Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad: “I feel very sad. I still want to play. After every auction, the days are particularly difficult for me. PSL started in front of my eyes. I have given 18 years to cricket, and suddenly everything feels gone. It hurts a lot. I miss it, and sometimes I cry”
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Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has revealed that he sometimes cries as he still harbours a strong desire to play professional cricket.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Babar Azam… has no place in T20s but [the] selectors are forcefully including him in T20s”
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Veteran cricketer Ahmed Shehzad has claimed that Babar Azam does not merit a place in Pakistan’s T20I side, alleging that selectors are forcefully persisting with him.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Fakhar Zaman has been moved down in the batting order because he has not performed in the top order in T20s”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad believes Fakhar Zaman was demoted down the batting order due to a lack of consistent performances at the top.
Sahibzada Farhan: “My idol is Ahmed Shehzad, watching him inspired me to start playing cricket”
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Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan interestingly picked Ahmed Shehzad as his idol, saying the veteran batsman is the man who “inspired me to start playing cricket”.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Players like Saud and Rizwan showed great grit”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad has singled out batsmen Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan for the grit they have shown.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Salman Ali Agha looks like the biggest burden on the team. He’s not batting well, he’s stopped bowling, and as captain, he’s completely clueless”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad has slammed T20I captain Salman Ali Agha, describing him as the “biggest burden on the team.”
Ahmed Shehzad: “Haris Rauf performed in patches in Australia. He performed well in Australia, but his performance has been very poor for the last two-and-a-half years. He has not given any match-winning performance”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad has taken aim at express bowler Haris Rauf, saying his performance “has been very poor for the last two-and-a-half years”.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Babar was wrongly appointed as captain”
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Veteran Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad believes Babar Azam should have never been appointed captain of the national team.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Saim has to learn the art of scoring runs. He should go back to domestic cricket, play ‘A’ tours. There is no need to discard him completely”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad doesn’t want opening batsman Saim Ayub to be discarded completely and instead urged him to “learn the art of scoring runs.”
Ahmed Shehzad: “PCB Chairman Najam Sethi had two meetings with me. He told me that I would become captain after Misbah. I take advice from Waqar Younis, but he wanted a puppet captain, that’s why Azhar Ali became captain”
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Veteran batsman Ahmed Shehzad has revealed that former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi told him he would captain the national team after Misbah-ul-Haq’s tenure ended.
