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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq is allegedly unhappy that opening batsman Sharjeel Khan was picked for the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe as he weighs 112 kilograms.
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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq is allegedly unhappy that opening batsman Sharjeel Khan was picked for the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe as he weighs 112 kilograms.

Pakistan big-hitter Azam Khan: “I weighed about 140kg last year and I have now reduced that to 108kg but the idea is to not stop there and further improve this aspect of my overall fitness”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan has revealed that he used to weight 140 kilograms at one point, but has worked hard to lose weight.
Pakistan big-hitter Azam Khan: “I am not satisfied with my fitness at all and I intend to work more on it as that will help me perform better”
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Pakistan power-hitter Azam Khan has said he is “not satisfied with my fitness at all” and intends “to work more on it as that will help me perform better”.
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Legendary Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar has said batsman Haris Sohail needs to improve his fitness going forward.

Pakistan batsman Sharjeel Khan: “I have been given fitness plans by my domestic coaches and also by PSL staff and I am glad to say that I am following them to the letter, and my fitness is improving day by day”
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Pakistan batsman Sharjeel Khan revealed that he has “been given fitness plans by my domestic coaches and also by PSL staff”.

Misbah-ul-Haq: “We have an example of Azam Khan, he is [an] immensely talented player, a wicketkeeper, a white-ball player that Pakistan needs but his fitness is not in accordance with international standards, same is the case with Sharjeel Khan”
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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq believes power-hitters Azam Khan and Sharjeel Khan are talented players, but added that their fitness levels are not good enough at the moment.

Pakistan batsman Sharjeel Khan: “I wasn’t aware of [the] new fitness standards when I came back after three years. But now, I am working hard on my fitness and I will soon be fulfilling the required fitness standard”
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Pakistan batsman Sharjeel Khan has said that he is working hard on becoming fitter after he was criticised for being overweight.

Pakistan batsman Azam Khan: “My ambition is to work even harder now and especially on my fitness. I fully realise that I was overweight last year but I have reduced more than 30kgs”
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Pakistan batsman Azam Khan has admitted that he was really overweight in 2019.