Sunil Gavaskar: “Rizwan is the kind of player who can take the game away from the opposition. He is a very cheeky player. He knows how to play and adjust his game according to the needs of the side”
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Legendary India batsman Sunil Gavaskar has called Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan a “very cheeky player” as he is versatile and “can take the game away from the opposition.”
Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman: “I have played my entire cricket as an opener. When you have a particular number, you enjoy playing at that number. However, when you play for Pakistan, you have to adjust according to the situation”
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Fakhar Zaman said he has played as an opener his entire career, but is happy to bat lower down the order in T20 Internationals.
Wasim Akram: “Our player from New Zealand Martin Guptill is coming from a place that has winter right now. Imagine him coming from the winter weather into this intense heat so it will take some time to adjust”
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Iconic Pakistan fast bowler and Karachi Kings president Wasim Akram said it will take New Zealand power-hitter Martin Guptill some time to adjust to the heat in the UAE.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Rizwan also has to start thinking. This isn’t anyone’s uncle’s team that you can open in each format of the sport”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has told wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan that this is not his uncle’s team.
“They (Tendulkar and Sangakkara) are batsmen who made that adjustment across all formats quite easily”
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Legendary West Indies batsman Sir Viv Richards has announced that former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman are the two players who can adjust between any format.
“He’s a good enough player to turn it around”
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England all-rounder Ravi Bopara believes that it is only a matter of time before captain Alastair Cook regains his form with the bat.
“We have got to be a lot more fearless and braver, and also smarter”
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England all-rounder Moeen Ali believes that the national team will receive a major confidence boost ahead of the 2015 World Cup if they are able to beat Sri Lanka during their upcoming tour of the country.
“I have to find a way of adjusting and make sure I’m in good stead when I do get a call”
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England pace bowler Chris Jordan has admitted that he is finding it hard to adjust to being rested for long periods of time.
“There is positivity in the camp but the overconfidence has gone”
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India head coach Duncan Fletcher has admitted that the national team were “overconfident when they went to South Africa and New Zealand”.
“It’s (more) important what I think of my performances and what I expect from myself”
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India batsman Virat Kohli has announced that he doesn’t “feel the need to prove anything to people” following his successful cricketing career thus far.
