Zaheer Abbas: “It is our own doing (the friction between Babar and Shaheen). We shouldn’t have messed around with the set-up”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas believes the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are to blame for the rift that has formed between frontline batsman Babar Azam and pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi.
AB de Villiers: “Now for plenty more runs for your team”
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Legendary South Africa batsman AB de Villiers has backed Pakistan star Babar Azam to score “plenty more runs” now that he is no longer limited overs captain.
Basit Ali: “Naseem has better fitness, and Shaheen is currently struggling with it. But Shaheen is better than Naseem”
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Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali believes fast bowler Naseem Shah is not as good as Shaheen Shah Afridi, even though the latter is struggling with his fitness at the moment.
Jason Gillespie: “Shan Masood has navigated some pretty choppy waters as captain. It’s been a tough initiation for him as a leader”
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Pakistan red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie has praised Test captain Shan Masood for managing to navigate through “pretty choppy waters” and has backed him for more success in the future.
Younis Khan: “Babar Azam was made captain because he was the best performer. To become an even better player, he needs to stay away from controversies and focus on his game”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has urged Babar Azam to “stay away from controversies and focus on his game” if he wants to “become an even better player”.
Shadab Khan: “Hasnain is a trump card”
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Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan has called 140 kph fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain a “trump card” following his string of impressive domestic performances.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Sarfaraz must now consider his career direction, especially as he’s not getting younger”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad has advised wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed to have a long and hard think about his “career direction”.
Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi: “I don’t know why we have made it a big topic over the last one year that there is workload, players are getting injured”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi has questioned why his workload has become such a big topic.
Zaman Khan: “I posted a TikTok video of my sixes for Mohammad Haris to see so he would send me higher up the order. Later, he said Zaman I made a mistake. I said I told you that video was for you”
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Pakistan pace bowler Zaman Khan sent big-hitting batsman Mohammad Haris a TikTok video of his sixes in the hopes of getting promoted up the batting order during the Champions One-Day Cup.
Shadab Khan: “Mubasir, the way he is performing in domestic and [for the] Shaheens, he is one step away from [the] Pakistan side”
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Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan is backing up-and-coming all-rounder Mubasir Khan to make it to the national team, saying he is “one step away” from getting there.
