Najam Sethi, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) management committee, has prolonged his support towards Shahid Afridi who was recently appointed as the national team’s interim chief selector.

Sethi said that the former Pakistan head can take “bold decisions”.

Afridi was appointed as the selection committee’s interim chair for Pakistan’s one-day international home series against New Zealand, while other members comprise Abdul Razzaq and Rao Iftikhar Anjum.

Meanwhile, Haroon Rashid — also a management committee member — will be the selection committee’s convener.

The former PCB chairman spoke highly about the former Pakistan skipper praising him as a “bold and beautiful” player.

“He’s very popular, he’s the sort of person we want in the selection committee who can take bold verdicts,” Sethi told Arab News.