Babar Azam have been dropped from the remaining two Tests against England.
Pakistan are trailing 0-1 in the ongoing three-Test series against England after losing the first match in Multan by an innings and 47 runs.
The Shan Masood-led side is facing a must-win situation in the second game to avoid another Test series loss on home soil.
Ahead of the second Test, the PCB selectors have taken some bold calls as they have dropped struggling stars like Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah from the remainder of the series.
The decision to exclude Babar has sparked a debate, with many current and former Pakistani cricketers voicing their support for the senior batter.
Former England cricketer-turned-commentator Nasser Hussain also shared his thoughts, saying that although Babar is "out of nick at the moment," he is a guy who can get runs when things get tough.
"As for Pakistan, with their new selection panel, leaving out Babar Azam, I think England won't mind. He's a bit out of nick at the moment, but guys like him generally find a way of scoring runs when the pressure's on. If I were in England's shoes, I'd be pretty relaxed about turning up on Tuesday and finding a Pakistan team without their star batsman," Hussain wrote in his column for the Daily Mail.
Notably, Babar Azam hasn't scored a half century in his last 18 Test innings. He scored just 35 runs across the two innings of the Multan Test against England, which Pakistan lost by an innings and 47 runs.
The pitch for the second Test in Multan is going to be the same that was used in the series opener. It was a flat track in which Pakistan racked up 556 in their first innings and England responded with a gigantic 823/7 (declared).
Hussain warned that another surface that unduly favours the batters might be harmful to Test cricket.
"There'll be plenty of talk this week about the fact that the second Test in Multan will be played on the same pitch as the first. But let's be honest: Test cricket cannot afford another game like the one we had last week.
"There has to be a balance between bat and ball, and that means the pitch has to offer bowlers something at both ends of the game: movement for the seamers at the start, turn for the spinners at the end," he wrote.
The second Test match between Pakistan and England is slated to get underway on Tuesday (October 15).