Shahid Afridi: “It frustrates me. I’ve personally called him 2-3 times and told him that only performances will take him forward, but I haven’t seen any noteworthy performances from him”
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi admitted it is frustrating that a batsman as talented as Mohammad Haris hasn’t produced “any noteworthy performances”.
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan: “I get frustrated sometimes. Yes, I deserve an opportunity. I have made three comebacks into the Pakistan team in the past [three] years”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Azam Khan believes he deserves a proper opportunity to cement his spot in the national team.
Mike Hesson: “I get frustrated, I guess, with you know, many players you work with around the world is that not everybody looks the same and not everybody has to have a six-pack and be incredibly athletic to be a fine cricketer”
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Islamabad United head coach Mike Hesson has vented his frustration at all the criticism directed towards Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan about his weight, saying cricketers don’t need to have a six-pack to be great players.
Ramiz Raja: “Babar seemed to be very frustrated and looked depressed. I felt really bad. The conversation regarding his captaincy was private, and I don’t want to make it public”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja admitted that star batsman Babar Azam “looked depressed” when he held a private chat with him during the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Shahid Afridi: “In the initial overs, if Shaheen didn’t get wickets, it becomes frustrating for him because his reputation is such that he takes wickets early on”
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Shahid Afridi, the legendary all-rounder, has pointed out that Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi has a tendency to get frustrated if he doesn’t take early wickets.
Imad Wasim: “I used to get frustrated a lot by the reasons for non-selection but now I feel extremely weird because their responses are the same”
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Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim said he feels extremely weird when asking for the reason behind his non-selection as he keeps getting the same responses.
Pakistan seamer Mohammad Amir: “I hope that our players, especially the youngsters in future don’t have to face what I had to face”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir said he hopes no youngsters face what he had to in the lead-up to his retirement from international cricket.
Junaid Khan: “I have played around 120 matches for Pakistan, but I feel disappointed because I could have played around 200 matches till now”
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Left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan believes that he could have played 200 international matches till now if the selectors had persisted with him.
Pakistan fast bowler Junaid Khan: “In our culture, even if a player performs for six years and then doesn’t do well in two games, he is replaced by a new player who has done well in only few games”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan has lashed out at the current cricket system in the country, saying players who perform consistently for six years get dropped if they don’t do well in two games.
Mohammad Asif: “The selectors ended up picking bowlers like Wahab Riaz who had not even taken half the number of wickets I had that domestic season and that was both heart-breaking and frustrating”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif expressed his frustration at the national selectors for picking bowlers like left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz over him.