Mohammad Hafeez: “Surely your hunger to get more runs contributing [to] winning matches for [the] team will grow more with time”
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New Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez is convinced that batsman Babar Azam’s “hunger to get more runs” will “grow more with time.”
Azhar Ali: “Thank you Babar Azam for your efforts as captain for Pakistan. I am sure this won’t be your last time that you captain Pakistan. Everything happens for good and for learning”
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Former batsman Azhar Ali firmly believes that this won’t be the last time Babar Azam captains Pakistan.
Kane Williamson: “When Fakhar Zaman gets going then not many grounds are big enough and certainly this one wasn’t. He hit it to all parts”
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New Zealand limited overs captain Kane Williamson said Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman smashes bowlers to all parts of the ground when he gets going.
Imad Wasim: “It is a tough call but Babar doesn’t deserve a place in T20s”
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Pakistan left-arm spinner Imad Wasim believes star batsman Babar Azam “doesn’t deserve a place” in the T20I team.
Mickey Arthur: “We’ve been working hard on him with a new ball, and he bowled okay in patches. But when he bowls with an older ball – that’s what he’s used to”
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Recently removed Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur assessed Haris Rauf’s performance with the new ball during the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup, saying he “bowled okay in patches.”
Mohammad Amir: “If you want to prepare any youngster for Test captaincy, Sarfaraz still has 2 years left in cricket, so appoint him as the captain along with a youngster as vice-captain”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir believes Sarfaraz Ahmed should have been named Test captain for the next two years so that a youngster could have been groomed to take over.
Aaqib Javed: “Babar is a good batter, but he is not a good captain”
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Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed has taken a shot at Pakistan star Babar Azam, saying he is a “good batter” but a poor captain.
Sourav Ganguly: “He was fast with the new ball and with the old ball as well”
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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said iconic Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram was “fast with the new ball and with the old ball as well.”
Shoaib Malik: “Travelling is an excuse. The whole world is travelling. Look at India’s calendar. Their pacers didn’t lose pace and swing. It is the professionalism, which is missing in our team”
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Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik has put the entire Pakistan team on blast for making excuses about why their 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup campaign went so horribly wrong.
Mohammad Rizwan: “You are definitely one of the greatest batsmen Pakistan has ever seen. Your honesty, love, integrity, thoughts, and efforts for Pakistan as the captain are the things to look up to. May you continue to shine for Pakistan, Ameen”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has called Babar Azam “one of the greatest batsmen” the country has ever produced.
