Afridi has no issues with being passed over for T20 captain – Cricket News Update
Senior Pakistan all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, has no qualms with being passed over for the limited-overs captaincy, insisting that he will be happy to play under any captain.
“No doubt leading a national side is a big honour,” Afridi told Pakistani newspaper,
The Express Tribune. “But I have no complaints and am ready to play for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088 or Hafeez. These players have played under me and I have no issues playing under them.”
The 32-year-old was appointed T20 captain after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 resigned from the post in 2009 – the appointment was initially temporary, for a single match, but became permanent later on.
In March 2010, he was also appointed ODI captain after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 and Sri Lanka, and finishing as the tournament’s top-scorer, with 384 runs from 3
matches.
He also had a brief stint as Test captain, from which he resigned himself in May 2010, claiming that he lacked the proper temperament for the extended-overs format of the game.
However, rifts in Afridi’s relationship with the PCB began to emerge in October 2010, when the all-rounder gave an interview in which he stated that national squad had been selected without his input. The board issued him a warning, but Afridi was retained
well into the next year, going on to captain the team in the 2011 World Cup, during which Pakistan reached the semi-finals before being eliminated after a defeat against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Afterwards, a falling out with Coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 being appointed the captain.
The board recently announced squads for the upcoming http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khwaja-Salahuddin-Ahmed-c71432 had earlier admitted that he felt Afridi was the best choice to lead the team in the shorter format of the game, Misbah was retained
as ODI skipper, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 having been chosen to lead the T20 side. However, the right-hander claimed that he considered it a privilege to play for the country, and offered Hafeez his backing.
“My aim is to play for my country which is a huge honour”, said Afridi, whose career spans 342 ODIs and 48 T20s. “I wish Hafeez the best of luck with his role. I have supported him in crisis before and he will have all my support as the captain again.”
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