The Pakistan Cricket Board has removed Shahid Afridi as one-day captain for the upcoming series against Ireland. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
KARACHI:The Pakistan Cricket Board has removed Shahid Afridi as one-day team captain for the upcoming series against Ireland.
Chairman of the board Ijaz Butt told a media conference in Islamabad that senior batsman Misbah-ul-Haq would take the squad in the two one-day matches against Ireland on May 28 and 30.
"Afridi has been maintained as a participant in the one-day squad but the captaincy has departed to Misbah," Butt said without elaborating the ground for the decision.
Afridi had captained the squad to the World Cup semi-finals where they lost to India and latterly also guided them to a 3-2 win over the West Indies in the ODI series in the Caribbean.
Afridi ruffled feathers in the PCB and team when he returned from the Caribbean early this month and told the media that he was not happy with people interfering in his work.
Although the all-rounder didn`t name names, media reports said he had developed differences with head coach Waqar Younis over team selection issues.
The PCB issued a bill to Afridi to excuse his behaviour as he had violated the players` code of lead with his argument on team affairs.
Butt made it clear Afridi had never been given any assurances regarding the captaincy.
He pointed out that the present policy of the room was to appoint captain on a series-to-series basis.
Afridi had struggled with bat and formal in the one-day series in the West Indies but has been leading the internal team in limited overs cricket since early 2010 while Misbah has been test captain since last year.
The national selectors have made no changes in the test squad playing in the West Indies at present but included Afridi and senior batsman Younis Khan in the face for the Ireland matches.
Younis had returned home before the 1st run in the West Indies due to the end of his older brother.
Pakistan squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Younis Khan, Taufiq Umar, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Salman,Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Hammad Azam.
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