Rashid Latif: “Our fast bowlers like Naseem, Shaheen, Rauf, Hasnain, Hasan and Ihsanullah all bowled at 140-150 kph initially, but their pace dropped over time”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif has called out fast bowlers Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali and Ihsanullah for not bowling at 140 to 150 kph anymore.
Hasan Ali: “This is the national team, it’s not a gali mohalla team. You only get picked if you perform, it’s not about friendships”
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Pakistan speedster Hasan Ali has made it clear that getting selected in the national team is based on performance and not on friendships.
Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali: “I always try to give my hundred percent and that’s the reason the management trusts me”
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Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali attributed his sporadic international comebacks over the past couple of years to the fact that “the management trusts me”.
Hasan Ali: “Once Hafeez bhai told everyone no sleeping in the dressing room, nobody slept, as they didn’t want to be fined”
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Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali admitted that when former team director Mohammad Hafeez told players not to sleep in the dressing room, everyone stopped doing it as they “didn’t want to be fined”.
Hasan Ali: “As our chairman (Mohsin Naqvi) has already said, if the Champions Trophy is going to be held in Pakistan, then it will be in Pakistan. If India don’t want to come, we’ll play without them”
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Fast bowler Hasan Ali has said if India don’t want to come to Pakistan for the 2025 Champions Trophy, then “we’ll play without them”.
Hasan Ali: “He is the king of Pakistan’s batting line-up, and he should improve”
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Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali has heaped praise on limited overs captain Babar Azam, calling him “the king of Pakistan’s batting line-up”.
Hasan Ali: “I don’t know in what context the chairman has mentioned surgery. Will they change all 11 players? Which is not possible. I am really sorry to say because we don’t have such back-ups that we can change all 11 players”
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Fast bowler Hasan Ali addressed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi’s comments about conducting “major surgery”, saying it is impossible to replace all 11 players in the national team right now.
Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali: “The management had already told me that I was Haris Rauf’s replacement only for the Ireland and England tours. So when Haris gets fit, you will automatically be out”
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Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali has confirmed that he was informed he wouldn’t play in the 2024 T20 World Cup as he was in the national team prior to the tournament as a back-up for Haris Rauf.
Hasan Ali: “We used to hear about the Fab Four, which are these four players (Kohli, Williamson, Smith, and Root). Because of Babar Azam, it became the Fab Five, as Babar is the fifth player in the Fab Five”
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Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali said the Fab Four became the Fab Five due to limited overs captain Babar Azam’s brilliance with the bat.
Hasan Ali: “We should strengthen our bench strength, which every team in the world does”
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Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali believes the national team’s bench strength has to be improved as it will make the men in green a more competitive side.
