right time': Pakistan consider bringing back Babar Azam as Test captain

Pakistan are preparing to regenerate Shan Masood with Babar Azam arsenic Test skipper aft the ongoing Bangladesh series, quality bureau PTI reported connected Wednesday, pursuing Pakistan’s 104-run decision successful the opening Test successful Dhaka connected Tuesday.There has been disapproval successful Pakistan implicit the team’s show and Masood’s captaincy aft the defeat. Masood besides struggled with the bat and failed successful some innings.Discussions person started implicit bringing Babar backmost arsenic Test skipper for the remaining matches of the existent World Test Championship cycle, PTI reported portion quoting a source. Pakistan inactive person 7 Tests near this year.Masood has led Pakistan successful Tests since December 2023.

Under him, Pakistan person mislaid 11 of their 15 matches.Babar missed the archetypal Test against Bangladesh due to the fact that of a genu wounded and is expected to instrumentality for the 2nd Test starting May 18."Some influential figures successful the Pakistan Cricket Board besides privation Babar backmost arsenic skipper and judge this is the close clip to springiness him different tally astatine captaincy," the root said.The PTI study added that determination is besides enactment wrong the squad for Babar to instrumentality arsenic Test captain.

All 3 Pakistan captains crossed formats are presently portion of the Bangladesh circuit squad, including ODI skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi and T20I skipper Salman Ali Agha."If Babar plays the 2nd Test and regains his batting form, helium is simply a beardown contender to travel backmost arsenic captain. Initial exchanges with immoderate committee officials bespeak helium is besides not averse to becoming skipper again," a root was quoted arsenic saying by the quality bureau PTI.The root besides said that the program is to archetypal bring Babar backmost arsenic Test skipper and aboriginal hole him to instrumentality implicit arsenic ODI skipper earlier adjacent year’s World Cup.Babar was skipper crossed each 3 formats betwixt 2019 and 2023 earlier stepping down aft the 2023 World Cup successful India.He aboriginal returned arsenic T20 skipper for the 2024 T20 World Cup but stepped down again aft Pakistan’s mediocre campaign.The root said Masood himself was disappointed aft the decision successful Dhaka and is present earnestly considering taking up a imperishable relation with the Pakistan Cricket Board.PCB president Mohsin Naqvi had offered Masood the relation of Director of International Cricket and Player Affairs past year, but helium had decided to proceed until the extremity of the existent World Test Championship cycle.