Abid Ali: “Pakistan[‘s] T20 squad needs impact players, not passengers. Babar, Shaheen, Shadab and others must earn their spots through performance, not past glory. Fans deserve fight, not excuses. Time to reset”
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Veteran Pakistan opener Abid Ali thinks batsman Babar Azam, fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan need to be axed from the T20I team aas part of a reset.
Shoaib Malik: “Travelling is an excuse. The whole world is travelling. Look at India’s calendar. Their pacers didn’t lose pace and swing. It is the professionalism, which is missing in our team”
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Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik has put the entire Pakistan team on blast for making excuses about why their 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup campaign went so horribly wrong.
Shahid Afridi: “Shaheen needs to be consistent on his line and length. This is not any excuse that if you couldn’t deliver for one or two overs and then you get all angry at yourself”
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Shahid Afridi, the iconic big-hitting all-rounder, said he doesn’t want to hear any excuses about Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi’s inconsistent line and length.
Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood: “If I’m unable to do well, I won’t use this an excuse as it’s my duty to play wherever I’m asked to”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood said if he doesn’t do well during the tours of England and the West Indies, he won’t look for excuses.
Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam: “I had that feeling that the selectors didn’t want to pick me and were just looking for excuses to not have to pick me”
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Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam said he performed well for five to six years, but felt that the national selectors kept looking for excuses not to pick him.
Mohammad Rizwan: “Batting with the tailenders is tough and I watched how Asad Shafiq batted with the tail and learnt a lot from him”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has revealed that he learned how to bat with tailenders by watching veteran batsman Asad Shafiq.
Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja: “How long will they keep on making excuses? You should move on from just the learning phase. The cricket fans and former cricketers are tired of listening to such excuses”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has lashed out at the national team, saying people are sick and tired of the constant excuses made for the players’ lacklustre performances.
Fawad Alam: “It would be nice for me as well if I got the answer to this question. Every year, every month, every other month, there’s a new reason that pops up and I try to fulfil the criterion, so let’s see what happens”
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All-rounder Fawad Alam appears to be growing increasingly frustrated with the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) excuses on why he is not being selected in the Pakistan team.
The source said that Misbah-ul-Haq “felt they were making excuses to shy away from training and nets”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq feels that batsman Haris Sohail, left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz and spin-bowling all-rounder Imad Wasim constantly give excuses, according to a source.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “It wasn’t our day, it was just a bad day”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed attributed his side’s loss to the West Indies in their World Cup opener to a “bad day” and the toss not going in his side’s favour.
