Babar Azam: “We have learned a lot from Yousaf bhai’s skill and class [and] Younis bhai’s ‘never give up’ mindset and will continue to learn from them”
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Pakistan T20 captain Babar Azam has revealed that he will “continue to learn from” legendary batsmen Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf.
Shoaib Akhtar: “It’s unfortunate that we do not know how to take care of our players. With Imran Nazir, we could have had a player better than Virender Sehwag. He had all the shots and was a good fielder”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar firmly believes that opening batsman Imran Nazir could have been better than iconic India opener Virender Sehwag if Pakistan had “utilised him much better”.
Ramiz Raja on Umar Akmal: “Behind bars is where such jackasses belong”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has called batsman Umar Akmal a jackass after he was banned from all forms of cricket for three years.
Haris Rauf: “Looking at the top T20I players in the world, to me the greatest challenge will come from the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma”
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Pakistan seamer Haris Rauf has admitted that India captain Virat Kohli and opener Rohit Sharma will likely give him the “greatest challenge”.
Haris Rauf: “His never-say-die attitude is one that I have not seen in many others and you can judge that by the fact that he played for Lahore Qalandars and gave his all whilst carrying a painful thumb injury. To me, he is a fighter to the core”
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Pakistan pace bowler Haris Rauf believes that left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi has a “never-say-die attitude” and “is a fighter to the core”.
Asad Shafiq: “I have best wishes for him that he will soon make a comeback in the Pakistan team as a better athlete and performer”
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Pakistan batsman Asad Shafiq believes that former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed “will soon make a comeback in the Pakistan team as a better athlete and performer”.
Imam-ul-Haq: “If I get one more chance you will see a different Imam in Tests”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq expressed his disappointment at being dropped from the Test team and showed some doubt as to whether he will represent his country in the longest format again.
Imam-ul-Haq: “Our team has a fear of failure, although that is my personal assessment, which is why players don’t perform consistently”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq has surprisingly claimed that the players in the national team have a “fear of failure”.
Mohammad Yousuf: “I had my reservations about his [Babar] performance in Test cricket before the Australia tour, but he did really well there and is now scoring hundreds regularly in the longest format of the game”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf admitted that Babar Azam has proved him wrong.
Shane Watson: “Shoaib Malik is and has been for a long period of time, a world class performer in all formats”
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Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has called veteran Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik a “world class performer”.
