Captain Babar Azam returns home

LAHORE: Captain of the national cricket team Babar Azam returned to the country early Tuesday morning from the US.

Skipper Babar Azam had stayed back in the US after the cricket team dismal performance in T20 World Cup. Babar arrived at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal airport via a flight from New York with a stopover in Dubai.

According to sources, Babar Azam will meet Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman in a few days.

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 Pakistan cricket team had a dismal run in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 tournament. Under Babar Azam’s captaincy, Pakistan was eliminated very early in the group stage itself, suffering consecutive losses to USA and India, and securing only narrow wins against Canada and Ireland.

Azam Khan, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, and Imad Wasim had also decided to take some time off from the sport following their disastrous T20 World Cup 2024 campaign in America. Additionally, there are no international matches scheduled for Pakistan at the moment.