Aamer Sohail: “Babar Azam is trying to score runs too quickly. He wants to get to 50 in no time”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail believes batsman Babar Azam is “trying to score runs too quickly”, which is resulting in him getting out early.
Harbhajan Singh: “Their star batter is Babar Azam. His average against India is 31. If you are a top batter, I believe you should have an average close to 50, which he doesn’t have”
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Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has questioned whether Pakistan cricketer Babar Azam really is a top batsman given his average against India.
Pakistan big-hitter Mohammad Haris: “Opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket. Even I can score 50 runs while opening”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Mohammad Haris has claimed that “opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket”.
Saim Ayub: “My target is Man of the Match, not fifty or a hundred. I don’t think about numbers as I aim to win the match for my team. It can be any figure, 50, 70 or 100, but I don’t think about that since I’m focused on winning the match”
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Pakistan opening batsman Saim Ayub has revealed that his priority is not to score fifties and hundreds, but to win Man of the Match awards.
Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris: “It’s easy to score a fifty as an opener in the PSL. If you let me open, I will score a fifty as well”
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Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris said it is “easy to score a fifty as an opener” in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and boldly claimed he could do it if he got the chance to open the batting.
Matthew Hayden: “You can’t continue to keep on punching out hundreds and 50s and strike rates of 140-plus”
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Iconic Australia opener Matthew Hayden has defended Pakistan captain Babar Azam, saying people can’t expect him to “keep on punching out hundreds and 50s”.
Harsha Bhogle: “Babar Azam is in tremendous form”
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Well-known cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said Pakistan captain Babar Azam is in tremendous form.
Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin: “So I have worked on it and my strike-rate this season was 50-plus, which is an improvement. I have fulfilled the requirement and will keep performing”
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Middle order batsman Usman Salahuddin said he has fulfilled the requirement the national selectors wanted from him.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “He will continue to gain experience and get better with time”
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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq believes that captain Babar Azam will continue to get even better as time goes on.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Babar and Fakhar performed really well”
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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq said opener Fakhar Zaman and captain Babar Azam “performed really well” in the ODI series against South Africa.