Inzamam-ul-Haq: “In the last 10 years, this is the first time Babar is going through a lean patch. He’s made people so used to his brilliance that they forget even greats have off days”
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Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has defended batsman Babar Azam, saying “even greats have off days”.
Atif Rana: “We had a meeting with Imran Khan after we made Shaheen the captain. At that time, Imran Khan praised our decision and told Shaheen, ‘If you keep playing like this, you will rule world cricket for the next 8 to 10 years'”
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Legendary Pakistan captain and all-rounder Imran Khan had previously told left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi that he would “rule world cricket for the next 8 to 10 years” if he kept performing well, according to Lahore Qalandars CEO Atif Rana.
Sunil Gavaskar: “If Pakistan captain Imran Khan had been the skipper, he would have beaten everyone with his bat”
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Iconic India batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes legendary Pakistan captain Imran Khan would have beaten everyone with his bat if he were in charge of the men in green today.
Shahid Afridi: “I started playing cricket by watching Imran Khan. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have become a cricketer”
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Iconic Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has revealed that he “wouldn’t have become a cricketer” had it not been for Imran Khan.
Wasim Akram: “I have seen Imran Khan in his prime as a cricketer, not off the field as a playboy. He was a proper, proper all-rounder”
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Pakistan pace icon Wasim Akram has lavished praise on legendary captain Imran Khan, calling him a “proper, proper all-rounder”.
Iqbal Qasim: “As a player, he deserves a spot. If you say he doesn’t deserve a spot as a player, that’s just unfair”
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Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim believes it is unfair for people to say that Babar Azam doesn’t deserve a spot in the national team.
David Lloyd: “Shan Masood is a reactive captain, not a proactive captain. I have seen his captaincy for Yorkshire. He is not like Pakistan’s former captains Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq, or Misbah-ul-Haq”
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Former England batsman and renowned cricket commentator David Lloyd believes Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood is not as good as Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Misbah-ul-Haq.
Iqbal Qasim: “We don’t have bowlers of the calibre of Sarfaraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar or Shoaib now. So, we should be banking on our spinners to win us Tests at home”
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Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim has conceded that the men in green don’t have any fast bowlers that are at the level of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Imran Khan and Sarfaraz Nawaz.
Imran Khan on Umar Gul: “I started training with him, so my action was automatically remodelled like him”
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Pakistan speedster Imran Khan has revealed that he automatically started bowling like Umar Gul when he began training with the former fast bowler.
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”.
