National cricket team captain
Babar Azam? has come out in support of Sharjeel Khan over criticism over his fitness.Former cricketers have harassed chief selector Muhammad Waseem over the inclusion of a notorious opener weighing more than 110kg in the T20 squad for South Africa and Zimbabwe.In an online conversation with the media on Friday ahead of the upcoming series, the captain said he had asked the chief selector to include the firebrand batsman in the shortest format to change the game with his team. DoThere is a lot of talk about Sharjeel’s fitness. I don’t know why you guys underestimate his fitness. I think he is going to win the match and we can win the match any day.Asked about his fitness, the captain said that Sharjeel could not become Shadab, but he was working on his fitness and would continue to do so.Babar did not deny reports of raids between the team management and the selection committee, saying that someone had talked inside the country, which led to the media’s approach to the issue.