Ahmed Shehzad: “Recently, Babar’s form is not that good, and yet you are changing his batting position, which, in my opinion, is unjust”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad believes promoting Babar Azam from number three to an opener was “unjust” and an unnecessary experiment overall.
Sunil Gavaskar: “I was surprised to find out that Pakistan were looking to experiment and drop Rizwan or Babar down the order”
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India batting icon Sunil Gavaskar has admitted that he was surprised Pakistan decided to experiment with their opening batsmen when captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were doing such a good job.
Kamran Akmal: “Pakistan team needs the experience of Shoaib Malik in [the] middle-order in T20 cricket”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal said the national team need veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik in the middle order in T20 Internationals.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam said it is not the time to experiment too much with the T20 team
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam reportedly said it is not the time to experiment too much when it comes to the T20 team.
Kamran Akmal: “All these experiments with Pakistan cricket have caused damage”
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Wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has claimed that constant experimentation in the national team has damaged Pakistan cricket.
Wasim Akram: “Pakistan experimented against Australia, it’s fine, people will criticise for no reason”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has made it clear that he is not upset with the national selectors for experimenting during the ODI series against Australia.
“Waqar no doubt was a great player for Pakistan but as a coach he was a total failure”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes that Waqar Younis did more harm than good during his two stints as head coach in 2010-2011 and 2014-2016.
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“I just think he needs to grab the team and say ‘I’m in charge'”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has announced that England captain Alastair Cook seems to have forgotten how to lead a team after his side lost the Ashes for the first time in five years.
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“This is what you are going to associate with the Sri Lanka team, that they really are fighters and can come back strongly”
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has announced that the national team “need to build very good partnerships” against Sri Lanka if they are going to have any chance of beating them in the upcoming ODI series, which starts later today.
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“We know it’s going to be tough”
Sri Lanka Twenty20 captain Dinesh Chandimal and veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara have both announced that they wary of what Pakistan are capable of following their impressive performance against South Africa, which saw them draw the Twenty20 series 1-1 and win the ODI series 2-1.
