Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi recently spoke about the changing trends in the world of cricket with the appointment of Shaheen Shah Afridi as the Lahore Qalandars captain. Shahid said that nowadays the senior players of the team do not mind playing under the captaincy of junior players. It is not like that now that a senior player will captain the team only. Afridi pointed out that a young captain like MS Dhoni led the Indian cricket team to perfection.
During his appearance on Samaa TV, Shahid Afridi discussed the appointment of Shaheen Shah Afridi as the Lahore Qalandars skipper. Many fans would know that Shaheen is soon going to be the son-in-law of Shahid, and the former Pakistan captain advised him the rising star that he should not accept captaincy. Shahid felt that Shaheen should work on his bowling for one or two years more before taking up the leader’s role.
However, Shahid felt that Shaheen was also an ‘Afridi’ so he ignored his advice. Nevertheless, he was looking forward to prove him wrong just like Babar Azam proved him wrong. Shahid said that Babar proved him wrong because he did not expect the batter to achieve so much success as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team.
“I will give you the example of MS Dhoni”- Shahid Afridi
Giving the example of former Indian captain MS Dhoni during the interview, Shahid Afridi said:
“I will give you the example of MS Dhoni under whose captaincy big players like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly played and he led the team exceptionally well.”
Afridi believes the trend has changed, and now fans will see more and more youngsters getting the chance to lead their cricket teams. It will be interesting to see if the trend continues in coming years also.
