Harsha Bhogle: “I’ve been an admirer over the years of Babar Azam. It doesn’t matter which team you’re playing for – when a great player looks ordinary, it makes you feel bad. And I’m afraid Babar Azam looked ordinary”
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Renowned cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is looking ordinary at the moment.
Harsha Bhogle: “Shaheen Shah Afridi really looks a shadow of himself as a bowler”
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Renowned cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle has admitted that Pakistan left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi is a “shadow of himself as a bowler”.
Harsha Bhogle: “I just thought, ‘He can bowl and he can definitely bat – more of a batter than a bowler – but he is some player’. I am very happy that it has started to get reflected in the numbers, and it is Salman Ali Agha. I hope we see more of him”
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Renowned cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle admitted Pakistan batting all-rounder Salman Ali Agha “is some player” and wants to see “more of him”.
Harsha Bhogle: “Saim Ayub is the person I am looking forward to from Pakistan”
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Well-known cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said the Pakistan player he looks forward to seeing now is opening batsman Saim Ayub.
Harsha Bhogle: “When I worked on two Australia-Pakistan tests last year, the two stand out characters for me were Salman Agha and Aamer Jamal. When Pakistan do rebuild eventually on an attitude first platform, those two and Naseem Shah will be at the core”
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Renowned cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle believes the core of Pakistan’s rebuild will centre around middle order batsman Salman Ali Agha and the pace duo of Aamer Jamal and Naseem Shah.
Harsha Bhogle: “I saw a raw Waqar Younis become great, moulded by Imran Khan. This process has stopped. Shaheen and Haris are good, but they could be even better”
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Renowned cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle believes the Pakistan pace duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf are good right now, but they “could be even better”.
Harsha Bhogle: “I think Babar becomes twice a player if he’s got a really good opening combination ahead of him”
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Renowned cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle believes Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam is twice as good if he has “a really good opening combination ahead of him.”
Harsha Bhogle: “When there was a dip in Kohli’s form, Babar was on the up. This year (2023), Babar averages around 22-23 but that doesn’t mean he is a bad player”
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Respected cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle believes it is wrong for people to think Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is a “bad player” just because he had a subpar year in 2023.
Harsha Bhogle: “Pakistan may have lost the series… but have two fine talents to show at the end of it. Salman Agha and Aamer Jamal”
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Renowned cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said Pakistan have found “two fine talents” in middle order batsman Salman Ali Agha and fast bowler Aamer Jamal.
Harsha Bhogle: “There was a time when Saeed Anwar used to score a lot of runs against India, we were like spare us for one match”
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Well-known cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle recalled how legendary Pakistan opening batsman Saeed Anwar used to “score a lot of runs against India.”
