Babar Azam: Babar Azam has left the captaincy of Pakistan in ODI and T20 formats. Babar Azam announced his resignation from the post of captain on social media. But the question here is why did Babar Azam leave the captaincy? PCB has not asked Babar Azam to leave the captaincy!
According to a report, there was talk of keeping Babar Azam as captain till the Champions Trophy. But before that he left the captaincy. But now Pakistani media is claiming that the main reason behind Babar Azam leaving the captaincy is Virat Kohli.
According to a media report, Babar Azam was under a lot of stress after the crushing defeat in the T20 World Cup 2024. And this was the biggest reason for his leaving the captaincy. It has been claimed that Babar Azam was persuaded by his close ones to leave the captaincy by giving the example of Virat Kohli. Just as Virat Kohli left the captaincy of the Indian team in 2021, Babar Azam has also taken a similar decision. And now he wants to focus on his game.
Regarding captaincy, the report has claimed that Babar Azam did not want to captain the Pakistan team again, but his family put pressure on him to play this role again. Babar decided to leave the captaincy. This is the reason why he was not given the captaincy in the recent Champions ODI Cup held in Pakistan.