Inzy's captaincy to be reviewed: PCB

Inzamam-ul Haq's tenure as captain will come up for review after the home series against the West Indies [ Images ], Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf has said.

Ashraf, who took over from Shaharyar Khan just before the ongoing Champions Trophy [ Images ], said a decision on who would captain the team for the tour of South Africa [ Images ] and the World Cup would be taken after consulting the selectors and taking into account form and fitness of a player.

"We have named Inzamam-ul Haq as captain for the West Indies series according to an old agreement, but after that series the captaincy would be reviewed," he said in a television interview.

"While it is good to have stability in the team and captaincy, there has to be a balance between stability and reliance," he said.

Inzamam is serving a four-ODI ban for bringing the game into disrepute by causing first-ever forfeiture in the 129-year Test history at the Oval.

On his decision to convince Younis Khan [ Images ] to take back the captaincy for the Champions Trophy in India [ Images ] just a day after he had relinquished it, Ashraf said he kept the team's interest in mind.

"Younis is a naturally gifted leader and he can lift the team on the field. We were already missing Inzamam, who is a pillar of strength in our batting and I didn't want the team in disarray in the tournament.

"I consider Inzamam as a batsman in the same class or perhaps better than Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] and Brian Lara [ Images ], but he has not got the same attention in the media as them," Ashraf said.