Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez: “The trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Haris Rauf failed to deliver in the 2023 Asia Cup, 50-over World Cup, T20 World Cup, and now in the lead-up to the [2025] Champions Trophy”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez believes it is time to move on from the pace trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf as they have “failed to deliver”.
Mohammad Amir: “Those who decided to drop Babar and Rizwan are not even worthy of making such decisions”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer believes those who opted to drop batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan from the T20I team “are not even worthy of making” selection decisions.
Mike Hesson: “I wouldn’t say his career is over, but he needs to improve his decision-making with the bat. Even in domestic cricket, his batting average is around 17, the same as in international cricket”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has made it clear that batsman Mohammad Haris’ international career isn’t over after he was dropped from the national team.
Rashid Latif: “Haris was encouraged to play modern-day cricket and was picked ahead of Rizwan, Usman, and Haseeb. But once in the team, his batting position was dropped too low, and he was reduced to just a slogger”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif believes wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Haris was “reduced to just a slogger” as he was batting too low down the order.
Mike Hesson: “Usman Khan plays spin well”
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Pakistan limited overs head coach Mike Hesson has praised batsman Usman Khan, branding him as a good player of spin.
Mike Hesson: “He is a young player and needs to improve his batting in domestic cricket”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has admitted big-hitting batsman Mohammad Haris needs to keep playing domestic cricket to further refine his batting skills.
Mike Hesson: “We gave Mohammad Haris several opportunities, but he couldn’t make the most of them”
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Pakistan limited overs head coach Mike Hesson explained that power-hitter Mohammad Haris was dropped from the T20I team as he couldn’t make the most of the opportunities that were given to him.
Salman Ali Agha: “He has to keep working on his game and keep improving”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha has urged promising batsman Hasan Nawaz to “keep working his game” as he wants him to “keep improving”.
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.”
Basit Ali: “You’re playing senseless cricket, just swinging for a six to look like a hero”
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Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali has lashed out at power-hitter Mohammad Haris for playing senseless cricket by trying to swing for sixes like a hero.
