Basit Ali: “Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman don’t have a voice. How come they agreed to bat in the middle order?”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali feels Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman “don’t have a voice” after both were pushed down the order in the T20I team.
Basit Ali: “Aaqib Javed is good for nothing, he does not even know himself why he placed Babar Azam at number four”
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Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali has lashed out at Director of High-Performance Aaqib Javed, saying he is “good for nothing”.
Basit Ali: “He automatically becomes the favorite of whoever happens to be the captain”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali said opening batsman Saim Ayub “automatically becomes the favorite of whoever happens to be the captain” even though he has “a total lack of game awareness”.
Basit Ali: “If you call Babar Azam a superstar in ODIs or Tests, I might still agree. But in T20Is? Kahaan se superstar hai? (How is he a superstar?)”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali cannot understand how anyone would classify batsman Babar Azam as a T20I superstar.
Basit Ali: “Even a club cricketer will tell you that in T20s, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf – they are all better players in the format than Babar! Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub are also better T20 players than Babar”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali believes Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub are all better T20 players than Babar Azam.
Basit Ali: “Salman Ali Agha is a good player in Tests and ODIs, but he isn’t a T20 player. The selectors are overlooking this fact”
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Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali has taken a dig at captain Salman Ali Agha, saying he “isn’t a T20 player”.
Basit Ali: “Let Shadab play; he’s a talented player, and if he performs well, he’ll be back”
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Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali wants to see Shadab Khan keep playing for the national team as he knows the spin-bowling all-rounder can have a massive impact when he is in form.
Basit Ali: “He should start skipping ropes. I am giving him this advice which was given to me by Asian Bradman, Zaheer Abbas. It helps in feet movement”
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Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali has advised limited overs captain Babar Azam to start skipping rope as it will help improve his foot movement.
Basit Ali: “What is Salman Agha’s role at number 7? A batter who is performing well is being sent so late”
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Ex-Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has called for middle order batsman Salman Ali Agha to be promoted up the order in Test cricket.
Basit Ali: “Kamran Ghulam performed in domestic cricket but you didn’t play him”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali wants to know why batsman Kamran Ghulam was dropped from the Test squad so suddenly.
