- PCB says no offer was made to anyone.
- Shaheen rejects vice-captain offer.
- Babar was reinstated as captain in March.
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that the selection committee has decided not to appoint a vice-captain for the Green Shirts.
PCB's response came after it was revealed that pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi was not interested in taking up the vice-captain role he had been offered a day earlier.
“During the selection committee meeting on Friday, the vice-captaincy was discussed. However, it was unanimously decided not to name anyone,” the PCB statement said.
“As such, no offer was made to anyone,” the statement added.
A day earlier, several sources claimed that the selectors had approached Shaheen and asked him if he would be interested in the vice-captain's role. However, the discussion could not continue after the pacemaker expressed no interest.
Sources close to Shaheen confirmed that the selection committee had offered the pacer to become the team's vice-captain and captain Babar Azam's second-in-command, which he refused to accept.
The development came after the board, in March, reinstated Babar as white-ball captain, replacing Shaheen, following the newly formed selection committee's recommendation to change the captain.
Under Zaka Ashraf, the cricket body had appointed the fast bowler as white-ball captain following the team's defeat in the ICC World Cup 2023.
