Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah: “My performances were good. Earlier I had a knee injury, and they assumed it had returned. I told them that if fitness was the issue, then they should conduct a fitness test. But no such reason was officially given”
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Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah was unable to explain why he was dropped from the national team, saying “no such reason was officially given.”
Wasim Akram: “I haven’t talked much about this yet, and I don’t have any inside news, but I knew about it two years ago – cricketers aren’t focusing enough on their fitness”
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Legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has slammed the Pakistan team for not focusing enough on their fitness.
Mohammad Amir on Shaheen Shah Afridi: “If Shaheen had to be made captain, he could have first been appointed as vice-captain, and his performance judged accordingly – especially considering his fitness”
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Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Mohammad Amir doesn’t like the fact that Shaheen Shah Afridi was appointed ODI captain right away.
Pakistan big-hitter Azam Khan: “I had some bad eating habits, but that’s not an excuse anymore”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan has admitted that he had “some bad eating habits”, which caused him to be overweight.
Pakistan seamer Aamer Jamal: “So far, I haven’t had any conversation with anyone regarding my role in future plans. I need clarity as well – if I am not being considered in any format, let’s be honest about it”
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Fast bowler Aamer Jamal is seeking clarity about his future in international cricket and has criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for its complete lack of communication with him.
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan: “For the past four or five years, I have been playing a lot of cricket, so I didn’t have the time to focus on my fitness”
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Pakistan power-hitter Azam Khan has revealed that he didn’t have time to focus on his fitness as he has been playing a lot of cricket over the past four to five years.
Pakistan spinner Usama Mir: “When I’m available, I don’t get selected – so what’s left to say about anything else? I just don’t understand it”
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Pakistan leg-spinner Usama Mir has vented his frustration at the fact that he doesn’t get picked when he’s available to play for his country.
Salman Butt: “Babar Azam scored truckloads of runs in the last two years, he proved his fitness, he ran on the field, and scored runs while batting first as well as second innings”
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Former Pakistan batsman Salman Butt has lauded limited overs captain Babar Azam for scoring “truckloads of runs in the last two years”.
Aaqib Javed: “Naseem had some injury issues in the past, but now he is coming here daily, bowling and improving his fitness more and more”
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Pakistan Director of High-Performance Aaqib Javed said fast bowler Naseem Shah has been coming to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to work on his bowling and improve his fitness.
Hasan Nawaz: “My role model is Shoaib Malik. I admire his fitness a lot”
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Pakistan power-hitter Hasan Nawaz has named veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik as his role model.
