Umar Akmal: “Even as captain, if Rizwan underperforms in one or two series, it will become very difficult for him moving forward”
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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal thinks ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan could be dropped from the team if he fails to perform.
Shahid Afridi: “Players need to be given breaks, whether it’s Babar Azam or anyone else”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi believes top players like Babar Azam also need breaks from cricket.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “Babar Azam suffered captaincy loss and later was dropped from T20 squad of Pakistan. Nobody cared for Babar in his tough time which is a reason behind an extended bad patch of Babar”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has attributed Babar Azam’s prolonged bad form to nobody caring about him “in his tough time”.
Pakistan batsman Hasan Nawaz: “I thought I’d be dropped”
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Pakistan batsman Hasan Nawaz has revealed that he thought he would be dropped after starting his international career with two ducks in a row.
Saeed Ajmal: “You have only one star. If you degrade him also, then how will your cricket run? These are the big issues. Our former cricketers should keep their mouths shut”
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Legendary spinner Saeed Ajmal has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for dropping batsman Babar Azam from the T20I team.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Give me Haris, Shaheen, and Naseem, I’ll make them megastars”
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Pakistan pace icon Shoaib Akhtar believes if he had the chance to work with the fast bowling trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf, he would turn them into megastars.
Mohammad Hafeez: “First, he was removed from Tests, then from ODIs – so what exactly is Shaheen Afridi’s role now?”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez wants to know what left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s role in the team is after he was dropped in both Tests and ODIs.
Aaqib Javed: “Fielding is a key factor, and that’s why we had to assess Kamran Ghulam. In this format, having a good fielder is crucial, which is why we haven’t selected Kamran”
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Pakistan Director of High-Performance Aaqib Javed has admitted that batsman Kamran Ghulam was dropped for the recent limited overs tour of New Zealand due to his fielding.
Sikandar Raza: “Especially in the longer format, he’s going to be very consistent, and he’s going to win Pakistan a lot of games”
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Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza has predicted that Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique will win a lot of matches in Test cricket.
Ahmed Shehzad: “It was said that Imam was not dropped based on performance but due to discipline issues. Specifically, it was alleged that he leaked dressing room conversations to the media and friends”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad said opener Imam-ul-Haq was allegedly dropped from the national team for leaking “dressing room conversations to the media and friends”.