Faisal Iqbal: “To save further humiliation, first sack Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan [and] Usman Khan”
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Former Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal has called for a major shake-up in the T20I squad, urging that Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan and Usman Khan be dropped from the side.
Faisal Iqbal on Babar Azam: “Young kids are getting him like a piece of cake. Every passing day, he is disgracing himself at the international level. He doesn’t want to learn. In my opinion, he’s [past] his prime. Time to hang up his boots”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal has slammed batsman Babar Azam, saying he is “[past] his prime” and should retire.
Faisal Iqbal: “He’s doing an amazing job, but unfortunately in my opinion, his batting [position] is very down”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal has called for Salman Ali Agha to be promoted up the batting order, suggesting the T20I captain is currently batting too low.
Faisal Iqbal: “I don’t understand why he hides from playing domestic cricket? I think his confidence is very low and [he is] scared of getting out, that can be one reason he’s not playing domestic”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal wants to know why batsman Babar Azam is hiding from domestic cricket.
Faisal Iqbal: “Babar Azam earlier had the talent to become top batter… but unfortunately he lost focus due to many unwanted reasons”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal knows Babar Azam had the talent needed to become a top batsman, but noted he has lost focus due to numerous reasons.
Faisal Iqbal: “There is serious provincial racism in Pakistan, where people from certain places do not get opportunities”
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Former Pakistan middle order batsman Faisal Iqbal has claimed that “serious provincial racism” exists in the country.
Faisal Iqbal: “He has the capabilities [to] be a great white-ball middle order batter in both white-ball formats”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal believes middle order batsman Saud Shakeel should be picked in both ODIs and T20Is as he can add tremendous value.
Faisal Iqbal: “In my opinion, Saud Shakeel is definitely an all-format player who is consistently proving [himself] with his gutsy stoke play which is clearly visible to all globally. Now the question is why is he provokingly labelled to only red-ball. It’s mind-boggling”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal believes middle order batsman Saud Shakeel is “definitely an all-format player” and shouldn’t be classed as a Test specialist.
Faisal Iqbal: “In my assessment, Salman Ali Agha has really disappointed by not scoring runs in Test cricket specially after becoming white-ball [vice-captain]”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Faisal Iqbal has called out middle order batsman Salman Ali Agha for no longer being a consistent run-scorer in Test cricket.
Faisal Iqbal: “He looks technically very weak on spin and pace, and his run-scoring ability”
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Former Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal has sounded the alarm about opener Muhammad Hurraira, saying he “looks technically very weak” against both spin and pace.
