Mohammad Hafeez: “I think Babar and Rizwan need to be concerned about their positions in the team. They need to prove themselves as good players first; key players come later. Both were good in the past, but now they are not delivering results”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez admitted batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan need to be concerned about their spots in the national team.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Calling them key players would be wrong and unfair. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are not Pakistan cricket’s key players at the moment. Key players are those who win matches for Pakistan”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez honestly believes that batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan can no longer be classed as key players.
Wahab Riaz: “When you form a team, you identify your key players or those the team can rely on, and right now, that is undoubtedly Babar and Rizwan”
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Pakistan selector Wahab Riaz has conceded that the national team tends to rely on limited overs captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan.
Rashid Latif: “If Pakistan had left out their five main players, would South Africa have still played with us? Then why are we playing with them?”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has questioned why the national team are even playing a T20 series against South Africa since most of their key players will be absent as they will be participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Sarfaraz Ahmed: “Mohammad Nawaz has always been a key player for us over the past seasons, while Anwar Ali has been in great form in domestic cricket. We also have the likes of Naseem [Shah], [Mohammad] Hasnain and Usman Shinwari”
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Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has said Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain and Usman Khan Shinwari are all key players for the team in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Sarfraz Ahmed: “Your key players for the World Cup squad are Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has revealed that there will be a number of key players for the national team at the World Cup.
Jalaluddin: “If they wanted to check new players, Sarfraz should have been there to see how the young players perform in the series”
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Former Pakistan seamer Jalaluddin criticised the national selectors for resting a number of key players for the recent ODI series against Australia.
Sarfraz Nawaz: “No one can justify the policy of resting the key players, especially when the World Cup is barely two months away”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has lashed out at the national selectors due to the team that was picked for the ongoing ODI series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates.
Starc was poised to be one of highest-paid players in the tournament
While a majority of Australian players, both past and present, seem ready to play in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), which begins on April 3, one pace bowler has not given into the peer pressure or lucrative contract temptations and is instead looking forward to spending some time at home and recharging himself after a brutal Test summer.
Clarke does not want to see any of his players succumb to long-term injuries
Australia captain Michael Clarke has defended his decision to rest key players at certain points during a series, stating that all of them complained of minor niggles and as skipper, his responsibility was to ensure that those minor aches and pains heal as soon as possible instead of letting them get even more aggravated by allowing those players to play through it.
