India, March 20 -- Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif made a sweeping remark about pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, saying the left-arm speedster doesn't even warrant a place in the T20I playing XI owing to his poor form. Ever since the 2022 T20 World Cup, the 25-year-old has looked a pale shadow of his old self, leaking runs for fun across formats. The left-arm pacer had a T20 World Cup 2026 to forget and was even dropped for the group stage match against Namibia after leaking more than 20 runs in the two overs he bowled against India.

Recently, under Shaheen's captaincy, Pakistan also lost the ODI series against Bangladesh, and the latest result saw several fans and pundits back home say the pacer is not the right fit for the ODI captaincy...