Basit Ali: “Even a club cricketer will tell you that in T20s, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf – they are all better players in the format than Babar! Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub are also better T20 players than Babar”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali believes Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub are all better T20 players than Babar Azam.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Fakhar Zaman has been moved down in the batting order because he has not performed in the top order in T20s”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad believes Fakhar Zaman was demoted down the batting order due to a lack of consistent performances at the top.
Ricky Ponting: “Babar needs to get going early. He needs boundaries in his first few balls, otherwise the momentum of the game shifts every time he comes in. To me, it looks like he’s lost a bit of his power and ball-striking ability”
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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting admitted it appears as if Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has “lost a bit of his power and ball-striking ability” in T20Is.
Salman Ali Agha: “Fakhar has been performing for Pakistan for the last 10 years. If he isn’t scoring right now, that’s okay – we will back him”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha has confirmed that top order batsman will continue to be backed even if he fails to score runs in the short term.
Salman Butt: “They are trying to make Babar Azam a power-hitter, which he cannot become”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt said people are trying to turn Babar Azam into a power-hitter, even though he is not capable of being one.
Azhar Ali: “We are also to blame for the poor performance of Babar, we degraded instead of supporting”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Azhar Ali has admitted that a lot of people are to blame for Babar Azam’s lengthy rough patch with the bat as “we degraded instead of supporting” him.
Salman Ali Agha: “We know he is a very good player of spin bowling, probably the best player in our team against spin. We knew his ability and we know it’s going to come soon”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha has branded big-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Usman Khan as the best player of spin in the team.
Mitch Marsh: “Babar’s been a world-class player for a long period of time for Pakistan, so we have great respect for him”
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Mitch Marsh has praised Pakistan batsman Babar Azam, saying the Australian team have got great respect for him.
Aaqib Javed: “Usman Khan has been exceptional since he came back”
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Pakistan Director of High-Performance Aaqib Javed has thrown his support behind big-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Usman Khan, saying he has “been exceptional”.
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan: “Babar and Mohammad Rizwan also need to rethink their capabilities and role in modern T20 cricket”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has advised batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to “rethink their capabilities and role in modern T20 cricket”.
