Wasim Akram: “If players like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, or Shaheen Afridi miss a couple of games, it’s no problem – our bench strength is growing”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram said it doesn’t matter if batsman Babar Azam, ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan and fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi “miss a couple of games”.
Umar Akmal: “Babar was captain for nearly five years most of the time in all formats and he never tried to build up the bench strength due to his likes and dislikes”
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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has accused Babar Azam of only picking players he liked during his tenure as captain.
Younis Khan: “If not Babar Azam, who else should be the captain? That’s not Babar Azam’s fault. Neither this is the current selection committee’s fault. This is the fault of something that happened 5-6 years back”
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Pakistan batting icon Younis Khan has questioned who can succeed Babar Azam as captain and thus feels that the 29-year-old is the only man for the job right now.
Hasan Ali: “We should strengthen our bench strength, which every team in the world does”
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Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali believes the national team’s bench strength has to be improved as it will make the men in green a more competitive side.
Shahid Afridi: “The A team should be as strong as the main team, so if Shaheen or Babar or Rizwan aren’t strong, we shouldn’t have the excuses of players being unavailable, like we do with Naseem now”
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi believes the national team need to stop making excuses when it comes to players being unavailable, such as fast bowler Naseem Shah, who is currently recovering from a shoulder injury.
Shahid Afridi: “Our bench strength should be strong. Pakistan team should run even without Babar and Shaheen”
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Shahid Afridi, the legendary power-hitter, has urged Pakistan to stop relying on captain Babar Azam and left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Shahid Afridi: “It is difficult to make separate teams for both formats. We need to improve our bench strength. Proper bench strength will force players to do well consistently”
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Interim chief selector Shahid Afridi believes the Pakistan team have a glaringly obvious weakness – their bench strength.
Babar Azam: “We had Iftikhar, Abdullah Shafique and Dahani in our bench strength”
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam said top order batsman Abdullah Shafique, power-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed and pace bowler Shahnawaz Dahani add strength to the team’s bench in limited overs cricket.
