Sarfaraz Ahmed appointed as captain in place of Babar Azam

 

PCB: Babar Azam did not come to field on the third day of the Karachi Test. Sarfaraz Ahmed is performing the captaincy duties in his place.

According to Neo News, some players of the national team, including Babar Azam, have fallen victim to viral flu and that's why they are not participating in today's game.

Mohammad Rizwan is not part of the playing XI but appeared to set the fielding, according to ICC law the 12th player cannot captain the field. After that the match referee intervened and now Sarfraz Ahmed is captaining the match referee. Told the team management that the substitute player cannot captain

After the intervention of the match referee and umpires, Mohammad Rizwan was stopped from captaincy. Sarfraz Ahmed is now captaining the first Test against New Zealand. Muhammad Rizwan is the vice-captain of the Pakistan Test team but he is not part of the team in this Test. New Zealand batsman Dion Conway was dismissed by Sarfaraz Ahmed for 92 runs.

The spokesperson of the national team says that after Babar Azam and Salman Agha, the media manager is also suffering from flu. Media manager Ahsan Nagi did not come to the ground from the hotel. Shan Masood also came to the field late in the morning due to flu.