PCB set Azhar Ali to become Pakistan ODI captain

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Published on: Mar 30, 2015

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to appoint batsman Azhar Ali as the new captain of the national one-day team and name wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed as his deputy tomorrow.

In a surprise move, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to appoint batsman Azhar Ali as the new captain of the national one-day team and name wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed as his deputy tomorrow.
With Pakistan scheduled to tour Bangladesh for a Test and one-day series from mid-April the Chairman of the board Shaharyar Khan held a final round of consultations in Karachi on Saturday to reach a final decision on the new captain and national selection committee.
Ironically Azhar has not played an ODI since early 2013 when he played in Kolkata but apparently the support he got from captain Misbah-ul-Haq and coach Waqar Younis turned the tide in his favour.
Although the PCB is expected to announce the new appointments tomorrow in Lahore it was abundantly clear after talking to the PCB chief that the stake holders in the board had decided upon Ali and Sarfraz as captain and vice-captain choices.

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