Shoaib Akhtar: “Mike Hesson is a good T20 coach, but I don’t know what qualities he has for ODIs”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has questioned what qualities white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has when it comes to ODIs.
Babar Azam: “Foreign players make a real effort to participate here because the bowling standard is exceptional – every team has bowlers who can clock over 145 [kph]”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has heaped praise on the Pakistan Super League (PSL), saying every team has a bowler who can bowl at 145 kph.
Azhar Ali: “The Pakistan team management rushes bowlers back after an injury; their rehabilitation is not done as it should be”
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Former Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has revealed that the “team management rushes bowlers back after an injury”.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “Everyone is excited under the new captain Rizwan. He always gives full authority to the bowlers to attack”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi has heaped praise on limited overs captain Mohammad Rizwan, saying he “always gives full authority to the bowlers to attack”.
Ramiz Raja: “Two balls are good and then three deliveries are bad, this makes the situation tough”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has slammed the inconsistency of the bowling attack, saying after two good balls are bowled the next three are bad.
Sachin Tendulkar: “He’s unorthodox, is a very busy player who likes to play with the fielding side’s mind and play mind games with the bowlers”
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India legend Sachin Tendulkar has warned bowlers about Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan, saying he likes to “play mind games.”
Sikandar Bakht: “Previously, they were all united but it is now bowlers vs Babar Azam. He criticised the bowlers which led to argument with two of Pakistan’s pacers”
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Former Pakistan seamer Sikandar Bakht has claimed there is an “extremely dangerous” rift brewing in the national team between the bowlers and captain Babar Azam.
Sunil Gavaskar: “When the opposition bowlers sit down & dissects Pakistan’s batting, they would spend a lot of time on how to get Babar out. But I don’t think they would spend half the time on the others”
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Legendary India batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes that Pakistan captain Babar Azam is the only man who will scare opposition bowlers.
Nick Knight: “You can’t bowl top of off-stump. You can’t bowl short. You can’t bowl full. You just can’t bowl to him at the moment”
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Nick Knight, the former England batsman, said bowlers “just can’t bowl” to Pakistan captain Babar Azam right now since he is in such good form and punishing them.
Simon Doull: “He should be saying to bowlers, ‘I am the Pakistan captain and you get me at your own peril, I will dominate you’”
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Simon Doull, the former New Zealand seamer, wants Pakistan captain Babar Azam to have an imposing attitude towards opposition bowlers, giving off the message that “I will dominate you”.
