Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday brushed away the rumours of reaching out to a player for the position of vice-captain. A day earlier, various reports about the PCB approaching Shaheen Shah Afridi for vice-captaincy surfaced. The young pacer, however, refused the proposal.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam overtook India captain Rohit Sharma to become the second leading run-scorer in T20Is. Babar achieved the landmark during Pakistan's 2nd T20I match against England at Edgbaston.
Following his side's 23-run loss against England in the 2nd T20I match of the series at Edgbaston, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said they didn't finish well in the game.
Pakistan's former all-rounder, Shahid Afridi labelled Pakistan's pace attack as the best in the world and holds high expectations for their performance at next month's ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the US and the West Indies.
At the Mumbai airport, besides skipper Rohit, Bumrah and Suryakumar, head coach Rahul Dravid, batting coach Vikram Rathour, batter Shubman Gill, all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dube, pacers Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel were a
In the competition, Pakistan is placed in Group A along with arch-rivals India, Ireland, USA and Canada. It will start its campaign against the USA on June 6 before playing arch-rivals India in a high-octane clash at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second T20I of the four-match series against England at Edgbaston on Saturday.
England captain Jos Buttler admitted that he was "definitely" going to return to the national team as the skipper of the Three Lions for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
The announcement comes hours after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi halted the formal announcement of the squad for the T20 World Cup. Naqvi had expressed displeasure over selectors not holding a meeting to discuss the players for the marquee event.