Javed Miandad: “If a player is performing consistently and still does not get selected, it is an injustice. The media should also highlight Shan Masood’s case”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad said it is an injustice when in-form players like opener Shan Masood are not being given the chance to play.
Javed Miandad: “Due to departmental cricket, many famous but illiterate players also got financial comfort and their children earned higher education”
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Javed Miandad has provided an insight into the benefits of departmental cricket, saying many illiterate Pakistan players “got financial comfort”.
Javed Miandad: “Players considered themselves mentally safe, they worked hard and played an important role in the success of their team. Courtesy of departmental team, Pakistan became the world champion. Today, hundreds of cricketers are starving for bread”
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Pakistan legend Javed Miandad said “hundreds of cricketers are starving for bread” since departmental cricket no longer exists.
Javed Miandad: “In the past, the big players did not have any source of income, they did not get much money in the game; Little Master Hanif Mohammad, who had done great deeds in the world of cricket, did not get anything”
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Iconic Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad has revealed that the legendary Hanif Mohammad didn’t make much money playing cricket.
Javed Miandad: “Cricketers fear that they do not have financial security, so they try to take advantage of the opportunities available to them. Due to lack of financial security, they were tempted to make money illegally”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad said the removal of departmental cricket may have caused some players to be tempted into match-fixing.
Rashid Latif: “I had written everyone’s name whom I had played with – (Javed) Miandad, Wasim (Akram), Waqar (Younis), Inzamam (Ul-Haq), (Mohammad) Yousuf, Younis (Khan), Saqlain (Mushtaq). But he is ahead of them all”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif believes captain Babar Azam is ahead of legendary players like Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf.
Javed Miandad: “We used to dominate in our home grounds by making spin wickets. When I was playing, we also finished Tests in two [or] three days”
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Legendary batsman Javed Miandad said during his playing days, Pakistan used to win Test matches in two or three days when the pitch was spin-friendly.
Sunil Gavaskar: “To provoke a fast bowler takes something else. Kohli is one of the rare batters who like to sledge bowlers. He is like Javed Miandad in that sense”
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Legendary India batsman Sunil Gavaskar said Virat Kohli sledges bowlers like iconic Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad.
Wasim Akram: “You see if you talk about Pakistan batting, you start with Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik, Inzamam-Ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and then now it’s Babar Azam”
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Legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram said people are starting to talk about captain Babar Azam like previous Pakistan batting greats.
Wasim Akram: “Javed Bhai is a good cricket mind but he needs to be aware of modern-day cricket. The game has changed a lot and I don’t think he can adjust here”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram said iconic batsman Javed Miandad wouldn’t be able to adjust to the current demands of cricket if he were made head coach of the national team.
