The Pakistan Cricket Team is expected to undergo a massive change to usher in a new generation of cricketers in the next few years, The Pakistan Cricket Board PCB) is expected to name a new all-format skipper shortly.
Salman Ali Agha, who took over from Shaheen Afridi as the new T20I skipper of Pakistan, is expected to be the new all-format skipper of the side. Currently, he is the T20I skipper with Mohammed Rizwan as the ODI skipper and Shan Masood as the Test skipper.
Pakistan Looking For Consistency In Leadership
Sources close to the PCB said that the board is keen on forming an observatory committee as well after Eid. The committee is being formed to keep a close eye on the day to day happenings within the board in relation to development in Pakistan cricket. Sources further said that captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and ex-pacer Sikander Bakht had been asked to come to Lahore for a meeting.
"The two were informed about the decision to form the observatory committee and offered positions on it," the source said.
The need for an all-format skipper is the need of the hour for Pakistan cricket after the appointment of Mike Hesson as the white-ball coach of the side. PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi is keen to make changes in the national selection committee as well after conversations with Hesson. Naqvi further said that they want Agha to have more responsibility for leadership which is why they are considering removing Masood as the Test skipper and naming Agha as the all-format skipper.
"Either there will be changes in the current selection committee which would continue to work with the Pakistan team management or a new selection set-up would be announced with prime focus on looking and finding talent from domestic and age group cricket," the source said on Naqvi's vision.
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