Pakistan vs England | Babar out of the team! Rashid Latif told the inside story | Geo Super

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has defended its decision to rest top players including former skipper Babar Azam, star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi, pacer Naseem Shah, and wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed, saying that the decision was made in the best interest of Pakistan cricket, The News reported on Monday.

Elaborating on the decision to rest key players, a PCB spokesperson said that the players were "spared from the team to give them rest so that they can come back afresh".

The board's clarification comes as it announced a 16-member squad for the second and third Tests against England following the team's humiliating loss in the first Test by innings and 47 runs.

The aforesaid players, the PCB announced, have been replaced by Haseebullah, Mehran Mumtaz, fast bowler Mohammad Ali, off-spinner Sajid Khan and all uncapped Kamran Ghulam.

Noman Ali and Zahid Mehmood, who were initially part of the original first Test squad but were subsequently released, have also been included in the 16-player squad as leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed is unavailable for the second Test as he is still recovering from dengue fever.

Expanding on its decision, the PCB spokesperson noted that selecting the squad for the upcoming Tests against England has been a challenging task for the selectors and highlighted that the board had to carefully consider current players’ form, the urgency to bounce back in the series and Pakistan's demanding 2024-25 international schedule.

He also added that the board was offering opportunities to the youngsters and domestic performers to showcase their skills against a formidable England side.

"The PCB believes that each of Haseebullah, Mehran, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Ali, Noman, Sajid and Zahid have the ability to rise to the occasion and serve the team in the remaining two Tests," he added while underscoring the PCB's focus on developing the next generation of our Test players too and this series was a good chance to induct young blood.

The Shan Masood-led side is set to take on England in the second Test of the three-match series which is set to commence on October 15 (tomorrow) at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

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[anshulnegicriketlover]

Form is temporarily
Babar is pregnent

[desinerd]

This man Rashid Latif was never a cricketer put a politician. He played dirty politics way more than he played cricket in his career. He has been playing these dirty games for a long long time. Shame on you sir shame on you...

[MUHAMMADALI-uecy]

Don't agree with Rashid, Babar shaheen should be dropped

[RanaRehman-wvej]

Thank God Rashid Latif was never hired or approached by PCB.

[AlfaCenter-ks]

Performance nhi ho rahi hai to drop karna bilkul sahi hai...teem me hone ke liye performance karna zaruri hai..

[SatpalSingh-phme]

Almost 18 inning Babar Azam not scoring a single 50 so it is the right decision to drop him

[HomeAutomation-hcfg]

Best decision, Rashid Latif is known to be supporting the Babar group for a long time. It was long due, he needs to play domestic.

[okko]

It’s not just 18 innings. How many match winning performances babar has in last 2-3 yrs in any format ?? Babar is a fraud..His only quality is he plays good looking shots that’s it. Statpadding against zimbabwe, nepal, eng aus sa B/C teams doesn’t make anyone king.

[Rahul-vpbi]

Virat se compare karte rahte ho bolo to yehi compare karne ke wajah se Babar ka ye haal h, Virat se phle Ahmad shahzad, kamran or fir babar ko compare Kiya dekho sab gye . Or dusri baat Virat ka bad phase aane se pehle 70 century, kitne sare match winning inning thi or bad phase me 50 maar hi raha tha . Uss level tak pahunchene do fir compare Krna

[ravinderraina]

Baber ko Virat kay sath compare karkay Babar ko barbad kar diya, jab ke inn dono kay beech koi comparison nahi tha.

[alkabajaj]

Bhai tum log constantly haar rahe ho … no comparison with Virat sir … Babar nowhere stand in front of him. Pakistan had lost all home ground matches. Babar ka bedagark hi tab se hua jabse Virat sir se uska comparison hone laga .. Babar ne ek bhi match winning inning nahi hai against big team even against India only 1 time 50 highest. How can you said he is big player .. he is big of pak not in world cricket.

[rikkigymlover]

Babar Babar Babar, Aray bhai wo nahi hai itna bada player, Abhi aap usko Nepal or Zimbabwe k against khila lo wo Abhi century maar dega. Uska talent bus itna hi hai.

[stella]

average player supporting average player

[RaWaCinematicArts]

Babar and rizwan was doing great they were winning and Pakistan was doing well But few U tubers and former players who were jealous of Babar and company success they bring him down

[mohammedusman]

Babar ko drop karne ka decision bahut acha hai. Yeh to bahut pahle karna chahiye tha. Babar se ache motabadil maujood hain. Is faisle ko mera salam

[Zubidubii-lc]

Babar or Kohli ka compereson Kahi sai b nahi banta bhai

[pardeeprana]

4 saal se fail ho rha. Last 18 innings no fifty. Laahnt hai un logo pe jo abi v support kr ghnte ko 😅

[anonymous-opzp]

Virat kohli plays only against big teams while zimbabar plays against zimbabwe Netherlands ireland and small teams

[waseemansari]

Lanat 20 innings ka baad bhi yahi bolenge abhi or moka do lanat ho

[kartikg]

Another reporter said Captain raised the point on retaining Babar Azam, however Aquib Javed was against it. Here Rashid Latif saying Captain did not support retaining Babar Azam. The channel should clarify this point.