Times of Islamabad

Misbah ul Huq responds over captaincy issue of Pakistan squad for World Cup 2019

Misbah ul Huq responds over captaincy issue of Pakistan squad for World Cup 2019

*ISLAMABAD Former Pakistan captain Misbahul Haq has responded over theissue of captaincy of Pakistan cricket team for the World Cup 2019.*

*He backed Sarfraz Ahmed’s captaincy for the upcoming 2019 World Cup. *

He remarked that Ahmed should be named the skipper as not much time is leftfor the tournament. The 2019 World Cup will be held in England in June.

The newly-appointed cricket committee member said that bad performance inone tournament does not mean that people start talking about replacing thecaptain.

“Sarfraz Ahmed is learning and improving as a captain, and I don’t thinkthere should be any debate about his captaincy. There shouldn’t even be anytalk about replacing him,” said Haq while speaking in Karachi.

He also said that the Asia Cup was a bad patch for the team, but he ishopeful that players will learn from their mistakes and perform well infuture matches.