Rashid Latif: “Making fifty runs has become difficult for him”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif has lashed out at opener Abdullah Shafique, saying “making fifty runs has become difficult for him.”
Sohaib Maqsood: “Rizwan can be successful only opening the innings”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood believes limited overs captain Mohammad Rizwan can only be successful as an opener in T20I cricket.
Awais Zia: “Bright future”
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Pakistan opener Awais Zia believes 17-year-old batsman Muhammad Riazullah has a “bright future” ahead of him.
Iqbal Qasim: “As a player, he deserves a spot. If you say he doesn’t deserve a spot as a player, that’s just unfair”
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Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim believes it is unfair for people to say that Babar Azam doesn’t deserve a spot in the national team.
Pakistan big-hitter Mohammad Haris: “Opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket. Even I can score 50 runs while opening”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Mohammad Haris has claimed that “opening the batting is the easiest job in T20 cricket”.
Shan Masood: “We have a young opening partnership of Abdullah Shafique and Saim Ayub and we need to give them time”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has made it clear that he has no intentions of getting rid of openers Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique just yet.
Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris: “It’s easy to score a fifty as an opener in the PSL. If you let me open, I will score a fifty as well”
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Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris said it is “easy to score a fifty as an opener” in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and boldly claimed he could do it if he got the chance to open the batting.
Ramiz Raja: “The one who gets out after completing his fifty, give him the last warning for [the] next match that if you repeat the same pattern, there is no space in [the] team for you”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja said “there is no space in [the] team” for star batsman Babar Azam if he keeps getting out after reaching his fifty.
Mudassar Nazar: “Joe Root was facing the same issue but he worked on it. Babar needs to do focus on the doing the same thing”
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Former Pakistan batsman Mudassar Nazar said there is nothing stopping captain Babar Azam from converting his fifties into hundreds in Test cricket, especially if England cricketer Joe Root was able to do it.
Rashid Latif: “Congratulations for each innings [fifty] on [your] debut match, many more to come”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has backed opening batsman Abdullah Shafique to score many more fifties in the future.
