Wahab Riaz: “If he was in the Pakistan team, would he sit outside in a World Cup match? No chance”
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Left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz said there is no chance India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant would be left out of the team if he played for Pakistan.
Mohammad Amir: “We can all see who is getting harsh treatment from the selectors. There is no way that Imad Wasim and Haris Sohail should have been left out of the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir said there was no way that spin-bowling all-rounder Imad Wasim and batsman Haris Sohail should have been left out for the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Kamran Akmal: “I have been performing in domestic cricket and PSL during the last five years but despite that I have not been given a chance to play for Pakistan”
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Veteran Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has claimed that he is being deliberately left out of the national team.
Tanvir Ahmed: “I don’t think [the] Pakistan team needs Amir and Wahab because, in their absence, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain and Shaheen Afridi have done really well”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed firmly believes that left-arm seamers Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz don’t deserve to play in this year’s T20 World Cup.
Bazid Khan: “I understand that Shaheen Afridi is a young talent, he’s been in your plans for the World Cup, he’s one for the future. But he’s a teenager with just a few first-class games to his credit”
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Former Pakistan batsman Bazid Khan has hinted that left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi shouldn’t have been in the World Cup team due to his lack of experience, while Junaid Khan would have done a better job than Mohammad Amir.
Asif Ali: “I was not thinking anything negative. If playing the World Cup was in my destiny I [knew I] would get a chance”
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Pakistan power hitter Asif Ali has revealed that he “was not thinking anything negative” when he was initially left out of the World Cup squad.
Mickey Arthur: “His performance since the Champions Trophy has been below par which made it difficult to select him”
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Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has admitted that left-arm seamer Mohamamd Amir was not picked in the World Cup squad due to his lack of wickets since the conclusion of the Champions Trophy in 2017.
Iqbal Qasim: “To me, he is still very young and he should be carried with the team but should not be rushed”
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Ex-Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim has hinted that pace bowler Mohammad Hasnain should not have been picked for the World Cup as he is too inexperienced.
Wahab Riaz: “Obviously I was disappointed and hurt over not getting picked for the World Cup”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz has admitted that he was “disappointed and hurt” to be left out of the World Cup squad.
Saeed Ajmal: “Mohammad Amir should have been in the team”
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Ex-Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal believes that left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir and big-hitting batsman Asif Ali should have been included in the World Cup squad.
