{"id":24028,"date":"2026-07-05T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=24028"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:56:07","slug":"captaincy-changed-to-improve-test-team-results-says-aaqib-javed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=24028","title":{"rendered":"Captaincy Changed to Improve Test Team Results, Says Aaqib Javed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lahore:<\/strong> Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director of High Performance <strong>Aaqib Javed<\/strong> has explained the decision to change the captain of Pakistan\u2019s Test team, saying the move was made to improve the team\u2019s overall performance and results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a press conference alongside former captain <strong>Misbah-ul-Haq<\/strong> and former Test cricketer <strong>Asad Shafiq<\/strong>, Aaqib Javed said that while <strong>Shan Masood<\/strong> had performed well individually as a player, the team&#8217;s results under his leadership had not met expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA captain also carries responsibility. Shan Masood\u2019s personal performances have been good, but the team did not achieve the results we were hoping for under his captaincy. We have therefore tried to bring about a change so that the team\u2019s performances improve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aaqib also expressed concern over the pace of Pakistan\u2019s fast bowlers, describing their declining speed as an issue that needs attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasized that neither the PCB nor the national selection committee wants captains to be appointed for only a single series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo cricket board or selection committee wants a captain for just one series. A captain should be given continuity, and that continuity comes with performance. If everything is going well, there is no need for change. Ideally, we want whoever is appointed as captain to lead the side for two to three years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing speculation on social media, Aaqib Javed dismissed reports suggesting that <strong>Babar Azam<\/strong> had demanded captaincy across all three formats as a condition for accepting the Test captaincy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBabar Azam has never told the selection committee that he would only accept the Test captaincy if he was made captain in all three formats. Many things circulating on social media are fake, so people should verify such claims before believing them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, <strong>Misbah-ul-Haq<\/strong> said that Babar Azam remains a valuable player who can be utilized in <strong>all formats of the game, including T20 cricket<\/strong>, highlighting his importance to Pakistan\u2019s batting lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director of High Performance Aaqib Javed has explained the decision to change the captain of Pakistan\u2019s Test team, saying the move was made to improve the team\u2019s overall performance and results. Speaking at a press conference alongside former captain Misbah-ul-Haq and former Test cricketer Asad Shafiq, Aaqib Javed said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","inline_featured_image":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440","service":"facebook","timestamp":1783256215,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24030,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24028\/revisions\/24030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}