Not interested in copying him, Tayyab Tahir on Pakistan batsman hailed as world-class

Tayyab Tahir said he is not interested in copying Pakistan superstar Babar Azam

Tayyab Tahir: “I don’t copy him, but I can learn from him. I have a different batting style and I don’t have the ability to copy someone. I want to be the first ‘Tayyab Tahir'”

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Pakistan batsman Tayyab Tahir has made it clear that he has no interest in copying Babar Azam as he has a “different batting style”.

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Did not have confidence until I played a good cover drive, Pakistan batsman playing outstanding cricket says

Pakistan captain Babar Azam said he did not have confidence until he played a good cover drive

Pakistan captain Babar Azam: “I did not have confidence in my innings until I played a good cover drive”

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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has revealed that during his Under-15 days, he “did not have confidence in my innings until I played a good cover drive”.

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I copied AB de Villiers’ cover drive, Pakistan player who plays the shot so elegantly says

Pakistan captain Babar Azam said he copied AB de Villiers' cover drive

Pakistan captain Babar Azam: “I started being interested in it by watching AB de Villiers and I really liked his cover drive.  At that time I used to copy the way he played those cover drives”

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Pakistan captain Babar Azam is known for having one of the most eye-catching cover drives in the game today, but he revealed that he actually copied the way legendary South Africa batsman AB de Villiers played it.

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Youngsters can’t go wrong copying his impressive technique, Shaun Pollock on exquisite Pakistan batsman who has still not reached his best

Shaun Pollock said youngsters can't go wrong copying Babar Azam's technique

Shaun Pollock: “He is going to get better as the years go on. The technique that he has got, I have been really impressed. I mean, I see I hear that if a youngster is looking to copy a technique, you can’t go far from Babar Azam”

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Legendary South Africa seamer Shaun Pollock believes that youngsters should copy Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s batting technique.

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Pakistan almost copied some of our field placings, South Africa player says

Rassie van der Dussen said Pakistan almost copied some of our field placings

Rassie van der Dussen: “In the first innings, our field placings were really good to an extent that Pakistan almost copied some of our field placings”

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South Africa batsman Rassie van der Dussen has claimed that “Pakistan almost copied some of our field placings” in the first Test in Karachi.

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