Karachi, Oct 23 (PTI) Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali can also additionally lose his activity as chief of the facet whilst the crew excursions New Zealand amidst speculations that both white-ball skipper Babar Azam or Muhammad Rizwan may want to update him.
Azhar, who's the maximum Test capped participant now withinside the country wide crew with eighty one appearances, is stated to have misplaced favour with a influential member of the cricket committee at the same time as the PCB Chairman and CEO also are stated to be having 2nd mind approximately preserving him as captain.
He became named Test captain ultimate yr in October after sacking of Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain and participant from all 3 formats.
With simply 365 days withinside the activity, Azhar noticed the Pakistan crew lose -nil in Australia earlier than securing domestic Test wins over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Then they travelled to England wherein the crew misplaced the 3-suit Test collection 0-1.
Wicketkeeper-batsman, Muhammad Rizwan who's proper now driving on a wave of reputation and these days led the KPK crew to the National T20 Championship name is stated to be favorite to update Azhar.
PCB CEO Wasim Khan advised a tv channel that a assembly might be hung on November eleven to determine on Azhar's destiny and discover a new leader selector as head coach, Misbah ul Haq has relinquished the post.
It isn't the primary time that a captain may want to lose his activity after only a yr.
Azhar became captain of the One-day facet for almost years after the 2015 World Cup earlier than he determined to surrender himself prompting the board asking Sarfaraz to take over as captain in all 3 formats.
