Pakistan’s men’s cricket team has been through a tumultuous year, failing miserably at both the 50-over World Cup in November and the T20 World Cup in June. In the Test format, they lost a series away in Australia and then, most recently, their first series against Bangladesh at home.
Babar Azam, their all-format star batter, has gone through a lean patch and has handed back the limited overs team’s captaincy for the second time in 11 months. Pakistan’s pace bowlers, their strongest asset historically, have failed to deliver at crucial moments and their Test captain, Shan Masood, has failed to score a century in his last 14 innings.
