Former cricketer Mohammad Hafeez has reacted to the potential sacking of Mohammad Rizwan because the Pakistan captain for the upcoming New Zealand tour.
Reviews emerged quickly after Pakistan’s elimination from the Champions Trophy 2025 that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was contemplating resting senior gamers together with captain Mohammad Rizwan for the upcoming white-ball sequence.
The PCB was reportedly contemplating allrounder Salman Agha and spinner Shadab Khan to take over the cost from Rizwan for the New Zealand tour.
Reacting to reviews, former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez mentioned that such rash determination would additional harm Pakistan cricket following the dismal Champions Trophy 2025 outing.
“I feel it is going to be one other injustice to Pakistan cricket to make choices in anger. No participant needs to be made a scapegoat. If somebody is just not disciplined and challenges workforce administration, they need to be dropped from the workforce,” he mentioned whereas talking to personal TV channel.
Whereas urging for bringing new faces into the aspect, Hafeez was in opposition to a change within the Pakistan captaincy.
“We should always depart the mindset that the captain needs to be modified. We should always go along with Rizwan as a captain. He will probably be an excellent captain as he has accomplished good captaincy in current previous,” the previous Pakistan captain mentioned.
Pakistan’s tour of New Zealand will run from March 16 to April 5, that includes 5 T20Is and three ODIs.
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The T20I sequence will start with the primary sport in Christchurch on March 16, adopted by the second match in Dunedin on March 18.
The third match will probably be performed in Auckland on March 21, whereas the fourth and fifth video games are scheduled on March 23 and 26, respectively.
Following the conclusion of the T20I sequence, the groups will journey to Napier for the primary ODI, scheduled for March 29.
The 2 sides will face off within the second ODI on April 2 in Hamilton, whereas the third and closing ODI will probably be performed in Mount Maunganui on April 5.