Rashid Latif: “I think Imam-ul-Haq performed well as [an] opener this season that’s why selection committee dropped talented Imran Butt”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif believes the national selectors dropped opener Imran Butt due to the good form of Imam-ul-Haq.
Imam-ul-Haq: “I personally wanted [Shoaib] Malik bhai to come back in the team and I hope he proves all the critics wrong. His record against India is good too”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq said he wanted veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik back in the national team.
Shadab Khan: “Fakhar has scored two centuries in three matches, while Imam scored two half-centuries which show our opening pair is settled in this format”
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Pakistan limited overs vice-captain Shadab Khan said the team’s opening pair in ODI cricket is settled as Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq have been playing extraordinary cricket.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “In order to become a main player in T20 cricket, like I have done in ODIs, I will have to enhance my game”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq said he wants to be a main player in T20 Internationals, but knows that he must “make some changes to my game” in order to achieve that.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “Yes, I would like to play the T20 World Cup but there is a lot of competition as our opening pair is well-settled”
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Imam-ul-Haq said it is hard to get into the Pakistan T20 team as an opener since the current opening pair of captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are doing so well.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “It’s their [people who criticise my strike-rate] perspective and I respect that but I have always tried to perform to the best of my ability and will continue doing that”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq said if people want to criticise his strike-rate in T20 cricket, he has no problem with them doing so.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “[The] majority of the T20 cricket I have played is for Peshawar Zalmi and here in PSL my strike rate [was] 132, which is better than the local batsmen”
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Opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq said he has has a better T20 strike-rate than many other Pakistan players.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “I was dropped from the squad as well, after suffering an injury during [the] New Zealand tour, despite being with the side for the past 12 months”
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Pakistan opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq said he was dropped from the Test squad after getting injured during the tour of New Zealand.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “I [don’t] know why I was dropped from the Test playing XI”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq revealed that he has no idea why he was dropped from the playing XI in Test cricket.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “I haven’t got [a] similar number of chances in Test cricket and T20Is as compared to ODI cricket”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq believes he hasn’t been given enough chances to prove his worth in Tests and T20 Internationals.
