KARACHI: Moin Khan said on Monday that there should be no doubts that Misbah-ul-Haq will be the captain of the Pakistani cricket team during the 2015 World Cup as per an earlier announcement made by Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shahryar M. Khan, DawnNews reported.

Chief selector-cum-Pakistan team manager, Khan, also said that mercurial all-rounder Shahid Afridi had not expressed his desire to become the captain of the national cricket team and added that too much should not be expected from a team that was undergoing reconstruction.

The national team manager claimed there were no divisions within the team and that the players were happy with the team management.

Former cricketer Wasim Akram has also backed Misbah as captain for the coming edition of the cricket World Cup.

Speculations with regard to the national cricket team's captaincy became ripe following Misbah's decision to step down from the team for the third One Day International against Australia in Abu Dhabi.

Shahid Khan Afridi led the team in Misbah's absence.

The move had prompted the PCB to issue a statement to clarify the situation which said that Misbah had stepped down from his position for just that one particular match.

Pakistan suffered a whitewash at the hands of the Australians in the three-match ODI series which was played in the United Arab Emirates.

Captain of the Pakistani team, Afridi, during the post match conference had stated that he was ready for the role of the national team's captain if the board wanted him there.

Afridi had further asked the board to clarify the situation with regard to captaincy of the national side.

After being routed 3-0 in the one-day series Pakistan now plays a two-match Test series against the same opponents starting in Dubai from October 22.

Following the matches against Australia, Pakistan will play three tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches against New Zealand, with the first test starting on Nov 9.