Azam Siddique took to Instagram to defend his son, highlighting Babar's inclusion in the ICC T20I Team of the Year despite his omission from the squad.

Babar Azam's father has publicly backed his son following the Pakistan Cricket Board's decision to drop the former captain from the national team for the upcoming T20I series against

Pakistan star batter Babar Azam’s father, Azam Siddique, came out in defence of his son after being dropped from the T20I squad for the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, starting on March 16.

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket head coach Aqib Javed has announced the ODI and T20I squads for the upcoming New Zealand tour, ARY News reported. Wicketkeeping

Rizwan has retained the ODI captaincy, however, star speedster Shaheen Afridi has been dropped from the ODI side. Mohammad Haris returns after a long spell out of the national side. Saim Ayub remains absent due to the ankle injury he picked up in South Africa.

Pakistan have announced their T20I and ODI squads for the upcoming New Zealand tour. The squads have changed drastically after the Champions Trophy debacle as Mohammad Rizwan is not the T20I captain anymore while Shadab Khan makes a comeback as well.

Pakistan have left out Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan from the T20I squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand, appointing Salman Ali Agha as captain for the shortest format.However,