The former fast bowling great cautioned against taking a premature decision to appoint wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain in place of Azhar. Another former skipper, Shahid Afridi also backed Azhar Ali to continue as the ODI captain. Azhar has done well as a player in one-day cricket and he needs more time before we can decide whether he is a good ODI captain or not." "What happens if he fails to click as the ODI captain then we say he is not good enough and what do we do then? Best is to let Azhar continue for more time and this will also allow everyone more time to judge Sarfaraz as Pakistan captain properly," said Afridi.

Source: dna September 11, 2016 18:32 UTC