It may seem like we had a fight, Babar Azam addresses rumours of rift with key Pakistan wicket-taker

Babar Azam: “Everyone respects each other in the team. It was a normal meeting but it was portrayed as if we had a fight. There was no such thing as we love each other like a family”

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Pakistan captain Babar Azam had denied rumours of a rift between him and pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi, even though it may seem like they “had a fight.”

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My thoughts are with him, Pakistan batsman Shan Masood sends classy message to grieving India player

Shan Masood: “Thoughts with him and his family, hoping to see him live his father’s and family’s dream through this tough time just like Naseem Shah last year”

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Pakistan batsman Shan Masood sent a classy and heartwarming message to India pace bowler Mohammed Siraj after his father passed away.

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I can’t give adequate time to my family, Pakistan player on mental stress of life in bio-secure bubble

Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez: “Playing cricket again is a good thing but the mental stress of a bio-secure bubble is extremely high because I have not been able to give adequate time to my family”

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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has opened up on the mental stress of life in a bio-secure bubble, saying he can’t give adequate time to his family.

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I wouldn’t be a successful cricketer without my family, thankful Pakistan player says

Pakistan seamer Umar Gul: “There is no doubt in my mind that you cannot achieve anything in life unless there is support from your family and I was blessed with love and encouragement from my parents and the rest of my family”

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Pakistan seamer Umar Gul has said that he wouldn’t have been a successful cricketer without the support of his family.

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Threats towards Dhoni’s family unacceptable, Pakistan star says

Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi: “I don’t know what sort of threats were directed at MS Dhoni and his family but it’s not right and shouldn’t happen”

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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has said the threats towards iconic India wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni’s family are “not right and shouldn’t happen”.

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Pakistan great Shoaib Akhtar hit Asif with a bat, but did Afridi leak it?

Shoaib Akhtar: “It’s unfortunate that the news (about hitting Asif with the bat) was leaked. Afridi confessed he didn’t say it. Maybe if I was there, we could have won the World Cup. Maybe. But Allah didn’t want this to happen”

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Ex-Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar admitted that it was “unfortunate that the news” about him hitting fellow seamer Mohammad Asif with a bat was leaked.

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Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq provides update on Shoaib Malik’s arrival in England

Misbah-ul-Haq: “We will try to make sure that he gets two weeks before the T20s so that he gets time to prepare before the T20s”

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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has revealed that the aim is to have all-rounder Shoaib Malik in England two weeks before the T20 series starts on August 28.

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