Junaid Khan: “This could be Mohammad Zeeshan’s first and last PSL due to the potential injury threat”
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Former Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan believes the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL) may have been the first and last one for pace prospect Mohammad Zeeshan.
Junaid Khan: “Ali Raza has a bright future”
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Pakistan Under-19 bowling coach Junaid Khan knows 16-year-old fast bowler Ali Raza has a “bright future” and will be a smash hit when he makes it big.
Junaid Khan: “Zeeshan is highly talented but his biomechanics have a lot of issues”
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Pakistan Under-19 bowling coach Junaid Khan has acknowledged that 6 ft 8 in fast bowler Mohammad Zeeshan is “highly talented”, but he pointed out that there are big problems with his biomechanics.
Junaid Khan: “I’ve suggested to Mohammad Zeeshan and the other young pacers to forget about T20 leagues at this stage of their career and instead work hard on their technical flaws”
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Junaid Khan, the Pakistan Under-19 team’s bowling coach, has advised up-and-coming 6 ft 8 in fast bowler Mohammad Zeehan to “forget about T20 leagues” for now.
Junaid Khan: “Everyone is saying that Khurram Shahzad bowled outstandingly. No doubt, he bowled well, but, his biomechanic is not right. In the first innings, he was bowling 135 [kph] and in the second 130 [kph]”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan believes fellow fast bowler Khurram Shahzad’s biomechanics are “not right” and pointed out how his pace dropped before he got injured during the three-match Test series against Australia.
Junaid Khan: “Babar doesn’t [have] those traits. You need to show aggression to boost the boys. He has captained all the formats for four years but there was no progress”
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Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Junaid Khan said Babar Azam showed no aggression when captaining the national team.
Junaid Khan: “Babar had not improved as a captain. If you see Sarfaraz Ahmed, he kept improving day by day. We won the Champions Trophy under his leadership, became World No.1 in T20Is”
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Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan believes Babar Azam was a worse captain than Sarfaraz Ahmed as he failed to make any improvement.
Junaid Khan: “I got Kohli in the first match and he told me it will not happen again. I got him again in the second and third match. Before the third ODI at the breakfast table, I told him, ‘Virat you will not be spared today'”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan has recalled his battle with India batting maestro Virat Kohli and remembered telling him “you will not be spared.”
Junaid Khan: “People say we became [the] No.1 ODI team under Babar’s captaincy. But we became No.1 by playing against weak teams. Babar is not a quick learner. He is a world-class batter but his captaincy was not up to the mark”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan has blasted Babar Azam, saying he is “not a quick learner” and his “captaincy was not up to the mark.”
Junaid Khan: “As a player, Babar Azam is the world’s number one, but giving him the captaincy in all three formats on a plate was wrong”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan believes appointing Babar Azam as captain in all three formats was a big mistake.
