Asad Shafiq: “People criticise Misbah-ul-Haq for having a defensive style, but every captain has a different plan. He believed that we should wait for the opposition to make a mistake”
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Asad Shafiq said people criticised Misbah-ul-Haq for being too defensive when captaining the team.
Asad Shafiq: “The year Mohammad Yousuf set a record in Test cricket, I saw every innings of him”
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Asad Shafiq revealed that he watched every innings legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf played when he broke the record for the most Test runs in a calendar year.
Asad Shafiq: “If I am lucky, I will play for Pakistan again”
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Pakistan batsman Asad Shafiq said luck has to be on his side if he is to have any chance of playing for his country again.
Asad Shafiq: “Never seen Shahid Afridi under pressure as he used to lead in a very cool mood”
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Pakistan batsman Asad Shafiq said he never saw big-hitting all-rounder Shahid Afridi under pressure during his tenure as captain.
Asad Shafiq: “A comeback for Pakistan has not been made a matter of life and death for me”
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Senior middle order batsman Asad Shafiq is determined to get back into the Pakistan team, but made it clear that it is not a matter of life or death for him.
Rashid Latif: “After the retirements of Misbah and Younis, there was a big gap in that dugout. Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq did their best to fill that”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif said senior batsmen Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq did their best to replace Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan when they retired.
Tauseef Ahmed: “Now he has power, call him back or someone else who is solid in the middle order”
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Former off-spinner Tauseef Ahmed has told batting coach Mohammad Yousuf to use the power and authority he has to get middle order batsman Asad Shafiq back in the team.
Tauseef Ahmed: “He used to say Asad Shafiq is technically solid”
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Former spinner Tauseef Ahmed has asked batting coach Mohammad Yousuf why he said veteran batsman “Asad Shafiq is technically solid” if he has no intentions of recalling him to the Pakistan team.
Tauseef Ahmed: “Where is Asad Shafiq?”
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Former spinner Tauseef Ahmed has asked where Pakistan Test batsman Asad Shafiq is following his prolonged absence from the national team.
Pakistan batsman Asad Shafiq: “My job is to perform in domestic cricket and the rest is up to the selectors. I am always ready to play for the country”
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Pakistan batsman Asad Shafiq said all he can do right now is keep performing in domestic cricket and see if the national selectors pick him in the future.
