Babar Azam stepped down from captaincy on 2nd of october. He revealed it by writing a statement on social media platform X. “I have decided to resign as captain of the Pakistan men’s cricket team, effective as of my notification to the PCB and Team Management last month,” Babar said on X.

Babar, who hasn’t struck a half century in his last 16 test innings, scored heavily in the recent domestic Champions Cup One-Day Tournament where he hit a century for Stallions 

Babar finished as the tournament’s fourth top-scorer with 230 runs in four matches. Babar didn’t lead Stallions and played under the captaincy of Mohammad Haris.