Mohammad Rizwan's white-ball captaincy stint started with a bitter two-wicket defeat in the opening ODI against Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Monday.
Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad has claimed that the reports about Babar Azam leading Pakistan in white-ball cricket until the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 are false.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, met star speedster Shahen Shah Afridi in Kakul on Monday and reached a truce after the recent captaincy change fiasco, according to ESPNcricnfo.
It has not been ruled out that such a challenge may fragment the Pakistan captaincy across formats, depriving Babar Azam of some of the authority he presently has as an all-format captain.