Interesting situation in the Karachi Test, three captains of the national cricket team in one day.
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Pakistan News 1515
Karachi (December 28, 2022) An interesting situation arose regarding the issue of captaincy on the third day of the Karachi Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in which three captains captained the team on the same day. On the third day, captain Babar Azam fell ill and did not come to the field due to viral flu, while vice-captain Muhammad Rizwan took over the captaincy duties in his place, but Rizwan was not part of the playing XI.
An interesting situation arose when Rizwan, who was not part of the playing XI, came in for fielding and started the captaincy, which sparked controversy as the national team management was unaware of the PCB rules in this regard.
The match referee and field umpire had to step in and told the Pakistani team management that according to ICC rules, a substitute player cannot captain.
After the intervention of the match referee and umpires, the team management of Pakistan stopped Mohammad Rizwan from captaincy and Sarfraz performed the captaincy duties while Sarfraz as the captain also reviewed the decision of the umpire.
But the acting captain of the team Sarfraz The captaincy could not be maintained for long and the captain Babar Azam, feeling better, entered the field in the 81st over and took over the duties of captaincy.
