Is he a top batsman, Harbhajan Singh questions if Pakistan player is deserving of that title

Harbhajan Singh questioned if Pakistan cricketer Babar Azam is a top batsman

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.

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Opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket, Pakistan batsman boldly claims he can score 50 runs

Pakistan big-hitter Mohammad Haris said opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket

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”.

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Making 50 and 100 not my priority, Pakistan opening batsman Saim Ayub explains why

Pakistan opening batsman Saim Ayub said making 50 and 100 is not his priority

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.

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Easy to score 50 as an opener, Pakistan batsman boldly says he’ll do the same if he gets to open

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris said it is easy to score 50 as an opener in the PSL and believes he could do it if he was given the chance to open the batting

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.

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He can’t keep punching out 100s and 50s, Matthew Hayden defends Pakistan batsman he feels is unfairly criticised

Matthew Hayden said Pakistan and Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam can't keep punching out 100s and 50s

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”.

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Fulfilled what the selectors want, top-quality Pakistan middle order player says

Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin said he fulfilled what the selectors want

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.

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