Shane Watson: “Babar Azam just doesn’t have an extra gear to score big runs in one over. His strike-rate is 128 which is quite low as compared to the likes of Rohit Sharma and Jos Buttler”
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Ex-Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has admitted that Pakistan batsman Babar Azam lacks “an extra gear to score big runs in one over”.
Mohammad Haris: “AB de Villiers is my principal and Jos Buttler is my teacher, whereas I’m [a] student of their school of batting”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Haris has expressed his desire to bat like South Africa legend AB de Villiers and England’s Jos Buttler.
Naseem Shah: “Recently, I feel Jos Buttler is a tough batter in white-ball cricket”
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Pakistan pace bowler Naseem Shah has admitted that he finds it tough to bowl to England big-hitter Jos Buttler in ODIs and T20Is.
David Lloyd: “If you back him right at the beginning and say this kid is going to do this, you’ve got to back him because they will have times when it just doesn’t happen”
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Former England batsman and iconic commentator David Lloyd has urged Pakistan to stick with opening batsman Saim Ayub, saying he is “like gold dust” as he can be a game-changer and a match-winner.
Ricky Ponting: “Babar Azam, he is technically a better player than Buttler”
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Iconic Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is better than England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler technique-wise.
Ricky Ponting: “You look at their strike-rates though and there is no comparison there, Buttler is much more dynamic, sort of a more 360-degree player than Babar is”
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Australia legend Ricky Ponting said England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler is more of a “360-degree player” than Pakistan captain Babar Azam.
Mohammad Haris: “My role model has always been Jos Buttler, but now it’s becoming Mohammad Rizwan”
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Up-and-coming Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris said his role model was hard-hitting England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler, but it is slowly changing to Mohammad Rizwan.
Dale Steyn: “Nortje, Buttler, Babar, so many are superb”
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Iconic South Africa seamer Dale Steyn said Pakistan captain Babar Azam is a “superb” player.
Herschelle Gibbs: “There is [Virat] Kohli, Babar Azam, Jos Buttler. There are just so many good batsmen. Some from West Indies as well. You have power-hitters and finishers”
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Karachi Kings head coach Herschelle Gibbs believes Pakistan captain Babar Azam is one of the best T20 batsmen in the world.
Pakistan batsman Asif Ali: “If you take a look at middle order batsmen around the world like Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler, Andre Russell and if you take a look at their average, it’s going be to around 25 and they only perform two out of 10 times”
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Pakistan batsman Asif Ali said since he bats in the middle order and is usually expected to score quick runs, he will likely perform two times out of 10.
