I’ve whole management in workforce and choice issues: Babar Azam

Pakistan’s prime batsman Babar Azam on Wednesday dismissed criticism that he was a powerless captain, who took dictation from head coach, Misbah-ul-Haq.
The prime ODI batsman steadily faces accusations of being a captain with out authority and lately former skipper Shoaib Malik in tweets inferred that Babar was not taking unbiased selections.
Some different former captains and gamers have additionally suggested Babar to be extra authoritative as captain.
Babar mentioned in a digital press convention that the talk over whether or not he was a captain with authority ought to finish now.
“I don’t understand but frequently it is said in press conferences and in the media that I don’t have authority and don’t take independent decisions,” Babar mentioned.
“I want to make it clear once and for all that I have total control and say in team selection and other matters. I handle everything on the field and I decide the playing eleven with the management giving their input. I know what my responsibilities are as captain,” he mentioned.
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Babar additionally made it clear he had no points with the top coach and whether or not Pakistan wanted a white ball coach was the area of PCB.
“The team management is fully supporting every player, so I am happy,” he mentioned.
The Pakistan captain additionally mentioned that the two-Test collection that begins in Harare towards Zimbabwe from Thursday wouldn’t be a simple project for his workforce.
He mentioned they might kind of go together with the identical mixture that was performed within the residence collection towards South Africa.
Babar mentioned that Zimbabwe is perhaps low in Test rankings however no workforce might be taken flippantly on the prime stage and that the African nation would have the benefit of enjoying at residence.
The Test batsman additionally mentioned he was not apprehensive in regards to the frequent center order failures within the white ball collection.
Asked in regards to the absence of seasoned leg-spinner, Yasir Shah from the collection attributable to an harm, Babar mentioned expertise is at all times missed however Pakistan had different good spinners in Nauman Ali Nawaz and Zahid Mahmood.
Yasir since his debut in 2014 has missed a collection solely as soon as when Pakistan performed a lone check in Ireland and a two Test collection in England in 2018.
Responding to a query that many individuals felt he was a egocentric participant, Babar mentioned he doesn’t agree.
Babar additionally mentioned he was working arduous on stepping into the mode of ending off matches and in addition attempt to convert 50s into 100s and 100s into greater scores.