Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has thrown his weight behind current national white-ball captain Babar Azam, highlighting the lack of captaincy options in the country.
Babar Azam has come under fire after Pakistan's failed campaign in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, where they were knocked out at the group stage.
Many fans and critics have attributed the disastrous performance of the Green Shirts to Babar's captaincy and have called for his removal from the captaincy.
However, Younis Khan disagreed with this view, highlighting the country's inadequate cricket infrastructure. He accused him of not developing backup players to replace struggling players.
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We give our thoughts very early. If we talk about our current team, there is no fault of the players. Instead, I will blame the infrastructure. If we don't have a backup, you (out of form) ) said Yunus during an interview with a local news channel.
He defended Babar and blamed the previous management and selection committees for not producing players to lead the team.
We usually say that Babar Azam should not be the captain. If not Babar Azam, who should be the captain? It is not Babar Azam's fault.
Neither is it the fault of the current selection committee. It is the fault of what happened 5-6 years ago. We should have built our bench strength," Younis Khan concluded.
It should be noted that after Pakistan's defeat in the T20 World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) dismissed Abdul Razzaq and Wahab Riaz from the selection committee, and later they also lost the position of senior team manager. Meanwhile, team manager Mansoor Rana was also removed from the post.
