Shadab Khan: “I am very excited to see how Ihsanullah and Zaman Khan step up”
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Shadab Khan, the spin-bowling all-rounder, has admitted that he is excited to see the Pakistan pace duo of Ihsanullah and Zaman Khan “step up” and show him what they have got.
Simon Doull: “He should not open for Pakistan. Saim and Haris should open with Rizwan in T20Is”
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Simon Doull, the former New Zealand seamer, said Pakistan captain Babar Azam should not open the batting in T20Is anymore and should be replaced by either Mohammad Haris or Saim Ayub.
Kamran Akmal: “You have rested your five main players, so why are you also dropping Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed”
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Kamran Akmal, the wicketkeeper-batsman, admitted he was shocked that Pakistan dropped top order batsman Shan Masood and big-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan in March.
Babar Azam: “Even double balls when I am out of form. I believe practice is so important for anyone who wants to perform on the ground”
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Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, said he sometimes plays 1,000 to 1,200 balls when he is out of form.
Sohail Khan: “The reason is that the amount of hard work that Shoaib had put in, no one has. He used to complete 32 rounds in one day; I used to do 10 in a week. He would run on mountains with weights tied [to] his legs and sprint”
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Sohail Khan said legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar was so successful since he ran up mountains with “weights tied to his legs and sprint”.
Nasser Hussain: “Ihsanullah is absolutely box office, he really is. 150 kph, player of the tournament in the PSL”
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Nasser Hussain, the former England captain, said Pakistan pace bowler Ihsanullah is “absolutely box office”.
Mohammad Amir: “He bowled with pace and bounce”
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Mohammad Amir said fellow Pakistan fast bowler Ihsanullah bowled with plenty of pace and bounce during the 2023 Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Jason Roy: “I mean it is the sort of stuff I watch on TV loads of times, with Babar the way he plays”
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Jason Roy, the England opener, said he has seen Pakistan captain Babar Azam scoring runs “loads of times” on TV.
Colin Munro: “If he joins that rank of [Shaheen] Afridi and Haris Rauf and add him to the team with sort of Dahani and all those guys too, there is some proper fast bowling that many teams don’t want to face too much”
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Colin Munro, the New Zealand top order batsman, said no one will want to face Ihsanullah that much, let alone other Pakistan speedsters like Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Shahnawaz Dahani.
Shadab Khan: “After a very long time, we have got a player like him who we can say is as stylish and good as Babar and Abdullah”
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Shadab Khan, the Pakistan limited overs vice-captain, said Saim Ayub is as “stylish and good” of a batsman as captain Babar Azam and opener Abdullah Shafique.
