On Saturday, the Pakistan cricket board denied offering the vice captaincy roll to ShaheenAfridi for the upcoming T20 world cup in the Americas. There were several reports claiming that Afridi was given a chance to be the deputy captain of Babar Azam when the squad of Pakistan for the ICC mega event was picked on Friday, but the left-arm fast bowler rejected the proposal. 
A source close to the national selectors said, “The selectors were shocked with this news because when they held their nearly two-hour online meeting on Friday, six out of seven selectors were not in favour of having a vice-captain to Babar Azam.”
“The minutes of the meeting are on record as per the instructions of the PCB Chairman. So, today’s news about Shaheen declining the vice presidency came as a big shock to the selectors,” he said.
However, it was revealed that in March, a selector in his individual capacity had asked Afridi if he would be interested in the vice presidency in the future. But the pacer declined the offer outright.