CRICKET NEW:Imran Khan backs Afridi

Former Pakistan captain and legend imran khan as backed PCB’s decision to appoint shahid afridi as the captain for the asia cup and hectic England tour in which Pakistan will play 6 test, 5 odi’s and 4 T20 matches. He further said that the afirid should be appointed for the long term basis ands only if they give me chance in the long run, results will come.


"Since I retired in 1992, Australia has had only three captains where as the situation is completely different for Pakistan, Pakistan has had more than two dozen and that is why there is a big difference between Pakistan and Australia,"

According to Imran, Afridi was the logical choice to lead Pakistan as he is already the Twenty20 captain. "Who else if not Afridi?" Imran said. "I think if they had made anyone else captain, problems would surely have persisted, so I think Afridi was the best choice available."

Imran said Afridi has to be given time if he is to develop into a good leader. "Afridi has been leading the team well in the Twenty20 format. A good captain should be brave, can handle pressure and should have the respect of the team, so let us give Afridi some time to settle and then judge him.

"You can never predict about him as a Test player and a captain until you give him a chance. If he was not playing Tests and now he intends to play, then maybe with responsibility he performs better."

PCB has no idea who to make captain after younis khan’s resignation, they appointed yousef but it failed so afridi was the rational choice for the PCB, afridi was appointed as the captain for T20 world cup and now will lead the team in the asia cup and England tour..

Khan also said he is in favour of having having one captain for all formats of the game. "Cricket is the only sport where you need able leadership and if a captain is successful in one format he could be successful in all three."

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