Sources, however, claim that Fawad has the ideal temperament to lead Pakistan in Twenty20 Internationals despite not playing in that format for more than 45 months at international level. “Given his nature as a real fighter, Fawad would do a good job if offered the opportunity to captain Pakistan in the shortest format. Everyone speaks highly of his abilities as a cricketer who has been in great touch since re-emerging on the international scene,” the sources pointed out.
Since his latest comeback, Fawad has scored 318 runs in five ODIs at an average of 79.50 and hit his maiden century — an undefeated 114 in the final won by Sri Lanka.
If Fawad is named as the Pakistan T20 skipper, he would be the seventh player to lead the country after Inzamam-ul-Haq (1 match in 2006), Younis Khan (8 matches between 2007 and 2009), Shoaib Malik (17 games between 2007 and 2010), Misbah-ul-Haq (8 matches between 2009 and 2012), Shahid Afridi (19 matches between 2009 and 2011) and Hafeez (29 matches between 2012 and 2014).
