Ahmed Shehzad: “We had been saying [for] quite some time [to] bring in Abrar Ahmad, [a] mystery spinner is needed”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad believes the national team really need the services of mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed in ODIs.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Usama Mir, we had been saying [to] give him chances before the World Cup to give him confidence… see, Usama is a wrist-spinner. He’s more effective when the ball is old”
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Pakistan top order batsman Ahmed Shehzad believes spinner Usama Mir deserved more chances to play for the national team prior to the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Tayyab Tahir was brought in, he wasn’t welcome and was excluded”
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Ahmed Shehzad has claimed that Pakistan middle order batsman Tayyab Tahir “wasn’t welcome” when he was called up to the national team and was even “excluded.”
Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad: “I don’t want special treatment. I just want honest treatment with me like other players”
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Ahmed Shehzad, the Pakistan batsman, has pleaded for “honest treatment” and to be given the same respect as other players by the national selectors.
Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad: “I feel ready enough to make [a] Pakistan team comeback even tomorrow”
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Attacking Pakistan top order batsman Ahmed Shehzad said he can make a comeback tomorrow as he knows he is 100 percent ready to play international cricket again.
Ahmed Shehzad: “It’s true what they say about form. It’s temporary. But true class, the kind we expect from Babar Azam is not just permanent, it’s once-in-a-generation”
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Ahmed Shehzad, the Pakistan top order batsman, said captain Babar Azam is a “once-in-a-generation” player with “true class.”
Ahmed Shehzad: “At the same time, if you talk about Abrar [Ahmed], he is a mystery bowler”
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Ahmed Shehzad, the top order batsman, wants the Pakistan selectors to include mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed in the squad for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Ahmed Shehzad: “There hasn’t been any threatening bowler from India that the opposition batter is scared to play him. They have good bowlers like [Jasprit] Bumrah, [Ravindra] Jadeja and [Ravichandran] Ashwin, but there has not been a dangerous bowler as such”
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Ahmed Shehzad, the Pakistan top order batsman, has dismissed popular opinion that the India trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are dangerous bowlers.
Ahmed Shehzad: “I can’t recollect any other bowler apart from Shoaib Akhtar. When I was new to the team, he was already THE Shoaib Akhtar. So I faced six-eight balls from a reverse-swinging old ball against Akhtar”
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Ahmed Shehzad, the top order batsman, believes the legendary Shoaib Akhtar is the most threatening Pakistan bowler he has ever faced.
Ahmed Shehzad: “We have seen that he has such a height, which can help him extract bounce, which other spinners can’t, so Usama can be effective”
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Ahmed Shehzad, the top order batsman, has called on Pakistan to select spinner Usama Mir for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in India as he “can be effective” in those conditions.
