Why did Pakistan remove Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in T20Is, Shoaib Malik thinks the move hasn’t paid off

Shoaib Malik said why did Pakistan remove Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in T20Is

Shoaib Malik: “Are these players playing attacking cricket? Why did you remove Babar and Rizwan then? At least they were scoring lots of runs. Why did you ask them to improve their strike-rate if these players are playing with the same strike-rate?”

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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik has questioned why Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were dropped from the T20I team when the batsmen called up to replace them are scoring at similar strike-rates.

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Pakistan must start playing attacking cricket, big-hitting batsman believes it is the only way to beat the top teams in the world

Iftikhar Ahmed said Pakistan must start playing attacking cricket

Iftikhar Ahmed: “In my opinion, the Pakistan team needs to adopt such attacking strategies in their play otherwise we will not be able to beat the bigger sides in world cricket”

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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Iftikhar Ahmed has called on the national team to play a more attacking style of cricket.

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Promoting him to No. 3 won’t help, Ahmed Shehzad doesn’t see Pakistan big-hitter ending the team’s woes

Ahmed Shehzad said promoting Iftikhar Ahmed to number three won't help if Pakistan don't play a more attacking brand of cricket

Ahmed Shehzad: “If this continues, even putting Iftikhar in the one down position won’t help you”

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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad believes that if the national team don’t follow through with their promise to play a more aggressive brand of cricket, then even promoting power-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed to number three in T20Is won’t help.

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Stop being reckless, Akhtar says 20-year-old Pakistan player needs to learn to control his firepower

Shoaib Akhtar told Haider Ali to stop being so reckless

Shoaib Akhtar: “Look at Haider Ali, he smacked a six and tried to repeat his shot rather than placing the ball into gaps or play a different shot like down the group or on the up”

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Iconic Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has lashed out at batsman Haider Ali, telling him to stop being so reckless when at the crease.

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