The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan as vice-captain of Pakistan’s T20I team today.
All-rounder Shadab Khan, who used to be the vice-captain under the captaincy of Babar Azam in limited-overs cricket, has shown his backing for Rizwan.
Shadab wrote on ‘X’, “Congratulations Rizwan on being named the vice-captain of the T20I team. I know you will be a brilliant deputy to Shaheen Afridi. I urge all the fans to get behind them and support the team vs NZ.”
Congratulations @iMRizwanPak on being named the vice-captain of the T20I team. I know you will be a brilliant deputy to @iShaheenAfridi. Wishing you all the best. I urge all the fans to get behind them and support the team vs NZ. #PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/0S0AG4GTDB
— Shadab Khan (@76Shadabkhan) January 8, 2024
Shadab Khan won’t be playing in the New Zealand T20I series because he’s still recovering from an ankle injury. Despite not being in the squad, he congratulated Rizwan on his appointment.
The Pakistan cricket team arrived in Auckland from Sydney today and gearing up for their series against New Zealand. Starting tomorrow, the team will begin their training sessions.
In this T20I series, scheduled between January 12th and 21st across Auckland, Hamilton, Dunedin, and Christchurch, Mohammad Rizwan will take on the role of vice-captain to Shaheen Afridi, who will lead the T20I side for the first time.
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It’s a mistake to make Shaheen captain of t20. His performances after the injury are not that great. Probably because now his speed so slow that he can called a medium to medium fast pacer.
He needs to go back to the domestic games, prove he can be the same before injury Shaheen and then come back. These days, opposition batter treat him like they would any ordinary international medium pacer.
For someone who cannot be in the team for his individual performance it will be hard to have him as a captain. Unless he has some super captaining skills I don’t see him as the long term Pakistani international team player, much less a long term captain.
Rizwan on the other hand can be seen as a long term player and we can also try him as a captain. Though not sure how good of captain, he will be in the international format.
If we stick to favoritism, then there is no future where Pakistan team will be a consistent world beater. Need meritocracy for that.