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TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

PCB defends decision to drop Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah

NEW DELHI: The decision to leave out the top quartet for the final two Test matches against England - batter Babar Azam, former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, and elite pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah-was supported by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

After suffering a historic loss by an innings and 47 runs in the first game of the series, Pakistan declared on Sunday that it was replacing its established stars with younger players, a move that caught the cricket world off guard.

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