Misbah-ul-Haq: “Once he starts to play attacking shots right from the beginning, then he easily gets out. If you look at his stats, he has quite a low average when he hits straight away from the first ball”
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Misbah-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain, said top order batsman Fakhar Zaman needs some time to get going as he has a tendency to get out early if he starts playing big shots right from ball one.
Wasim Akram: “I think that he will only pick wickets when batters go after him”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram believes fast bowler Haris Rauf only gets wickets “when batters go after him.”
Azhar Mahmood: “Even Wasim Jnr knows how to hit the ball”
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Azhar Mahmood, head coach of Islamabad United, said Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Wasim Jnr is capable of producing some big shots with the bat.
Pakistan batsman Asif Ali: “I bat [in] a position where an average of over 10 is required. For that, you need to hit big shots and that requires a lot of practice”
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Pakistan big-hitter Asif Ali said he usually comes out to bat when the required run rate is 10 or more.
Saeed Ajmal: “Iftikhar plays ten dot balls, Shan Masood plays 5-7 dot balls, and when they try to recover by hitting big shots, they get out”
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Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal said Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed are both guilty of playing too many dot balls in T20 Internationals.
Shoaib Mohammad on Shoaib Malik: “He can play the big shots while also knowing the art of strike rotation”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Mohammad said Shoaib Malik is capable of playing “big shots” and also understands the “art of strike rotation”.
Mohammad Wasim: “Mohammad Wasim Junior has been preferred over Faheem Ashraf due to his pace and ability to hit big shots”
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Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim revealed that talented youngster Mohammad Wasim Junior was preferred over all-rounder Faheem Ashraf in the T20 World Cup squad.
Salman Butt: “He is young and can hit big shots and also maintains a very good strike-rate”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes Haider Ali should be in the national team as he is young and can hit big shots.
Mohammad Rizwan: “He [Sohaib Maqsood] is an exceptional talent and always had the ability to play big shots”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan said power-hitter Sohaib Maqsood is an “exceptional talent” who “always had the ability to play big shots”.
Pakistan star Mohammad Hafeez: “This is something I’m working on in the last one-and-a-half years, where I’m not trying to hit it really hard, just time the ball and get power behind it”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez said he has been working hard on timing the ball rather than just trying to hit hard.
