Shoaib Akhtar: “Babar and Rizwan can’t both be in the team”
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Pakistan pace bowling icon Shoaib Akhtar feels that having both Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in the T20I team is not feasible.
Pakistan batsman Babar Azam: “I try not to experiment too much with my batting”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam said he tries “not to experiment too much” when batting as he wants to keep things simple in order to focus on scoring runs.
Usama Mir: “How can you justify dropping Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan and replacing them with players who have an even lower strike-rate”
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Pakistan spinner Usama Mir has asked how the national selectors can justify dropping batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan from the T20I team when their replacements have an even lower strike-rate than them.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I would have kept Babar and told him to play at a 150 strike-rate. If he said he couldn’t do it, I would have motivated him, telling him he can and he will”
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Iconic Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar admitted he would keep batsman Babar Azam in the T20I team over Mohammad Rizwan.
Mohammad Hafeez: “I think Babar and Rizwan need to be concerned about their positions in the team. They need to prove themselves as good players first; key players come later. Both were good in the past, but now they are not delivering results”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez admitted batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan need to be concerned about their spots in the national team.
Irfan Pathan: “I am myself a big [critic] of Babar Azam, but the boys who have been playing here in [the] middle overs, Babar is better than them”
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Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan considers Babar Azam to be a better middle order batsman than those presently in the Pakistan T20I squad.
Wasim Akram: “The coach can play Babar at any position he wants. In my opinion, number three is ideal for him, but it will depend on the situation. If there are more overs left, someone else could also go in to bat first”
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Pakistan fast bowling great Wasim Akram feels that Babar Azam should be batting at the number three spot in T20Is as it is the ideal position for him.
Shan Masood: “Babar Azam is among the world’s best batters. You have to give your players time, not just Babar Azam. Babar doesn’t look out of form, he’s getting starts”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood doesn’t think batsman Babar Azam is “out of form” as he is “getting starts”.
Umar Akmal: “Our batter at the top, whom we call King Babar, needs to score big. A lot of responsibility has been fallen on him”
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Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal has admitted that batsman Babar Azam “needs to score big” as there is significant responsibility on his shoulders.
Kagiso Rabada: “Babar Azam is a rock, especially in Pakistan. It’s like, ‘man, how do you get this guy out?”
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South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada regards Babar Azam as Pakistan’s rock and questioned how to get him out as he is such a technically gifted batsman.
