Misbah-ul-Haq does not seem to be in danger of losing the captaincy of the national One-day team before the World Cup 2015 despite speculations about experienced allrounder, Shahid Afridi being a strong contender for this job.
The sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board told PTI that all rumours pertaining to the national one-day team captaincy were unfounded.
"There is no plan to change Misbah as captain of the Test or ODI sides as he has led the players well in both formats and is now a experienced campaigner and more importantly his own individual performances have been exemplary and consistent," a source said.
He conceded that a lobby was interested in bringing back Afridi as the One-day captain before the World Cup but the Chairman of the board, Najam Sethi was convinced there was no justification for changing Misbah ahead of the major event in Australia and New Zealand early next year.
"The board is definitely looking for a new captain to lead the national T20 side after the resignation of Muhammad Hafeez and it is true that some names have been discussed among them Afridi, Umar Akmal and even Ahmad Shahzad by the Chairman," he said.
The source said that Sethi had a good understanding with former captain, Moin Khan and would take his feedback on who should be the new captain of the T20 side.
"But as far as the ODI side is considered he has conveyed to Moin there is no justification for removing Misbah that is unless the team starts performing very poorly in the one-day matches leading up to the World Cup," the source added.
