New Delhi: Salman Butt has weighed into the captaincy controversy of Pakistan, saying he backs Shan Masood to be the captain of the cricket team acorss al formats.
Under Baba Azam, Pakistan have struggled in recent major ICC events, failing to go beyond the group stage. Babar resigned as captain after the ODI World Cup, with Shaheen Shah Afridi replacing him in the tour of New Zealand for the T20I team and Masood for a two-test tour of Australia.
But with a change in leadership of the Pakistan Cricket Board saw Babar return as captain before the T20 World Cup. But the fate of the team didn;t improve with renewed calls to remove him from the helm.
Butt said that he prefers Masood over other notable candidates such as pace spearhead Shaheen, wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan, and ex-T20I vice-captain Shadab Khan.
The 34-year-old Masood took charge of the Test team but they lost both the Tests away at Australia.
“There is some fuss because of which despite having skill, players haven’t been able to execute. There is someone who doesn’t have any strategy for planning, but still has a lot of attitude. To silence that attitude, I would definitely make Shan Masood the captain,” the former opener said on his YouTube channel.
Butt added that he was concerned about lack of leadership skills and ability toexecute plans despitr presene of skillful players.
New PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has said he would look to make major changes to shake-up the team and has already sacked Wahab Riaz and Abdur Razzaq.
He has also informed that any call on the captaincy would be taken after a discussion with new white-ball coach Gary Kirsten, who began his tenure with the T20 World Cup.
Kirsten had earlier said that the senior players in the team need to upgrade their skills if they are to play in all formats.
Under Baba Azam, Pakistan have struggled in recent major ICC events, failing to go beyond the group stage at the ODI World Cup and T20 World Cup. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
