‘Agar ye yari dosti team hai to mein kiyo bahir hu’; Imam shuts down Ahmed Shehzad

Former opener Ahmed Shahzad criticized national cricket team skipper Babar Azam for allegedly including his friends in the squad.

On the YouTube channel ‘Harna Mana Hai’ there was a debate between national team opener Ahmed Shahzad and Imam ul Haq over Babar Azam’s captaincy, in which Imam was seen defending Babar while Ahmad Shahzad took exceptions with his decisions.

Shehzad alleged that Babar Azam included his friends in the team who were not performing to which Imad replied, “I am counted among Babar’s friends, but I am out of the T20 team.”

Talking about Babar’s captaincy, Imam said, “The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made him captain again. He did not ask the board to give me leadership duties. The authority to give and take captaincy is with the board.”

Program host Tabish Hashmi asked, “Imad Wasim and Mohammad Amir are not friends with Babar Azam, everyone knows, but they are back in the playing XI today.” To which Shahzad replied, “They are playing because both have connections with the board’s top officials. They invited Imad and Amir back to the team.”

The Pakistan team is currently playing in the T20 World Cup in the USA.