National team opener Imam-ul-Haq has attributed his exclusion from the Champions Trophy to a dispute over the “captaincy” in the national team.

Indian media has revealed in its reports that while talking to Ultra Age in a podcast, the host asked opener Imam-ul-Haq who is the captain of the team?

To which Imam-ul-Haq laughed, he said that there is a dispute going on in the team over the captaincy, everyone is fighting with each other.

Later, Imam-ul-Haq chose Muhammad Rizwan as the leader, he said that he arranges hotels for the team and gathers all the players for prayers, for this he has even created a WhatsApp group.

Earlier, news had come out that before the Champions Trophy, not everything was fine between Muhammad Rizwan and head coach Aqib Javed, both of them made strategies contrary to each other’s decisions.

Sources told the Express that Mohammad Rizwan was unhappy about not being consulted on important decisions for the Champions Trophy squad. He included Khushdil Shah, but Aqib Javed chose Faheem Ashraf of his own free will.

The selectors and Mohammad Rizwan were also not on the same page before the start of the event.

Before the event, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi asked for a review of the squad twice, but his advice was ignored. The chairman did not consider it appropriate to make changes on his own using his powers.

On the other hand, Aqib Javed does not intend to resign on his own, the board had entrusted him with the responsibility on an interim basis, now he will not remain in the position of head coach.

PCB officials are also very concerned about the form of Babar Azam, who has not been able to perform exceptionally well for a year. Aqib Javed and other selectors are still adamant on their decisions that they have selected the best available players, but the facts are completely opposite.

It should be noted that the national team lost the match against New Zealand at home and then against arch-rivals India in Dubai after a one-sided match, which left cricket fans in a state of shock.