Gautam Gambhir: “Babar Azam cannot play like Fakhar Zaman and Fakhar cannot play like Babar”
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Former India opener Gautam Gambhir said the Pakistan batting duo of Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman cannot play like each other as they are polar opposites.
Jalaluddin: “Pakistan’s main batters including Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan or Saud Shakeel haven’t been aggressive”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Jalaluddin has called out Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel for their lack of aggression when batting.
Gautam Gambhir: “Pakistan’s top five batters are similar types of batters. They don’t have a batter apart from Iftikhar Ahmed who can take the game head-on”
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Former India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir said Pakistan big-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed is the only man in the team who takes the game “head-on.”
Wasim Akram: “You need to go out and middle a few balls before trying to hit big shots. Going after the bowling straight away won’t help you at all. I think this is the problem with Fakhar Zaman”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram said the biggest problem with opening batsman Fakhar Zaman is the fact that he attacks the opposition bowlers right from the get-go without getting his eye in.
Pakistan opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq: “I am no more playing an anchor role because one-day cricket is fast now”
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Imam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan opening batsman, has made it clear that he is no longer playing the anchor role at the top of the order in ODIs.
Babar Azam: “Saim Ayub is a great prospect”
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Babar Azam, the Pakistan cricket captain, admitted that he sees great promise in powerful top order batsman Saim Ayub.
Wasim Akram: “You need characters, you need a bit of rivalry and I’m all for it. I’m all for Amir the way he is, the way he has been saying stuff”
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Wasim Akram said he is more than happy for fellow Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir to unleash his aggression during matches.
Kamran Akmal: “It is a World Cup year which is why he should be more aggressive as captain”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal wants to see more aggression from Babar Azam when he captains the team.
Imad Wasim: “I would advise him to keep on being positive and doing what he does best which is to play aggressively”
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Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim has urged big-hitting batsman Haider Ali to keep staying aggressive and not downgrade his attacking mindset.
Ian Bishop: “Shaheen Shah Afridi every Sunday, every day for me because he is an all-format bowler, an attacking bowler”
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Former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is an attacking all-format bowler.
