Ravichandran Ashwin: “An outstanding player but the only change he may have to make is for DRS (which is huge) nevertheless I think he will win the battle”
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has admitted that if he were to bowl to Javed Miandad in his prime, he would come up short against the legendary Pakistan batsman.
Javed Miandad: “The decision to remove Babar Azam from captaincy is not right; players should be given respect and honour”
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Legendary batsman Javed Miandad believes Pakistan made the wrong decision to remove Babar Azam as captain following the team’s elimination from the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Javed Miandad: “If Babar Azam ever wants advice, I am always available. This country has given me everything, and I am always ready to guide any player. But if someone doesn’t want to come, what can I do?”
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Javed Miandad, arguably Pakistan’s greatest-ever batsman, said Babar Azam can always come to him for advice if he needs help with any aspect of his game.
Javed Miandad: “In the presence of retired players like Iqbal Qasim, Mushtaq Mohammad, Sadiq Mohammad, Haroon Rasheed, Shoaib Mohammad, and others, PCB made chief selector who has just retired. How much cricket has Wahab Riaz played?”
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Legendary batsman Javed Miandad has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for appointing Wahab Riaz as chief selector, saying how much cricket has the former left-arm seamer played.
Javed Miandad: “Babar does not go after the bowlers from the crease, which affects the rhythm in his batting. Babar has immense talent, but he needs a slight alteration in his approach, particularly in the positioning of his body while batting”
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Pakistan icon Javed Miandad has spotted an error in Babar Azam’s batting technique and called on the star cricketer to make a “slight alteration.”
Javed Miandad: “Those who [don’t] understand cricket removed Babar Azam from captaincy”
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Legendary batsman Javed Miandad believes “those who [don’t] understand cricket” are responsible for removing Babar Azam as captain.
Javed Miandad: “Sarfaraz Ahmed should not only be included in the team against Australia, but due to his experience, he should have been the captain”
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Iconic batsman Javed Miandad believes that Sarfaraz Ahmed should have been appointed Test captain instead of Shan Masood.
Javed Miandad: “Mickey Arthur’s appointment on his terms was an insult to all those who can do a better job as coaches for Pakistan”
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Pakistan batting icon Javed Miandad unleashed his full wrath against recently removed team director Mickey Arthur, saying his appointment was “on his term.”
Javed Miandad: “He is running cricket in our country. The cricketing affairs are being managed by sugar mill owners”
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Iconic batsman Javed Miandad admitted he is confused about how a sugar mill owner like Zaka Ashraf is the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and “running cricket in our country.”
Javed Miandad: “No one is perfect, and Babar Azam has quality, but there’s no one to tell him about his flaws in the nets, therefore, he keeps repeating his mistakes. Building confidence comes from rectifying errors in the nets”
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Pakistan legend Javed Miandad believes no one tells Babar Azam about the mistakes he is making when batting.
