Ravi Shastri: “People expect you to deliver. In your first few balls, I don’t even mind if you get out, but you have to show intent”
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Former India head coach Ravi Shastri wants to see more intent from Pakistan batsman Babar Azam in T20Is.
Shahid Afridi: “Babar is a reliable batter. Whenever he walks onto the field, there’s an expectation that he will score runs. Dropping him doesn’t make sense, especially when he was playing at a similar strike-rate as the newer players”
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Iconic Pakistan six-hitter Shahid Afridi doesn’t understand why batsman Babar Azam was dropped from the T20I team.
“I am really focused on getting my batting ability much higher”
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Fresh off winning five prizes at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards ceremony, wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock knows that he has to maintain a level of consistency and become more mature.
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“Too much expectation does put undue pressure on us”
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has announced that “there shouldn’t be too much expectation” from the home fans over the national team’s chances of progressing into the latter stages of the upcoming World Twenty20 tournament.
