Cricket-Babar returns as Pakistan's white-ball captain


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  • Sunday, 31 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Third Test - Pakistan v England - National Stadium Karachi, Pakistan - December 18, 2022. Pakistan's captain Babar Azam makes field placings. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

(Reuters) - Babar Azam was named Pakistan's white-ball skipper on Sunday, four and half months after the batter had stepped down as their all-format captain following their World Cup debacle in India.

Pakistan could not make the knockout stage of the 50-overs World Cup last year, which prompted Babar to relinquish captaincy.

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