Ramiz Raja: “He [Saim Ayub] plays with his technique in the first two matches, then if he flops he tries to change his technique in the third match which makes things even tougher for him”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has admitted that opening batsman Saim Ayub tends to change his technique when he fails to score runs in a couple of matches.
Sunil Gavaskar: “Top batters like Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Babar Azam, and Joe Root have a relentless drive to perform”
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Legendary India batsman Sunil Gavaskar said Pakistan captain Babar Azam is an elite player as he has “a relentless drive to perform”.
Pakistan batsman Babar Azam: “I am not satisfied with where I am right now, and there are still more milestones to achieve. When I fail, I talk to many people and learn from my mistakes”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has made it clear that he is “not satisfied” with where he is at the moment and insisted that he has many more milestones to break.
Matthew Hayden: “When his performances aren’t quite on song, it matters”
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Legendary Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden has admitted that it really does matter when Pakistan captain Babar Azam fails to score runs for a lengthy period of time.
Mudassar Nazar: “It is often seen that after scoring fifty in Test cricket, he fails to convert it into a century”
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Former Pakistan batsman Mudassar Nazar said captain Babar Azam can’t be satisfied with scoring fifties in Test cricket.
Rohan Gavaskar on Babar Azam: “When he is batting first, he feels that he’s got to stay long because if he fails the team might fail and that can sometimes shackle a player. And that’s what happens to him when they are batting first”
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Babar Azam worries the Pakistan team will fail if he gets out early, which is why he constantly looks to bat for long periods of time, former India batsman Rohan Gavaskar said.
Saeed Ajmal: “He won’t get many opportunities to make a comeback if he isn’t consistent”
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Ex-Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal said middle order batsman Asif Ali won’t get many more opportunities if he fails to make the most of the chance he is currently getting.
Rashid Latif: “I think we will play with the current opening pair in the first two T20Is against South Africa, if the results don’t go our way then Sharjeel should be included”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif said big-hitting opener Sharjeel Khan should be given a chance if captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan fail to impress at the top of the order in the upcoming T20 series against South Africa.
Ramiz Raja: “This was a shock for the entire [Pakistan cricket] system and it also reveals that the temperament of new players is not at the required level at the moment as they failed to live up to expectations at a challenging time”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja believes that the new players in the national team are not living up to expectations.
Kamran Akmal: “The selectors also need to watch out for cases like that of Fakhar Zaman who has been given plenty of chances but has not been able to score that well”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes that the national selectors need to be careful not to give players like opening batsman Fakhar Zaman so many chances if they haven’t lived up to expectations.