Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi on Monday (April 10) cleared the air regarding PCB chairman Najam Sethi’s comments about him wanting to strip Babar Azam from captaincy.

Speaking on Cricket Baaz with Waheed Khan YouTube channel, Sethi recently claimed that the interim selection committee led by Afridi wanted to replace Babar as a captain.

“I spoke with Mr Najam Sethi who was kind enough to confirm he was not referring to me while commenting about Babar Azam’s captaincy. He has further clarified this in his social media posts. This has put the matter to bed,” Afridi tweeted.

“All the best to Babar and his side for the series vs NZ.”

Sethi also took to the micro-blogging site to clarify his remarks over the controversy.

“For months media and cricketing circles have been discussing pros and cons of retaining Babar Azam as captain in all formats of the game. Since this decision is ultimately Chairman’s, I have sought views of Selection Committees headed by Shahid Afridi and now Harood Rashid,” Sethi wrote.

“Both Committees thought matter merited discussion but both later came to the conclusion that the status quo should be retained. I have subsequently publicly satted this positon. In the final analysis my decision will be subject to the success or failure of status quo,” he added.

New Zealand’s white-ball tour to Pakistan, comprising five T20Is and as many ODIs, is due to get underway on April 14.