Babar Azam: “The best thing I like about Virat, Rohit and Kane is how they get the team out of difficult situations and score runs against tough bowling. This is what I try to learn from them”
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Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam said he is learning from New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and the India batting duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Hasan Ali: “We used to hear about the Fab Four, which are these four players (Kohli, Williamson, Smith, and Root). Because of Babar Azam, it became the Fab Five, as Babar is the fifth player in the Fab Five”
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Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali said the Fab Four became the Fab Five due to limited overs captain Babar Azam’s brilliance with the bat.
Kane Williamson: “He [Babar] is a world-class player. Cricket comes with a full range of feelings and emotions and part of it is navigating each day and looking to improve”
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has shown his support for underperforming Pakistan batsman Babar Azam, calling him a “world-class player.”
Kane Williamson: “He is one of the best players in the world… We know he is a big threat”
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson acknowledged that Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is “a big threat” as he is “one of the best players in the world.”
Babar Azam: “Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Kane Williamson are my favourite batters in the world. They’re the top players in the world. They read the conditions well, that’s why they are the best. I admire them”
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Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has picked New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and the India duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as his “favourite batters in the world”, saying he really admires them.
Kane Williamson: “When Fakhar Zaman gets going then not many grounds are big enough and certainly this one wasn’t. He hit it to all parts”
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New Zealand limited overs captain Kane Williamson said Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman smashes bowlers to all parts of the ground when he gets going.
Kane Williamson: “Zaman played beautifully and the ground wasn’t big enough for him”
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New Zealand limited overs captain Kane Williamson praised Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman for the electrifying century he hit against them in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Kane Williamson: “Fakhar swung his bat seriously hard and he hit everything out of the middle of his bat and it went miles. He’s a very aggressive and dynamic player”
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New Zealand limited overs captain Kane Williamson has admitted that when Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman hits sixes, the ball goes miles.
Harsha Bhogle: “The big four is always Joe Root, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, and Kane Williamson. And I think over the last four years, he (Babar Azam) said no, he’s not only big five but in [the] big four, he has knocked somebody out”
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Respected cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said Pakistan batting maestro Babar Azam “has knocked somebody out” of the Fab Four as he is not happy being on the fringe of the elite club.
Gautam Gambhir: “I believe that there is Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Joe Root and David Warner but Babar Azam has [a] different level of quality”
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Former India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir believes Pakistan captain Babar Azam “has [a] different level of quality” in comparison to other top batsmen in the world, including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and David Warner.
