The PCB's decision to reinstate Babar Azam as test captain is a necessary reset for a team in desperate need of direction. When Babar was removed as Test captain in November 2023 following Pakistan's disappointing ODI World Cup campaign, few could have predicted that the Shan Masood experiment would unravel so poorly. Masood lost 12 of his 16 Tests as captain - a staggering record that saw Pakistan finish at the bottom of the World Test Championship cycle. At one point, the team lost seven consecutive Tests under his........

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