Pakistan captain Babar Azam didn’t have a stunning stat as a captain in the ODI team. In his first nine matches, he has played so far as a skipper, he has won four matches only. They have recently lost the three-match ODI series 0-3 against a second-string England team as well. However, former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif has said that Azam could step down from the reins in the future as well.

While Babar Azam is the country’s most successful batsman in recent times, he took over the responsibility from Imad Wasim in 2020. The veteran has also shared that there is a lot of pressure on Azam since he leads the team in all three formats as well.

While speaking on the Cricket Baaz YouTube channel, the veteran has said that their tour of West Indies could decide the future of Babar Azam’s captaincy.

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“Babar Azam has the team’s support but not the support as far as performances are concerned in this [England ODI] series. They won their previous few series. Here they have given very bad performances but we will still give margin to Babar. This T20 series and the upcoming tour of the West Indies is crucial for Babar’s captaincy,” said Latif.

He further added: “I think if it goes south, Babar might have to relinquish the captaincy after the West Indies series in order to preserve his own performances. I think he might be asked to step down or he could take the decision himself if they fail miserably in the series against West Indies.”

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On the other hand, Pakistan had another long-term ODI captain in form of Sarfaraz Ahmed, who led the side for 50 matches between 2015 and 2019 as well. But, after the 2019 World Cup, Mohammad Hafeez and Wasim were tried out for the post for two games each before Babar Azam was chosen. Currently, the Pakistan team are playing a three-match T20I series against England which they won the first T20I by 31 runs as well