Khushdil Shah on Babar Azam: “Babar is their main batter, always happy to get him out”
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Pakistan batting all-rounder Khushdil Shah admitted that he always feels happy whenever he gets Babar Azam out.
Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah: “After being dropped, I decided to seriously work on my weaknesses and trained myself to play longer innings, because often top order collapses mean you have to bat earlier”
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Pakistan power-hitting all-rounder Khushdil Shah has revealed that he seriously worked on his weaknesses when he was out of the national team.
Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah: “It’s not that I’m weak against short balls. In fact, in the death overs, bowlers rarely go short – that’s often the easiest delivery to put away. Sometimes you mistime it, sometimes you score, sometimes you don’t”
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Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah denied he is weak against short balls, stating he has spent the last two years working on his batting.
Khushdil Shah: “I bowl to him in the Pakistan team. He struggles a bit against left-arm spinners. I try to bowl with discipline to him”
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Pakistan big-hitting all-rounder Khushdil Shah acknowledged that batsman Babar Azam “struggles a bit against left-arm spinners”.
Pakistan batsman Khushdil Shah: “I’ve had to make three or four comebacks in these six years. Sometimes, I was just the 12th man. But I’ve always worked on my flaws so that whenever I get a chance, I can deliver for the team”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Khushdil Shah said he has had to make three to four comebacks over the last six years.
Pakistan big-hitter Khushdil Shah: “The sixth or seventh position is one of the toughest roles in cricket. Not many understand the challenges that come with it”
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Pakistan power-hitter Khushdil Shah feels many people don’t understand how tough it is to bat at number six or seven.
Adrian McInman: “You also know that the more mentally tough they were, the better they would have handled their situations”
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I asked Cricket Psychologist Adrian McInman to sum up what he told me about “pressure,” “stress,” perception, and mental toughness in the first four interviews for this 5-article series using the Khushdil Shah fan altercation as an example.
Danish Kaneria: “Khushdil Shah and Salman Agha have the ability [to be the trump card]”
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Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria believes middle order batsmen Salman Ali Agha and Khushdil Shah have what it takes to be the team’s trump card.
Wasim Akram: “Khushdil Shah and Salman Agha, did they ever look like taking wickets?”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has blasted all-rounders Khushdil Shah and Salman Ali Agha, questioning whether they “ever look like taking wickets”.
Aaqib Javed: “Both Faheem and Khushdil are better choices to play in the subcontinent conditions as compared to Australia or South Africa”
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Pakistan head coach Aaqib Javed said all-rounder Faheem Ashraf and Khushdil Shah “are better choices to play in the subcontinent”.
