Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed: “Fetch that”
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Former Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed posted a video on Twitter, in which he remembered a beautiful cover drive he played against legendary Australia pace bowler Glenn McGrath.
Abdullah Shafique: “My strengths are the cut and pull shots. As I play in the top order, you have to be able to play such shots to do well, although I can also play good cover drives”
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Ahead of the limited overs series against Zimbabwe, Pakistan batsman Abdullah Shafique revealed that the cut and pull shots are his strengths.
Abdullah Shafique: “My favourite player is Ricky Ponting and I try to play like him. I used to like his pull shot and high back-lift”
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Pakistan batsman Abdullah Shafique has said that legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting is his favourite player and added that he wants to play like him.
Haider Ali likes Babar Azam’s consistency and cover drive
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Pakistan batsman Haider Ali has said that he likes Babar Azam’s consistency and cover drive.
Haider Ali chose the cover drive as his favourite shot
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Pakistan batsman Haider Ali has revealed that his favourite cricket shot is the cover drive.
Haider Ali: “I used to spend a lot of time in nets and focused on cover drives as it is my favourite shot”
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Pakistan batsman Haider Ali has revealed that his favourite shot is the cover drive.
Babar Azam: “It took me so long to play a perfect cover drive. I spent hours and hours in the nets practicing several strokes with cover drives on the top”
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Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam has revealed that spending “hours and hours in the nets” was how he perfected his cover drive.
Younis Khan: “He plays well-calculated cover drives, quite like Babar Azam’s which are world renowned”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Younis Khan believes that Haider Ali is similar to Babar Azam in the way he plays his cover drives.
Saqlain Mushtaq: “Babar Azam is the batsman who hits cover drives the best, with perfection, technique, timing, beauty, simplicity, class and elegance. There are many players who hit the cover drive, but Babar comes at No. 1”
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Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam has the best cover drive in the world since it is so elegant and perfect, according to iconic spinner Saqlain Mushtaq.
Kane Williamson: “One thing is common in these great players is their temperament, the hunger for runs and how they achieve is all very different but there are a lot of similarities in their approach to an innings”
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has revealed that Babar Azam’s technique, temperament and hunger for runs is what makes him one of the best batsmen in the world.
