The Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Shaharyar Khan apparently is also confused over whether to change the captain of the national one-day team ahead of the series against the West Indies in the UAE or not.
In an interview to the daily "Jang" newspaper, Khan who is in London these days on a private visit, confirmed that the board was contemplating appointing a new captain in place of Azhar Ali before the West Indies series.
But two days later he was quoted on a cricket website as saying that the PCB would give Azhar Ali more time to prove himself as a worthy captain.
To further confuse matters, the media has reported that the PCB officials in London have apparently conveyed to Azhar that it would be best for him to step down himself as he was a senior player and they didn't want to announce they had removed him.
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The board surprised everyone by appointing Azhar although he had not been considered for ODI cricket since mid-October by the national selectors.
Pakistan's former captain and great, Wasim Akram, however, has pleaded for time to be given to the players to settle down.
"They are young players and things will not change overnight, we have to be patient now," he said on Geo channel.
Interestingly, just a few days earlier Wasim had said that the board should appoint wicketkeeper, Sarfaraz Ahmed as the ODI captain as well as Azhar had failed to inspire his players in this format.
But Pakistan's former allrounder and now Director of the national academy, Mudassar Nazar said that Pakistan was in dire straits in limited overs cricket.
"I have changed my mind after the recent results and I think we are in dire straits and we need to change the way we approach one-day cricket. I have already made changes to the NCA program because we need to have specialist players for ODI and T20 cricket," Nazar told PTI.