Pakistan Cricket Board may sack Salman Agha from captaincy:PCB chairman Naqvi to axe senior players for unsatisfactory performance in T20 WC

Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha may be removed from the captaincy of the Pakistani team. It’s not just the team skipper who’ll face consequences for T20 World Cup performance, but it could be the last tournament for many senior players. The agency, citing sources within the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), claims that Chairman Mohsin Naqvi is unhappy with the team’s current performance. Pakistan is scheduled to play its final Super 8 match against Sri Lanka on February 28th. If the team loses this match, it will be eliminated from the World Cup. Pakistan has lost to India in a World Cup league match and to England in a Super 8 match. India has defeated Pakistan eight times in nine World Cup matches. Salman Agha’s dismissal certain regardless of the performance PCB sources said that the selectors and team management had assured before the tournament that the team would perform better this time, but the results were not as expected. According to the report, regardless of the team’s future performance, a change in captaincy is almost certain. It indicates that the board’s top leadership wants to work on a long-term strategy. PCB also changed the ODI captain after the ODI World Cup 2024 After being eliminated from the 2024 T20 World Cup, Babar Azam relinquished the captaincy on October 1, 2024. The PCB appointed Babar Azam as captain for all formats in 2020. Under his captaincy, the team reached the semi-finals of the 2021 T20 World Cup and the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup. He then resigned from the captaincy after the team’s poor performance in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Although the board reinstated Babar Azam as captain of white-ball cricket before the 2024 T20 World Cup, the team’s performance was disappointing. Pakistan was eliminated after the group stage after losing matches against India and the United States. The team also underperformed in the Test series against Bangladesh, which Bangladesh defeated 2-0 in the Test series last month. Do-or-die match for Pakistan today Today is a do-or-die match for Pakistan. This match, set to be played at Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy, will decide whether Pakistan reaches the semi-finals or if the Kiwis get an entry into the Top-4. Today, Pakistan needs to defeat Sri Lanka by at least 64 runs or achieve the target within 13.1 overs to secure a spot in the final-4. Currently, Pakistan’s team is in third place in the Super-8 Group-2 points table. The team has only one point after 2 matches. England is in first place and New Zealand is in second. The Sri Lankan team has lost both of its Super-8 matches.