Update Babar Azam set to be named as Pakistan ODI captain

[Nairrk]

Top Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is set to be named captain of the national ODI squad after having already replaced wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed as skipper in the T20 format.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in October had dropped Sarfaraz from the Test and T20 squads in a surprise decision while naming Azhar Ali as captain in the longer format and Babar for the shorter version.

But the PCB didn't name a captain for the ODI format as Pakistan's next 50-over assignment will be a lone match against Bangladesh on April 3 here.

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