All three can test Pakistan captain Babar Azam, Gautam Gambhir selects India fast bowling trio

Gautam Gambhir: “All three bowlers (Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj) can test Babar Azam properly”

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Gautam Gambhir, the former India opening batsman, believes the pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami can make life difficult for newly re-appointed Pakistan white-ball captain Babar Azam.

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None of them are threatening, Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad brushes off three bowlers with wicket-taking reputation

Ahmed Shehzad: “There hasn’t been any threatening bowler from India that the opposition batter is scared to play him. They have good bowlers like [Jasprit] Bumrah, [Ravindra] Jadeja and [Ravichandran] Ashwin, but there has not been a dangerous bowler as such”

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Ahmed Shehzad, the Pakistan top order batsman, has dismissed popular opinion that the India trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are dangerous bowlers.

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How do you split them, Ricky Ponting on Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi and his fast bowling rival

Ricky Ponting: “Look, how do you split those two guys? They are two of the best performing bowlers in the world in the last couple of years in all formats of the game”

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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting was unable to decide whether Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi or his India fast bowling rival Jasprit Bumrah was the better bowler.

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A wicket can go down at any time, Salman Butt on masterful Pakistan new ball bowler

Salman Butt: “It’s great fun to watch both Bumrah and Shaheen perform, and the way they bowl with the new ball it feels as if a wicket can go down anytime. You don’t get this feeling watching any other bowler”

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Salman Butt said it is “great fun to watch” Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi and India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah bowling with the new ball as “it feels as if a wicket can go down anytime”.

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