The Pakistan team is preparing vigorously for the T20 World Cup 2024 to be held in June. Before the tournament, there are continuous changes in the Pakistan team. Babar Azam has once again been made the captain of the Pakistan team in place of Shaheen Afridi. Now the Pakistan team is doing special training with the army before the next World Cup. This is the first time that the cricket team of any country is not being trained by a coach but by the army. The reason has also come out to be very shocking.
A training video surfaced
Actually, these days the Pakistan cricket team is training with the Pakistani Army. Pakistani cricketers are sweating profusely in the army training camp in Kakul. A video of players doing different types of exercises and drills has surfaced on social media. In which players are seen practicing everything from wall jumping to rope climbing. Now this question is arising in everyone's mind that why are Pakistani cricketers taking training with the army.
Actually, fitness test of Pakistani cricketers was not done for a long time and the players were playing cricket without fitness. In such a situation, Pakistan Army has extended a helping hand regarding the fitness of the players before the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Babar Azam captain in T20 World Cup 2024
Before the World Cup, Pakistan Cricket Board has once again made Babar Azam the captain of ODI and T20 formats. After which now Babar Azam will be seen captaining the Pakistan team in the T20 World Cup 2024. Actually, Babar was the captain of the Pakistan team in the ODI World Cup 2023 and the team's performance in this tournament was very poor. After which Babar Azam was removed and Shaheen was made the new captain of the team.