India, May 19 -- In a bizarre and shocking move, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) nominated under-fire Test captain Shan Masood for a prestigious role alongside India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar and former head coach Ravi Shastri. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday formed a jury to pick the greatest international cricketers of the last 25 years, and Masood has been named as the second Pakistani in the panel alongside the legendary Wasim Akram.

The baffling move raised eyebrows in the cricketing circle, but a report by the news agency PTI said Masood was nominated on the PCB's suggestion when the jury was being finalised. And this has been despite his disastrous record as a Test captain, which includes the defeat in the o...