'It Cannot Be An Easy Dressing Room': Ashwin Claims Captaincy Conundrum Exists Between Babar Azam-Shan Masood
Ace India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has said that while Pakistan Test skipper Shan Masood is a smart cricketer, handling a dressing room where 'poster boy' Babar Azam isn't the leader can be tough. Babar gave up captaincy across formats after Pakistan couldn't qualify for the knockouts of the 2023 ODI World Cup, and Masood was inducted as the Test skipper. There have been widespread rumours that all is not well within the Pakistan dressing room and not all team members are on good terms. Ashwin said that Masood is a good captain since his cricketing acumen is quite sharp. But handling a dressing room like that can be tough for anyone. Related News | Shan Masood Sacked, Babar Azam Dropped? Pakistan's Likely Squad For Test Series vs England'No Differences' Between Babar Azam & Shaheen Shah Afridi: Ex-PCB Chief Shuts Down 'No Unity' Claims in Pakistan Team"I feel terribly bad for someone like Shan Masood. Shan Masood is a very smart cricketer. I know that guy. He speaks a lot of sense. He can be a really good captain for Pakistan. But handling a Pakistan team at this point, where somebody like Babar Azam is not the captain and he's the poster boy of Pakistan, it cannot be an easy dressing room," Ashwin said while speaking on his YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=328eUW1QoWc"Of course, Bangladesh have come a long way. I don't take anything away from them. Last year, when we toured Bangladesh, we knew what a good Test side Bangladesh is. They have got a lot of experience in Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan and they have also got some good young talent,” Ashwin said. Recently, Masood had to address the rumour around a rift between him and ace pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi. Related News | 'They Did A Surgery On Themselves': Ex-Cricketer Tears Into Pakistan For 'Third Class' Show vs Bangladesh"I think there was an incident going around where I had put my hands on Shaheen's shoulder and he had shrugged it off. He was not angry with me. He had got hit by Nahid Rana and I had touched that exact place," Masood said at the press conference.
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