Iftikhar Ahmed: “Sometimes things don’t go well in a match. But I also have to take responsibility if the team loses. I think the whole team has to take responsibility for a loss rather than just blaming Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam”
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Pakistan big-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed believes it is unfair to always blame batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan when the men in green lose a match.
Salman Butt: “If he’s absent, we’re certain to lose”
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Salman Butt said Pakistan are “certain to lose” whenever captain Babar Azam does not play.
Sohaib Maqsood: “The reason for the green shirts’ consistent defeat against India in World Cup matches is because the Pakistani team became overexcited”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood said the team has a habit of getting overexcited, which is the reason why they have lost so many World Cup matches to India.
Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim: “Losing the central contract was disappointing but ups and downs, with or without reason, are part and parcel of life”
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Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim admitted that it hurt when he was removed from the list of centrally contracted players.
Moin Khan: “if they don’t, then naturally there is time for change be it Misbah-ul-Haq or Waqar Younis”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman and captain Moin Khan believes head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis could lose their jobs if the national team fail to beat South Africa.
Shoaib Akhtar: “This is a very important series for the management sitting in the dressing room. If results don’t go Pakistan’s way, they will surely be removed from their roles”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said that the team management “will surely be removed from their roles” if the national team fails to win their series against South Africa.
Younis Khan: “The captain and most important player being unfit led to an unsuccessful series against New Zealand. If Babar Azam is not available, that does not mean we should lose”
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Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan has admitted that the national team relies too much on captain Babar Azam and must learn to win games without him.
Shadab Khan: “He [Babar Azam] is the main player in our batting unit but this is not an excuse for losing the series”
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Shadab Khan admitted that captain Babar Azam “is the main player in our batting unit”, but refused to use his absence as an excuse after Pakistan lost the T20 series against New Zealand.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Babar Azam now needs to evolve as a captain, player and batsman so that everyone knows that he is a man of steel”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said captain Babar Azam has to become a “man of steel”.
Rashid Latif: “PCB should talk to Sami Aslam”
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Former wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif has said that Pakistan cannot afford to talented batsman Sami Aslam.
