A member of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Cricket Committee hasreportedly informed Prime Minister, Imran Khan, that Azhar Ali is notcapable of captaining the team and needs to be replaced.

The Prime Minister, who is also the PCB’s patron-in-chief, met the boardand committee officials, as well as senior players, on Wednesday.——————————

The delegation comprised of Chairman PCB, Ehsan Mani, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Wasim Khan, Cricket Committee member, Wasim Akram, head coach, andchief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq, Test captain, Azhar Ali, and all-rounder,Mohammad Hafeez.

During the meeting, the premier inquired the delegation as to why Pakistanlost the first Test against England in Manchester from a winning position.To this, Wasim Akram told PM Khan that Azhar’s lack of leadership skillscost the game.

The former captain reportedly said that they have lost confidence inAzhar’s captaincy and stressed that he needs to be replaced as soon aspossible. Wasim Akram criticized Azhar’s leadership qualities afterPakistan’s loss to England in the first Test, slamming him for hisdefensive approach.——————————

Since taking over as Test captain in August 2019, Azhar has led the team ineight matches out of which Pakistan won two and lost three. The wins cameagainst Sri Lanka and Bangladesh while three matches ended in a draw.

Under Azhar’s captaincy, notable series defeats include a 2-0 whitewashagainst Australia and a 1-0 loss in the recently concluded three-matchseries against England.