India, June 17 -- Aaqib Javed has shared his views on former Pakistan skipper Babar Azam's future in the national team's T20I set-up. The 30-year-old has been left out of the Pakistan team for the upcoming T20I series against Bangladesh. He hasn't appeared in a T20I since December last year, after the PCB chose to provide opportunities to younger players in the wake of ongoing debates about Babar Azam's strike rate and its impact on the team's performance. Babar led the Pakistan team in the 2024 T20 World Cup, where they suffered an embarrassing group-stage exit after losing their matches to the USA and India.

Aaqib, Director of PCB's National High-Performance Centre, stated that Babar and other senior Pakistan players who were dropped f...