Saeed Ajmal: “He is not a bad player”
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Saeed Ajmal feels that spinner Imad Wasim is “not a bad player” and could be a good fit in the ODI team.
Imad Wasim: “This mutual respect between us has always been there, and it is still there”
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Imad Wasim, the left-arm spinner, has shot down rumours of a persisting rift between him and Pakistan captain Babar Azam and insisted that they have “mutual respect” for each other.
Imad Wasim: “If truth be told, neither [do] I fret over this [World Cup] selection too much nor am I thinking about it right now. It is straightforward, whatever they decide, they decide”
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Imad Wasim, the spin-bowling all-rounder, has made it clear that he has no tension about whether he will be selected in the Pakistan team for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in India as he has no control over the selectors’ decision.
Saeed Ajmal: “Pakistan should definitely play Imad Wasim in ODIs”
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Saeed Ajmal believes spin-bowling all-rounder Imad Wasim has to be in Pakistan’s ODI team going forward.
Shadab Khab: “Tayyab Tahir and Azam Khan are solid batters who can turn the game around with their explosive batting, something the two had been demonstrating in domestic and franchise cricket for a while now”
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Shadab Khan, the Pakistan vice-captain, said Tayyab Tahir and Azam Khan are “solid batters” that possess “explosive batting” skills.
Saeed Ajmal: “He can play at a strike rate of 140, even if he is coming at number seven”
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Saeed Ajmal believes spin-bowling all-rounder Imad Wasim can slot into the number seven spot in Pakistan’s ODI team and bat while maintaining a strike-rate of 140.
Mickey Arthur: “Haider Ali is incredibly exciting”
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Mickey Arthur, the Pakistan team director, acknowledged that big-hitting batsman Haider Ali is “incredibly exciting” when he is firing on all cylinders.
Imad Wasim: “Amir is one of a kind and an exceptional bowler”
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Imad Wasim, the left-arm spinner, said Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir is “one of a kind and exceptional”.
Tayyab Tahir: “I am batting the way that the Pakistan team needs players to bat and will continue to bat this way if I get the chance”
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Tayyab Tahir, the fast rising cricketer, said the Pakistan team needs more batsmen like him.
Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim: “I have always said I was in form, I was never out of form”
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Imad Wasim, the Pakistan spinner, said he “was never out of form” as he was always good to go whenever the national team needed him.
