Mike Hesson: “Shamyl Hussain is an exciting talent”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson said he sees plenty of potential in top order batsman Shamyl Hussain, calling him “an exciting talent”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Babar Azam is not going to deliver until you play him as an opener. He is of no use in the middle order”
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Pakistan pace legend Shoaib Akhtar believes Babar Azam will be useless in the middle order and will not deliver in T20Is unless he returns to opening the batting.
Mohammad Yousuf: “I advised him to play first-class cricket three years back to improve [his] batting technique but [the] PCB management in return said we can’t drop Babar Azam”
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Legendary Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Yousuf has revealed that he advised Babar Azam to return to first-class cricket three years ago to refine his technique.
Mohammad Amir: “Khawaja Nafay should replace Babar Azam or Usman Khan in [Pakistan’s] T20 line-up”
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Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir believes batsman Khawaja Nafay can replace Babar Azam or Usman Khan in the T20I team.
Mohammad Yousuf: “Inzy bhai and Saeed bhai’s level can’t be matched. They can’t be matched. They were very big players. Zaheer Abbas…. These four players were of different categories and levels. Babar is nothing in front of them”
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Mohammad Yousuf said Pakistan top order batsman Babar Azam “is nothing in front of” the legendary quartet of Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar, Zaheer Abbas and Younis Khan.
Mohammad Amir: “Take out all of Shaheen’s ICC events except the 2021 T20 World Cup, where he had an impact – besides that, show me a single ICC event where Shaheen performed impactfully”
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Mohammad Amir has taken aim at fellow Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, saying he hasn’t performed in any other ICC event other than the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Mohammad Yousuf on Babar Azam: “The moment I suggested resting Babar, everyone suddenly turned against me. I had to resign because of this”
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Former Pakistan batter Mohammad Yousuf has revealed that he was forced to resign as a national selector after suggesting that Babar Azam be rested.
Ravichandran Ashwin: “Babar Azam has not made a single change to his game”
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Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has said that Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has not made any changes to his game and will continue getting out caught in the slips if he does not address the issue.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Shaheen is not fit. He is not able to bowl over 125 kph”
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Iconic Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar has lashed out at left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, saying he is not fit as he cannot bowl over 125 kph.
Sahibzada Farhan: “I don’t miss a match in domestic cricket and doing well in domestic cricket for the last four odd years helped me. It’s the result of consistent hard work in domestic cricket back home in Pakistan”
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Pakistan batsman Sahibzada Farhan has attributed his success at the international level to years of playing domestic cricket.
